NYC Mayor Eric Adams gets April 2025 trial date as his lawyers fight to get bribery charge tossed

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has returned to court as he seeks to fend off federal corruption charges while battling for his political future. The Democrat has appeared at a hearing Friday afternoon as his lawyers urge a judge to toss the bribery charge against him. In an earlier motion, the mayor’s lawyers said the charge was “extraordinarily vague” and did not meet the threshold of a quid pro quo. Prosecutors, meanwhile, have argued that Adams performed official favors for a Turkish official in exchange for years of luxury travel perks. Adams has pleaded not guilty and vowed to continue serving as mayor as he fights the charges.