New York City Mayor Eric Adams delivered remarks Tuesday, less than 24 hours after the U.S. Department of Justice ordered federal prosecutors in New York to drop their charges against him. Adams spoke for about five minutes and did not take questions.

Mayor Eric Adams may have dodged a legal bullet when the Trump Justice Department announced plans to pause his criminal prosecution. But the decision in Washington, D.C., does not block local NYC district attorneys from seeking their own corruption charges,

New York City Mayor Eric Adams thanked the Justice Department on Tuesday for directing prosecutors to drop the federal case against him, saying he never broke the law or traded power for personal benefit.