The case is set to go on trial on Apr. 21 of next year. Adams’ lawyer, Alex Spiro, in a letter to Manhattan federal court Judge Dale Ho, asked that it begin weeks earlier on Apr. 1.

Adams is planning to run in a Democratic primary on June 24, with early voting scheduled to begin on June 14. The earlier start date would come with a catch.

N EW YORK CITY — Lawyers for New York City Mayor Eric Adams have asked a judge on Monday to set an earlier start date for his federal corruption trial so he can "fully participate" in his re ...

Mayor Eric Adams urged a Manhattan judge Monday to move up the start of his corruption trial by three weeks — coincidentally to April Fool’s Day — saying the later trial date would hamper ...

New York Mayor Eric Adams asked a judge Monday to set an earlier trial date in his federal corruption case next year, arguing the current date would impede his participation in his re-election ...

Adams’ lawyers had argued for an even earlier trial date, beginning in March or early April. Alex Spiro, one of the mayor’s two lawyers in court on Friday, said that the indictment had badly ...

The mayor’s attorney, Alex Spiro, wrote a letter to Judge Dale Ho Monday seeking to begin Adams’ trial on bribery and straw donation allegations three weeks earlier than the current start date ...

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams on Monday asked the judge presiding over his federal public corruption case to set an earlier trial date so he can focus on getting reelected in 2025. The case is set to go ...

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams on Monday asked the judge presiding over his federal public corruption case to set an earlier trial date so he can focus on getting reelected in 2025. The case is set ...

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has asked a federal judge to move up his criminal trial to better accommodate a run for reelection next year. The mayor’s attorney, Alex Spiro, wrote ...