The DoJ memo stated explicitly that it was seeking to drop the charges so Adams could assist the administration in carrying out its policies, particularly as related to crime and immigration. The prosecutors retained the right to pick up the case again,

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration in an endeavor to receive reimbursement for providing temporary housing to illegal immigrants. On Friday, the Big Apple sued after the Trump administration rescinded more than $80 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency’s funds sent to New York City as payback for

NYC Mayor Eric Adams has a line that he trots out about life. It’s a clunky bit of received wisdom: “All my haters become my waiters when I sit down at the table of success.” In some sense, the drama around his case has been like a monkey’s paw realization of that wish.