---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gothamist <gothamist@lists.wnyc.org> Date: Wed, Feb 19, 2025, 9:14 AM Subject: Why Mayor Adams is due back in federal court today To: <g@xny.io> Also, how much do eggs cost near you? View this email in a browser. <https://view.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=75cd701dc470d7a20770b0b6258e050ba9910c54672484dabab9c4f1610cdc8603d750a82e24b23d120df06f979a3574963327f75e5dd229620e20001c59eb5043af529d15d910621e3ce3a08b533cd3> <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c72658c932bab3b991ee4267f4ad4287ac51803ba39a0ce999d3eeb07792a7aed48c373126a3c5a6a592d8cb0bea03a9ff826215781b2034e> Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? 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Here’s what to expect. <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c41990d6b2f8b41af219e5e479ea5f4835363d422d8f386e80f87e570e4a73343c193d01b4bc587fe4e1538b32b11be6167477b7644a6d3da> <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c285942da9d49b82eb05707e4b55466241e746d9263e20698a9d1ffa8adc8a4557fcc22771e647239ac58abaf5ef8a5e44e8bdfeb5905eb60> *Today's newsletter curated by Emily Nadal <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c9666b9a83e52e49df9961f15d2574b83251f70a6e3bfb7b422d5815cfa822ce3e4fef882b50b1d253e7c5398c01d05566d3c7856ab327cf0>* *Weather*: ☁️ Another chilly day with a high of 31 degrees. It’s Wednesday morning in New York City, and Mayor Eric Adams is headed back to federal court today. <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c35537f1411036f0e0f34f2d8066fbf9372908be29964f5c9304647aa268726094fede395d4b7fe933a709dc0ce0134bad9871ccfa31646db> Last week, President Donald Trump's administration directed New York prosecutors to drop the corruption case against Adams. The move set off a chain of events, including the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, refusing to file a *motion for dismissal*, and ultimately resigning in protest. <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c1b9c37706a6f1e5bf361a8645b59feb419a2eb5c99e03593d899156e4cb2ca8aaba5955998c495f748a3f40bc971bbc8f60b028b5a5f0bc5> U.S. District Judge Dale Ho wants Adams and federal prosecutors in court today to discuss the motion to dismiss the mayor’s *indictment*, but because this case is so *unconventional*, experts say it’s difficult to predict what Ho will decide. Either way, we’ll be on top of it, and you can be too. 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Here’s what else is happening: - “It’s such a mess” is how the manager of a Bronx Key Food described the state of *egg prices* in the city where some places are charging $4 for a dozen and others are charging $11. We have some tips for navigating the market <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338cbdef26ae45e6fceb136738cecb546347556ccd8c80e831991bd887ee6fc496c825d0c04e5e7ed1e03a531141b5781fa8bcff29c8b529c661>, and also want to hear how much eggs cost near you. Let us know here <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c33f71ba2fb110baee3dc46c95ad9aa7c3fa18b1f8ca2f1cc8bbb8711304d9317f779a959f6532b21ff093f8c33d3013036ac9c40ba587718> . - Mayor Adams is preparing an executive order that would allow *U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement* agents back on Rikers Island, but it’s unclear if he actually has the authority <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c3b060151b65d6a3d111d0b71adba255dfd35a96d7bd8d66d8b94f74cc7dbff6b5c43319918eebaa2434ab0861c8005b503db56777c619e72> to do that. - Meanwhile, Gov. Hochul is getting ready to deploy the *National Guard* into state prisons as unsanctioned strikes and protests <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338ca3b9e6b0f43b466bf92897d4581081f3d5de831c5023e87990494023322d6af0ef361721069dbb307da24f76df1c00c5da37eda9f94efcb6> by corrections officers continue across more than two dozen facilities throughout the state. - Transit officials shut down the *Hoboken PATH train* station for a month to equip it with brand new rails, wider staircases and a massive track switch all to make for a smoother commute. Here’s a look at how it’s going so far. <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c0e2335e9bd573e3aab442252d6a52991850fb57de22a11a73a7e4e49cfef30f7bc237c0eef23ce63acc9deaf3d1bc6843e424ffac4e60390> - New York City dished out more than $200 million <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338cc12b745c392e40e62a5666b35beddb4041fa717dfceff3039cc4cb0d5f5ed88be3d857cd69e054568b0ba511ffa88dda2ab648f9a011db90> to settle 953 *police misconduct *lawsuits in 2024, the most since at least 2018, a Legal Aid analysis found. - A man barricaded himself inside in a Lower East Side apartment yesterday and *shot several times* at officers, who then returned fire <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c5a3e535d585e648b4da12208a04aef087c2881a709bbfe0b134cd9d0ea992ae398beab0321a99e7dea1c4a0e661006f85b1e379f98d6c89a>. Both the officer and man are expected to recover. - It looks like the investigation into former *Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s *$5.1 million COVID-era book deal will continue after Cuomo’s attempt to strip the state ethics board of its enforcement power was shot down <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338cb71fc418be83463f8abc16c9d571b444b542ac83576a707ecf5dbb4c4d5b11ef7024a67dca9dc6accdbd7b705a903eec058804c9df857194> by New York’s highest court yesterday. <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338cf2495c3b99f039bc519a2693aaffd56d28f899d48820e04d7d8d2fa136df9bdb07fa3869d6662d142c24c0a6d91a3d13df04cb7019b99c0e> <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c4591b8bbf6c8f2b77bfd2a1e61c917461dc55c04bed8af2c15fb91d57fc71624e82368b368e7b9f82b855808121193b6a672d8c7bcb71164> <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338ce30155d2db6ecb7c7c48d1d55e501de63b90c71d079467f1d5c1be98e407cdbe535cfcdc7ced3218395d337b5113b58fcfa4d369948052ad> - A *baby seal* was found galumphing its way <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c21fb1f08a89f8d137db4363ab94fab06aa6e1636add7de956764f454e27aaf0e12a7b839403d6812a71f98c55cd1e698440c383db1e6f0c4> through downtown New Haven, Connecticut, over the weekend before workers from the Mystic Aquarium came to rescue it. - The Department of Transportation slowed the timing of *traffic lights* on the Upper East Side’s Third Avenue in an effort to make the streets safer with increased cyclist traffic, a move that upset drivers who say the street is no longer the smooth ride <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338ceb9e9bb2c8216145a33f6253fb678bbd5255674508b59257f1f8a34b795f8508d4dd740fd278535716a68745acc6ab1a3b425e75ba68050f> it once was. - A New Jersey homeowners association is suing a woman <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338cc8ae5b15f886f430d8c34420ce4ffbf80d3b654029d852a75b962b388acd4fef3b45e55adb3668280514a4f4102fbb2570f9d4eee10dee23> to try to get her to let go of the five *emotional support chickens* she keeps on her property. - *A$AP Rocky* was found not guilty <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338cb42e4fd6a99152987dcf692f303146f7121e13130488a7bf1afc6e448d6a960f4287ea71c30178b190a632782ae71f48d4867a5565459617> of felony assault after going to trial for shooting his former friend. - *OpenTable *and *Resy* are in an ongoing battle to be the reservation platform of choice for restaurants, and lately OpenTable is coming out on top <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338ccd60e4f0048632fb2c0733aa19e1129cca5b9e5515edcb072703a59bd6c9a9171e5cdadedb545ca741dae04fa7cdf871c234705692016c02> in New York City. - A New Jersey pet store owner was shot in the face <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338cce5bdb1e373859fb239e40110ed4239775918af17ef90d7e58c8a1531f2a9a9cf5099d9adb7a3d5d4c77bbf7aa528fad3697719a97e6baea> with a crossbow by a former customer who is now charged with *attempted murder.* - Are there *bed bugs* at the Brooklyn housing court <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338cfa594865613d1feab4e17c5ea09aff1e4d961f170d15aafb76ecc6faa46089c201f7038b835d12c33d9ae546f25250139cc1aac0883cf184> ? <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c2ec9356201122a9fced98d214ca6702d7ac659c0f29cbfbca3fdf2e2f46b0e246f42f481527b44cc59ca5088f69166f18d0aef4bb93b210b> <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c2ec9356201122a9fced98d214ca6702d7ac659c0f29cbfbca3fdf2e2f46b0e246f42f481527b44cc59ca5088f69166f18d0aef4bb93b210b> <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338ce88b0b9545ee8a3a3f301431497e777c6d62d60b955f963b54f502d73756dff00b49794625f2f74ddaa8cb286a5d6642ffc7ecab5c6badec> <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338ce4ded0f8120307a0758cd98c9e5fded4071d53bc536282b8579b455ac6780417acffcc3faa750e4b7c5a37618b4ebc63b3f7e0eb6cb7ce39> “The judge usually will go along with the prosecutor and dismiss the charges. What would be amazing is if the judge says, ‘Well, I’m not going to accept your move to dismiss.’” <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338cb8fc8d5718d59378ad3155987871024fb4b43cd16eab08b688320ab1b8fe6e796a157692f20f1b90b446d08f08a5f2ba297097dc17205ed5> - Diane Peress, former federal prosecutor, EXPLAINING WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN DURING MAYOR ADAMS' HEARING AT FEDERAL COURT TODAY. <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c5ef6b263f36f1242bc3cc2708fe1bdea9bc5fe64660e7a8d6a4cff4f08a69e61717d8f85730ad87d058e64609178463b0731e69f603d9c85> More from Gothamist <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c60800eb4ffcc2ed60f09a76544c05aa68a9f28c7d58cde7230865fd0be5fd282f0b47318660bf1858a4f03fda01b0e3ea176922b268efc7c> Who has the ability to remove Mayor Adams? The ‘inability committee’ for one. <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338ce767bb787348c9f084fe8ec614c00311ba47c9523e8fa85f4a90a40ce9c702a237c1918af509c82c7123e496f00326263ec6c98e2ddc5543> The committee is one of two ways to remove Adams office. Ex-NYPD commissioner’s twin impersonated him to sway nightlife oversight, per complaint <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c55a9ccbdeecaaacc7aa1826ed777ef65474592a5c80327402f9d5091757bea05082f1d7354c925ae9bd9c0df9beeb0559c6973207a084c22> A police lieutenant accused James Caban of posing as his brother during visits to a Washington Heights precinct. [image: We rely on your support to make local news available to all.] <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338cd064a3b97927cca33357face77de697499a750a577c32c5c129700e368876bf926ee78459883641a91378cf3f3fc1ef73591a9be2340a188> Legislation would keep NYC building owners from buying their way out of climate law <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338c3e59cada45d04b4f491bc161ed04292ede7cd67a0e68f704f4b765684d79f70a20c57c9e43c3976fa26a35f8c67f180fb9322ee8ac076193> Local Law 97 requires property owners to reduce their greenhouse emissions — but owners can currently pay to relax the rules. Deportation fears play out in Queens. There's an economic cost to that. <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=b9d5cf09fb04338cb729090fcb38620d8a9e7f4957d7ba775426769a81da584da0b752f69fa6100e052e3aadb615ac954b969229827dcef7758043aabe650b20> Businesses in immigrant-rich neighborhoods, citing deportation fears, report sales losses. 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