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Commentary By Hannah E. Meyers

What Are the Risks — and Rewards — of NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ Trump Alliance?

Governance, Cities New York, New York City

On Friday, the not-so-surprising news sailed across the transom that President Trump’s Department of Justice moved to dismiss the five-count bribery case against New York City’s fun-loving Mayor Adams.

The DOJ cited concerns that the charges were retribution against Adams for criticizing the Biden administration’s immigration policies — and that they “improperly interfered with Mayor Adams’ campaign in the 2025 mayoral election.” 

Indeed, the DOJ letter stipulates that Adams’s case will be reviewed again by prosecutors after November’s ballot.

Hizzoner’s many rivals in the mayoral primary were quick to pounce.

Continue reading the entire piece here at the New York Post

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Hannah Meyers is director of the policing and public safety initiative at the Manhattan Institute.

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