Border czar Tom Homan defended Mayor Adams as the Democrat faces questions from Congress for his city's sanctuary policies and faces calls for resignation.
The government wants to drop the charges, a move that critics call a deal to secure the mayor’s help in deportations. A lawyer appointed by a judge is scheduled to weigh in.
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has taken few concrete steps to launch a serious re-election campaign, even as he faces a growing field of prominent challengers.
Mayor Adams hit back at Gov. Hochul for moving to curtail his powers — suggesting it was all a show to satisfy his critics.
More than half of New York City voters surveyed in a Quinnipiac University poll said that Mayor Eric Adams should resign.