Adams Expected to Return to Federal Court on Wednesday
The New York Times
Eric Adams, the New York City mayor, is expected to appear before Judge Dale E. Ho, and a trial date could be set.
Less than a week after pleading not guilty to charges of bribery and fraud, Eric Adams, the first sitting mayor in modern New York City history to be indicted, is scheduled to return to federal court in Manhattan on Wednesday.
Mr. Adams, 64, has defended himself against the allegations detailed in a five-count indictment that prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York unveiled last week. He faces charges of bribery conspiracy, fraud and soliciting illegal campaign donations.
The mayor, a former Brooklyn borough president and police captain, is accused of accepting luxury travel for years before becoming the Democratic nominee for mayor and of pressuring the Fire Department to sign off on the opening of a new high-rise Turkish Consulate building in Midtown Manhattan after he was elected.
Prosecutors said that Mr. Adams accepted benefits worth more than $100,000 over nearly a decade, as well as illegal campaign contributions.
Alex Spiro, one of Mr. Adams’s lawyers, has said that the charges are “not a real case.” New Yorkers will “see through this,” he said.
The hearing on Wednesday is scheduled to take place before Judge Dale E. Ho, who is assigned to the case, and is expected to be a largely procedural first step in which the judge is likely to set a schedule for both sides to file motions and may set tentative dates for a trial.
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