Eric Adams case: Judge doesn’t immediately rule on DOJ’s push to drop corruption charges against NYC mayor after hearing

Wednesday’s much anticipated hearing on the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams has ended without an immediate ruling from Judge Dale Ho.

Ho said he was not going to “shoot from the hip” on the bench, just before adjourning the hearing.

The DOJ move to end the case against Adams prompted an exodus of prosecutors who disagreed with the decision. Eight federal prosecutors, including the interim US attorney for the Southern District of New York, have resigned in protest. Four deputy mayors have departed City Hall as well.

Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, who sat alone at the prosecution table, argued the case should be dismissed without prejudice, meaning it could be revived, because of “appearances of impropriety and risks of interference with the 2025 elections in New York City” and because continuing the case would “interfere with the defendant’s ability to govern in New York City” and threaten President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

“Frankly, I think the fact that Mayor Adams is sitting to my left right now is part of the problem. He’s not able to be out running the city and campaigning, so I think that this motion is actual interference,” Bove said in court on Wednesday.