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During a tense meeting early Monday morning, Mayor Eric Adams told leadership across city government not to criticize President Trump.

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Mayor Adams instructs top officials not to criticize President Trump​


by: Henry Rosoff
Posted: Feb 10, 2025 / 06:09 PM EST
Updated: Feb 10, 2025 / 06:09 PM EST
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LOWER MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — During a tense meeting early Monday morning, Mayor Eric Adams told leadership across city government not to criticize President Trump.
The meeting, first reported by The City, was confirmed by sources and Comptroller Brad Lander. Lander is a Democratic Primary opponent of the Mayor and was quick to critique Adams.
“Eric Adams instructed his city employees top to bottom to aid and abet his attempt to win a pardon from Donald Trump,” Lander said.
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Reports of the meeting come as Adams, facing federal corruption charges, has said he will not criticize President Trump in public.

It has led critics of the mayor, including Lander, to say Adams is seeking intervention from Trump in his legal case.
The meeting inside the Dinkins municipal building was in part for his team to discuss a controversial memo sent by the city’s law department to public schools and other agencies.
The memo set off alarm bells for immigrant advocates. It said that despite NYC’s sanctuary status, city workers should let immigration officials into city buildings if they feared for their personal safety. Although much of the memo leading up to the controversial line was in accordance with sanctuary city policy.
NYC Mayor’s Race Poll: Cuomo the favorite, Adams looking stronger
Lander and State Senator Zellnor Myrie, another primary opponent— said the Mayor is failing to protect New Yorkers.
“We used to recognize how important it was for us to stand up for vulnerable New Yorkers,” Myrie said. “So what the mayor doing is wrong that guidance should be rescinded.”
Myrie was endorsed by NYC Congressman Dan Goldman on Monday, who cited Adams’s lack of standing up to Trump as one reason for backing Myrie.
The mayor’s office has been downplaying concerns around schools since the immigration raid began, even as attendance in schools has dipped.
Still, City Hall said it will release updated guidance to city agencies — about what to do with federal immigration authorities come to a city building.
Over the weekend, the Schools Chancellor recorded a video in an attempt to reassure families.
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Top Justice Department official orders prosecutors to drop charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams​

by: Associated Press
Posted: Feb 10, 2025 / 06:59 PM EST
Updated: Feb 10, 2025 / 07:25 PM EST

Editor’s note: The story in the video player aired on Sept. 27, 2024.
NEW YORK (AP) — A top official at the U.S. Department of Justice has ordered federal prosecutors to drop charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who has cultivated a warm relationship with President Donald Trump.
In a two-page memo obtained by The Associated Press, acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, an alumnus of the Manhattan office that brought the case, said that the decision to dismiss the charges was reached without an assessment of the strength of the prosecution of the prosecution and was not meant to call into question the attorneys who filed the case.

But, Bove said, that the timing of the charges and “more recent actions” by the former U.S. attorney who led the office, Damian Williams, “have threatened the integrity of the proceedings, including by increasing prejudicial pretrial publicity that risks impacting potential witnesses and the jury pool.”
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Bove also wrote that the pending prosecution has “unduly restricted” Adams’ ability to “devote full attention and resources to the illegal immigration and violent crime that has escalated under the policies of the prior Administration.”
The Justice Department’s order directs that the case be dismissed without prejudice, which conceivably means that it could be refiled later.
The development comes after months of speculation that Trump’s Justice Department would take steps to end the criminal case against Adams, who was accused of accepting bribes of free or discounted travel and illegal campaign contributions.
Trump had hinted at the possibility of a pardon in December, telling reporters that the mayor had been “treated pretty unfairly.” He had also claimed, without offering evidence, that Adams was being persecuted for criticizing former President Joe Biden’s policies on immigration.
After Trump’s inauguration, Adams’ lawyers had approached senior Justice Department officials, asking them to intervene and drop the case.
Adams’ attorney, Alex Spiro, did not immediately return a request for comment. A mayoral spokesperson and a representative of his campaign all did not return inquiries.
After Adams was indicted in September, he shifted his tone on Trump, rankling some in his own party for his public praise of the Republican and his hardline immigration agenda.
The Democrat chastised people who called Trump a fascist. While he still said he was voting for Kamala Harris, Adams stopped saying the then-vice president’s name at public events, except when goaded by reporters.
Adams flew to Florida to meet with Trump on Jan. 17. Afterward, he said the two men hadn’t discussed his criminal case or the possibility of a pardon, but implied that Trump’s agenda would be better for New York than former President Joe Biden’s.
“I’m looking forward to the next four years of having a president that loves the city like I love this city,” Adams said the day after the meeting. He has denied doing anything illegal, and said the criticism of his overseas trips and deeply discounted first-class travel was unfair.

Trump, who was convicted last year of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment, has previously expressed solidarity with Adams.
“I know what it’s like to be persecuted by the DOJ, for speaking out against open borders,” Trump said in October at a Manhattan event attended by Adams. “We were persecuted, Eric. I was persecuted, and so are you, Eric.”
The criminal case against Adams involves allegations that he accepted illegal campaign contributions and lavish travel perks worth more than $100,000 — including expensive flight upgrades, luxury hotel stays and even a trip to a bathhouse — while serving in his previous job as Brooklyn Borough President.
The indictment said a Turkish official who helped facilitate the trips then leaned on Adams for favors, at one point asking him to lobby the Fire Department to allow a newly constructed, 36-story diplomatic building to open in time for a planned visit by Turkey’s president.
Prosecutors also said they had evidence of Adams personally directing campaign staffers to solicit foreign donations, then disguising those contributions in order to qualify for a city program that provides a generous, publicly-funded match for small dollar donations. Foreign nationals are banned from contributing to U.S. election campaigns under federal law.
The federal prosecutor who brough the charges, former U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, stepped down after Trump’s election victory. But as recently as Jan. 6th, prosecutors had indicated their investigation remained active, writing in court papers that they continued to “uncover additional criminal conduct by Adams.”
Federal agents had also been investigating other senior Adams aides. Prior to the mayor’s indictment, federal authorities seized phones from a police commissioner, schools chancellor, multiple deputy mayors and the mayor’s director of Asian Affairs. Each of those officials denied wrongdoing but have since resigned.
In December, Adams’ chief adviser and closest confidant, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, was indicted by a state prosecutor — the Manhattan district attorney — on charges that she and her son accepted $100,000 in bribes related to real estate construction projects.
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Top Justice Department official orders prosecutors to drop charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams​

by: Associated Press
Posted: Feb 10, 2025 / 06:59 PM EST
Updated: Feb 10, 2025 / 07:25 PM EST

Editor’s note: The story in the video player aired on Sept. 27, 2024.
NEW YORK (AP) — A top official at the U.S. Department of Justice has ordered federal prosecutors to drop charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who has cultivated a warm relationship with President Donald Trump.
In a two-page memo obtained by The Associated Press, acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, an alumnus of the Manhattan office that brought the case, said that the decision to dismiss the charges was reached without an assessment of the strength of the prosecution of the prosecution and was not meant to call into question the attorneys who filed the case.

But, Bove said, that the timing of the charges and “more recent actions” by the former U.S. attorney who led the office, Damian Williams, “have threatened the integrity of the proceedings, including by increasing prejudicial pretrial publicity that risks impacting potential witnesses and the jury pool.”
More: Latest News from Around the Tri-State
Bove also wrote that the pending prosecution has “unduly restricted” Adams’ ability to “devote full attention and resources to the illegal immigration and violent crime that has escalated under the policies of the prior Administration.”
The Justice Department’s order directs that the case be dismissed without prejudice, which conceivably means that it could be refiled later.
The development comes after months of speculation that Trump’s Justice Department would take steps to end the criminal case against Adams, who was accused of accepting bribes of free or discounted travel and illegal campaign contributions.
Trump had hinted at the possibility of a pardon in December, telling reporters that the mayor had been “treated pretty unfairly.” He had also claimed, without offering evidence, that Adams was being persecuted for criticizing former President Joe Biden’s policies on immigration.
After Trump’s inauguration, Adams’ lawyers had approached senior Justice Department officials, asking them to intervene and drop the case.
Adams’ attorney, Alex Spiro, did not immediately return a request for comment. A mayoral spokesperson and a representative of his campaign all did not return inquiries.
After Adams was indicted in September, he shifted his tone on Trump, rankling some in his own party for his public praise of the Republican and his hardline immigration agenda.
The Democrat chastised people who called Trump a fascist. While he still said he was voting for Kamala Harris, Adams stopped saying the then-vice president’s name at public events, except when goaded by reporters.
Adams flew to Florida to meet with Trump on Jan. 17. Afterward, he said the two men hadn’t discussed his criminal case or the possibility of a pardon, but implied that Trump’s agenda would be better for New York than former President Joe Biden’s.
“I’m looking forward to the next four years of having a president that loves the city like I love this city,” Adams said the day after the meeting. He has denied doing anything illegal, and said the criticism of his overseas trips and deeply discounted first-class travel was unfair.

Trump, who was convicted last year of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment, has previously expressed solidarity with Adams.
“I know what it’s like to be persecuted by the DOJ, for speaking out against open borders,” Trump said in October at a Manhattan event attended by Adams. “We were persecuted, Eric. I was persecuted, and so are you, Eric.”
The criminal case against Adams involves allegations that he accepted illegal campaign contributions and lavish travel perks worth more than $100,000 — including expensive flight upgrades, luxury hotel stays and even a trip to a bathhouse — while serving in his previous job as Brooklyn Borough President.
The indictment said a Turkish official who helped facilitate the trips then leaned on Adams for favors, at one point asking him to lobby the Fire Department to allow a newly constructed, 36-story diplomatic building to open in time for a planned visit by Turkey’s president.
Prosecutors also said they had evidence of Adams personally directing campaign staffers to solicit foreign donations, then disguising those contributions in order to qualify for a city program that provides a generous, publicly-funded match for small dollar donations. Foreign nationals are banned from contributing to U.S. election campaigns under federal law.
The federal prosecutor who brough the charges, former U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, stepped down after Trump’s election victory. But as recently as Jan. 6th, prosecutors had indicated their investigation remained active, writing in court papers that they continued to “uncover additional criminal conduct by Adams.”
Federal agents had also been investigating other senior Adams aides. Prior to the mayor’s indictment, federal authorities seized phones from a police commissioner, schools chancellor, multiple deputy mayors and the mayor’s director of Asian Affairs. Each of those officials denied wrongdoing but have since resigned.
In December, Adams’ chief adviser and closest confidant, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, was indicted by a state prosecutor — the Manhattan district attorney — on charges that she and her son accepted $100,000 in bribes related to real estate construction projects.
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Mayor Adams says corruption case is over, but Justice memo holds no guarantees​


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Published Feb 11, 2025 at 3:46 p.m. ET
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Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday sought closure and vindication after what he called the “monthslong saga” of his federal corruption case, telling the public that “now we can put this cruel episode behind us and focus entirely on the future of our city.”
But the campaign-style speech belied the more complicated legal reality Adams faces under Monday's directive from the Department of Justice, which ordered federal prosecutors to drop the charges against him. Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York haven’t responded to the order yet, and it leaves open the possibility that Adams’ case could be revived.
“It's time to move forward,” Adams said during a six-minute livestreamed address, which was closed to reporters, barring the press from asking questions..
Read strictly, the Department of Justice's memo that surfaced late Monday only calls for a nine-month reprieve from charges that it says were politically motivated by Adams’ criticisms of former President Joe Biden’s handling of the migrant crisis. Both Adams and Trump have made the claim before, both without evidence.
The memo stipulates that the incoming U.S. attorney for the Southern District will review the case following the November election. Though it presents the order to drop the charges as part of an effort to restore the Department of Justice's credibility, suggesting that credibility slipped under the Biden administration, the order states that the department did not assess the merits of Adams’ individual case. The memo says it “in no way calls into question the integrity and efforts of the line prosecutors responsible” for the indictment.
Members of the city’s political circles connected the order’s conditional nature to its emphasis on Adams’ “ability to support critical, ongoing federal efforts” related to Trump's objective to deport high numbers of immigrants. The memo does not make clear how the mayor fits into those plans.

“It certainly sounds like President Trump is holding the mayor hostage,” the Rev. Al Sharpton, a close ally of Adams, said in a statement on Tuesday.
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, a critic of the mayor who would succeed Adams if he were removed from office, accused Adams of lying in his address to New Yorkers.
"The mayor is trying to sell misinformation to a city he’s already decided to sell out,” Williams said in a statement. The case, he added, “is not in fact over, it’s just being held over his head.”
Shekar Krishnan, a city councilmember from Queens, joined a growing chorus of critics questioning the mayor’s ability to govern.
“What commitments on local immigration policy has Mayor Adams made privately with President Trump?” he said.
The decision to order the dismissal of the five-count bribery indictment came after Adams spent months courting Trump, who has said he would consider pardoning the mayor. Critics have accused the mayor of putting his legal interests ahead of the city’s. Adams said he would not publicly criticize the president.

On Monday, Adams instructed city agency leaders not to criticize Trump either, warning that they could jeopardize billions in federal funding.
During his address on Tuesday, Adams acknowledged the cloud he still faces.
“Despite the fact that I am no longer facing legal questions, I also understand that many New Yorkers still question my character,” he said. “And I know that I must continue to regain your trust.”
 

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