New York City Mayor Eric Adams is in a state of legal and political purgatory. The first-term Democrat is waiting on a judge to rule on a Justice Department request to dismiss a federal indictment charging him with accepting lavish travel perks and illegal campaign contributions from foreign interests seeking to buy his influence.

As he awaits a judge’s decision on the request from President Donald Trump’s Justice Department to dismiss his criminal corruption case, Mayor Eric Adams is also contending with restrictions imposed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul,

Gov. Kathy Hochul is moving to establish "certain guardrails" on New York City Mayor Eric Adams, but says she won't remove him from office yet.