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Wollman Rink ice skaters enjoy a temperate late-winter day.

Parks

Trump Organization’s Criminal Record Clouds Its Bid to Reclaim Wollman Rink

March 20, 2025, 5:00 a.m.March 20, 2025, 7:37 a.m.

A board controlled by Mayor Eric Adams has ultimate say on the Central Park concession — and must find a “satisfactory record of business integrity” for whichever firm operates it next.

Eric Adams

Adams Straw Donor Scheme Leader Reaches Plea Agreement Amid Trump Imbroglio

March 10, 2025, 6:23 p.m.March 11, 2025, 10:06 a.m.

Mohamed Bahi, due to appear Monday, gets court date pushed back as prosecutors get pushed out in White House purge of Manhattan’s federal court.

Adams World: Investigated

Drop Eric Adams Charges, Outside Counsel Advises Corruption Case Judge

March 7, 2025, 5:54 p.m.March 8, 2025, 9:34 a.m.

Paul Clement urges Judge Dale Ho to drop charges against the mayor “with prejudice” — meaning that the case could not be brought again by the federal government

Eric Adams

Judge in Eric Adams Case Assigns Outside Counsel to Examine Dismissal of Charges

Feb. 21, 2025, 3:31 p.m.Feb. 21, 2025, 3:31 p.m.

Judge Dale Ho assigned a former Bush lawyer to scrutinize the Trump Justice Department’s decision, one that a former fellow conservative attorney denounced as a corrupt quid pro quo.

Adams World: Investigated

Interim Manhattan U.S. Attorney Resigns Days After Being Ordered to Drop Case Against Eric Adams

Feb. 13, 2025, 3:21 p.m.Feb. 13, 2025, 10:37 p.m.

Five other lawyers at the Justice Department also resigned after Trump's appointee Emil Bove gave the order.

Department of Citywide istrative Services Deputy Commissioner Jesse Hamilton waits for a subway at the Bowling Green station.

City Hall

Jesse Hamilton Forced Real Estate Firm to Assign Broker Pal to City , Suit Alleges

Feb. 13, 2025, 11:40 a.m.Feb. 14, 2025, 10:54 a.m.

The Adams ally, his real estate buddy Diana Boutross and former Adams advisor Ingrid Lewis-Martin all vacationed together in Japan — and had their phones seized by law enforcement when they returned.

City Hall

Adams Claims Vindication in Trump DOJ Move to Dismiss Corruption Case

Feb. 11, 2025, 1:28 p.m.Feb. 11, 2025, 1:53 p.m.

The mayor says his "unnecessary ordeal” is over now — but the language in memo from top Justice Dept. officials allows charges to be brought again at a later date.

Then-Conviction Review Unit head Charles Linehan speaks in court as Sheldon Thomas is exonerated.

Courts

Brooklyn DA’s Conviction Review Chief Heading to Private Practice

Feb. 10, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Feb. 12, 2025, 4:51 p.m.

Charles Linehan is teaming up with Karen Newirth, a onetime defense attorney, to launch a firm focused on wrongful conviction cases.

Immigration officers arrested people in The Bronx during an early-morning raid.

Incarceration

One Hundred NYC Immigrants Arrested in Week One of Trump ICE Raids

Feb. 5, 2025, 6:40 p.m.Feb. 6, 2025, 9:05 a.m.

Little is known about where many of those arrested are being held, and immigration lawyers tell THE CITY they have had difficulty locating and ing those detained.

Adams World: Investigated

Prosecutors Point to Wider Probe in Bribery Case Against Top Adams Aide

Feb. 4, 2025, 5:12 p.m.Feb. 4, 2025, 5:13 p.m.

Reams of evidence provided to lawyers for Ingrid Lewis-Martin and her son reveal the existence of an ongoing probe that goes beyond pending charges.

Courts

Trump Organization’s Criminal Record Clouds Its Bid to Reclaim Wollman Rink

Adams Straw Donor Scheme Leader Reaches Plea Agreement Amid Trump Imbroglio

Drop Eric Adams Charges, Outside Counsel Advises Corruption Case Judge

Judge in Eric Adams Case Assigns Outside Counsel to Examine Dismissal of Charges

Interim Manhattan U.S. Attorney Resigns Days After Being Ordered to Drop Case Against Eric Adams

Jesse Hamilton Forced Real Estate Firm to Assign Broker Pal to City , Suit Alleges

Adams Claims Vindication in Trump DOJ Move to Dismiss Corruption Case

Brooklyn DA’s Conviction Review Chief Heading to Private Practice

One Hundred NYC Immigrants Arrested in Week One of Trump ICE Raids

Prosecutors Point to Wider Probe in Bribery Case Against Top Adams Aide

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