It's the Brian Lair show on WNYC.

Welcome back, everybody.

Now it's time for our weekly reporters Ask the Mayor segment with WNYC and Gothamist reporter Elizabeth Kim.

Every week, Liz heads down to City Hall to attend Mayor Eric Adams press conference, the only

time that Adams takes questions on any topic from reporters during the week.

First, we're obviously starting with this breaking news. The mayor has had his federal

corruption charges dismissed with prejudice.

We'll look at the political future of Eric Adams now that this case has gone away.

Also this week, the mayor had his deputies and commissioners with him to talk about their priorities in Albany as the budget process continues upstate.

More on this later. Also, the mayoral

race is heating up. At this week's press conference, Eric Adams had sharp words for former

governor Andrew Cuomo, but shied away from discussing his own campaign to keep his seat in

City Hall. The progressives in the race also got big news over the weekend as the Working Families Party announced their endorsements.

Many wonder how those to the left of Cuomo will band together to defeat the former governor despite their own ideological differences.

Elizabeth Kim has been on the ground trailing the progressives.

She joins us now with her reporting about that and about the mayor.

Hey there, Liz.

Hey, Matt.

It's nice to hear your voice.

So let's start with this breaking news.

Mayor Adams had his federal corruption charges dismissed with prejudice.

This is a huge weight lifted off the mayor's back, right? I mean,

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