New York Mayor Eric Adams’ legal team is moving to reschedule his corruption trial to a sooner date in order to accommodate his 2025 reelection bid.
Adams’s attorney, Alex Spiro, asked Southern District of New York Judge Dale E. Ho to consider moving the mayor’s trial to sooner than April 21, 2025. Spiro has targeted a trial to start on April 1 of next year.
“Mayor Eric Adams respectfully requests that the Court reconsider its decision to set this multi-week trial for so late into the mayoral campaign season,” court documents said. “The Court should instead schedule trial to begin by April 1, 2025.
Spiro cited the June 14, 2025, start of early voting as a reason for a speedy trial for Adams.
Mayor Adams’ atty Alex Spiro asks Judge Ho to reschedule his corruption trial sooner than 4/21 so he can focus on reelection and “voters can be rid of the distraction of this misguided indictment as they hear from and evaluate the Democratic candidates for Mayor on their merits” pic.twitter.com/sZS40QlSZB
— Molly Crane-Newman (@molcranenewman) November 11, 2024
Adams will likely need a good part of the campaign season to convince voters that he’s fit for office again. A large group of challengers, including city Comptroller Brad Lander, are set to battle Adams for the Democratic nominee spot in the general election.
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Since being charged in September, Adams’s reelection hopes have only grown more complicated. He could look to President-elect Donald Trump, who he’s dodged criticizing at times, for help if he’s convicted in his corruption case. However, that wouldn’t solve his electoral problems.
An October poll showed nearly 70% of New York City residents said Adams should resign, a crushing blow to his candidacy. With a myriad of politicians and other suitors to pick from to be their next mayor, the people of New York City look to be headed in a different direction.