Mayor Adams has been cooperating with the city corruption watchdog’s investigation into possible violations of ethics laws, his spokesperson said Friday. “This is a non-criminal, ethics review, and the Mayor is fully confident it will show he followed the law,” Todd Shapiro said of the Departm ent of Investigation’s probe. “The federal case was dismissed because the allegations had no merit. Mayor Adams respects DOI’s process and will continue to cooperate. His focus remains on serving New Yorkers and delivering results.” Adams’ federal corruption indictment was dropped in April by Trump’s Justice Department. The DOJ’s dismissal motion didn’t weigh in on the merits of the prosecution against Adams, instead writing that the charges impeded the mayor from carrying out aspects of President Trump’s mass deportation agenda in New York. In April, the Manhattan Federal Judge Dale Ho wrote that the terms of the dismissal “smacks of a bargain” but  dropped the case “with prejudice,” meaning the feds cannot prosecute Adams again for the same alleged crimes. The mayor has maintained he did nothing wrong. DOI got the green light from Ho earlier this week to obtain evidence that the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office used to bring the since-dismissed charges against Adams. Adams’ charges, which were brought in Sept. 2023, alleged the mayor accept illegal campaign donations and travel perks in exchange for carrying out favors for associates of the Turkish government. ...read more read less