Mayor Eric Adams has asked a judge to drop one of five counts against him and to discipline prosecutors, whom he has accused of improperly leaking information to the news media.

First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright resigned Tuesday after federal investigators searched her home and seized her phone last month. Deputy Mayor Philip Banks, Wright’s brother-in-law, also resigned last week in the face of federal inquiries. David Banks, Wright’s husband, resigned in September as a result of a corruption investigation.

City Mayor Eric Adams might think it’s “common” to accept tens of thousands of dollars in benefits to pressure a city agency, but it is “nonetheless illegal,” federal prosecutors argued Friday in opposing the mayor’s motion to toss a bribery count in his sweeping corruption case.

Former President Donald Trump does not know if New York City Mayor Eric Adams‘s indictment is “legit” but believes it is “very suspicious” after the mayor criticized the Biden administration’s handling of immigration.

The feds fired back Friday at Mayor Eric Adams’ bid to toss part of his corruption case – ripping his claim that the luxury goodies showered on him by Turkish benefactors were “routine” perks for politicians.