A federal judge on Feb. 19 said he would rule at a later date on a government motion requesting that he dismiss charges against New York City’s mayor, after he asked questions about what he described as an unusual situation.
U.S. District Judge Dale Ho of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said during a hearing in a federal courthouse in the New York City borough of Manhattan that he was aware that he had little discretion after the government asked to dismiss the charges against Mayor Eric Adams, including charges of accepting illegal campaign contributions. Ho noted that courts have found that prosecutors are the best judges of whether or not a case should continue. But he said judges do have a “limited role to play.”
