New York City Mayor Eric Adams thanked the Justice Department on Tuesday for directing prosecutors to drop the federal case against him, saying he never broke the law or traded power for personal benefit.

Mayor Eric Adams may have dodged a legal bullet when the Trump Justice Department announced plans to pause his criminal prosecution. But the decision in Washington, D.C., does not block local NYC district attorneys from seeking their own corruption charges,

Mayor Eric Adams thanked President Trump’s Department of Justice on Tuesday for moving to dismiss his public corruption indictment, saying the unusual step puts an end to “the most difficult” period in his life.