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I'm David first in for Brian today. Good morning. And now it is time to catch up on the news coming out of City Hall, which we hear from WNYC's lead Eric Adams reporter Elizabeth Kim. And usually she attends the mayor's off-topic press conferences. The one opportunity reporters get each week

to ask Eric Adams anything. But this week, that press conference was canceled and replaced

with a special announcement from the mayor after the U.S. Department of Justice sent a memo on

Monday asking prosecutors to drop criminal charges against Adams. Let's hear a bit from the mayor's

address. My fellow New Yorkers, as you may have heard, the Department of Justice has directed

that the case against me be dismissed, finally ending a month's long saga that put me, my family, and the city through an

unnecessary ordeal. As I said from the outset, I never broke the law, and I never would. I would never put any personal benefit above my solemn responsibility as your mayor.

It is worth repeating the facts because many sensational and false claims have been made.

So let me be clear. I never ask anyone to break the law on my behalf or on behalf of my campaign.

Never. And I absolutely never traded my power as an elected official for any personal benefit. No witness ever came forward publicly

to make claims against me. None of the baseless threats from prosecutors of new charges

and new evidence ever materialized. In this case will no longer continue.

We'll play more clips from the mayor's announcement yesterday, but here now to discuss

the latest news coming out of City Hall is WNYC's Elizabeth Kim.

Welcome back.

Happy Wednesday, David.

Happy Wednesday, Liz.

Now, can you remind us of the criminal charges that were brought against the mayor back in September?

What has he been accused of?

So this is a five-count indictment, and it consists of charges of bribery, of soliciting illegal donations, of wire fraud, and conspiracy. But the heart of the

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