Timeline of Corruption Allegations Against New York City Mayor Eric Adams
April 2023
- Adams publicly criticizes then-President Trump’s presence in New York City and accuses House Republicans of using the city for political posturing on crime.
September 2024
- Adams is indicted and pleads not guilty to five federal criminal charges, including bribery, wire fraud, and illegal campaign contributions.
October 2024
- At a charity dinner, Trump publicly expresses sympathy for Adams, stating that both of them have been subjected to persecution. Adams declines to distance himself from Trump’s support.
December 2024
- Adams meets with Tom Homan, Trump’s incoming border czar.
January 2025
- Adams meets with then-President-elect Trump at his Mar-a-Lago private club in Florida.
- The New York Times reports that Adams attended Trump’s inauguration, skipping two events in New York City scheduled for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
February 2025
- The Department of Justice (DOJ) instructs federal prosecutors to dismiss the corruption charges against Adams.
Timeline of Adams’ Interactions with President Trump
2016
- Adams reportedly receives free upgrades to business class for two round-trip flights from New York to India via Turkey.
2017
- Adams reportedly receives business class tickets for three on round trip from New York to France, Turkey, and China; and a heavily discounted stay in Bentley Suite of St. Regis Istanbul.
- Later that year, he receives business class tickets for two on a round trip from New York to China.
2018
- Prosecutors allege that Adams, who by then had announced his plans to run for NYC mayor, accepted and solicited illegal campaign contributions to his 2021 campaign "as well as other things of value from foreign nationals."
- He reportedly receives an upgrade to business class for two on a round trip from New York to Hungary.
2019
- Free upgrade to business class for one on a flight from New York to Turkey; free stay at Cosmopolitan Suite of St. Regis Istanbul; free meals, transportation, and entertainment in Istanbul.
2021
- Adams wins the city’s mayoral election, becoming the second Black man to hold the office.
- He receives a free upgrade to business class for two on a round trip from New York to Ghana; as well as free meal and transportation during a layover in Istanbul.
2023
- Adams publicly criticizes Trump’s presence in New York City and attacks House Republicans for using the city to score political points about crime.
2024
- Adams is indicted and pleads not guilty to five federal criminal charges of accepting bribes, wire fraud and illegal campaign contributions.
- At a charity dinner, Trump publicly tells Adams: ‘We were persecuted, Eric. I was persecuted, and so are you, Eric.’ Adams declines the opportunity to disavow Trump’s support.
- Adams meets with Trump’s incoming border czar, Tom Homan.
- Adams meets then-President-elect Trump at his Mar-a-Lago private club in Florida.
- The New York Times reported, he attended the president’s inauguration, skipping two events he was set to attend in NYC on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
2025
- The DOJ reportedly orders federal prosecutors to dismiss corruption charges against Adams.
Additional Context
- Adams has proclaimed his innocence, calling the charges against him baseless.
- The DOJ’s request to Manhattan prosecutors came amid speculation that President Trump would seek to end the case against Adams, a Democrat, to whom he has grown sympathetic.
- The Republican president previously said he would consider pardoning Adams and called him a political prosecution victim.
