Mayor Eric Adams Indicted: Live Updates

Eric Adams has reportedly been charged by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, a stunning blow to the first-term mayor who once proclaimed himself the future of the Democratic Party. The precise charges are not publicly known as the indictment won’t be unsealed until Thursday morning.

The news caps a year of deepening legal and political peril for the city’s second Black leader, rewriting the story of his first campaign for City Hall and casting a pall over his bid for a second term. In the past two weeks, Adams has lost his top legal adviser, his police commissioner, his schools chancellor, and health commissioner. And the expected charges, from prosecutors working for U.S. Attorney Damian Williams at the Southern District of New York, come just weeks after his office executed a series of raids on top members of the Adams administration, including two deputy mayors and the now former police commissioner, many of whom have close and personal relationships with the mayor. Below are live updates on this developing story.

This post has been updated.