In recent days, reports have emerged that the Justice Department, now under the dominion of President Donald Trump, might drop the corruption charges former U.S. Attorney Damian Williams brought last year. If this happens, Adams will go free and Trump won’t even have to manage the optics of issuing a pardon for a Democrat.

Justice Department lawyers met with New York City Mayor Eric Adams' defense team and federal prosecutors on Friday to discuss dropping the corruption case against him, a source tells CBS News.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams isn’t feeling so hot these days, according to his administration. The mayor, who just spent time in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration and had a personal meeting with the president-elect days before,

The mayor’s budget relies on additional money from the state to cover a looming shortfall in its migrant care program.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams told state legislators Tuesday that he needs $1.1 billion in funding for migrant services. During “Tin Cup Day,” when mayors in New York go to Albany with budget requests,

New York City Mayor Eric Adams urged state lawmakers Tuesday to provide his administration with more migrant crisis funding this year — but his plea didn’t move the needle with Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has already declared she’s not looking to earmark more such resources for the city.