Adams was charged last week with five criminal counts, including bribery, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams' lawyer is asking a judge to dismiss one of the five federal corruption charges against him.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams launched a legal attack on the federal corruption case against him Monday, with his attorney asking a judge to toss out bribery charges and then holding a combative news conference accusing prosecutors of ethical lapses.

Mayor Adams moved to dismiss a bribery count against him in his federal corruption indictment Monday, describing the allegations as “extraordinarily vague” and claiming the sweeping case brought by Manhattan prosecutors is based largely on the word of a disgruntled ex-staffer.

A tumultuous week in New York City politics ended with Mayor Eric Adams being indicted for bribery. It begs the question, how much longer can he continue to be mayor? Adams was charged with five counts of bribery,

Attorneys for New York City Mayor Eric Adams urged a federal judge Monday to dismiss the bribery charge brought last week, accusing “zealous prosecutors” of leveling an “extraordinarily vague allegation” that does not rise to the level of a federal crime.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams is promising not to resign despite being under federal indictment for crimes that could land him in prison for decades.

Mayor Eric Adams gave a fiery speech during a Sunday morning stop at Emmanuel Presbyterian Reformed Church in the Bronx. Two days after the first-term mayor pleaded not guilty in federal court on corruption and bribery charges,