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So on Monday, Mayor Eric Adams held his first general press conference at City Hall since the crisis over his alleged quid pro quo with President Donald Trump broke out.

And some breaking news this morning, the mayor asked a federal judge to toss out the corruption case against him,

alleging prosecutorial misconduct.

This is in addition to Trump's Justice Department seeking dismissal of the charges, at least for now.

They're not saying he's innocent.

They just want to dismiss the charges on the mayor's behalf.

During this week's press conference, the mayor continued to defend

himself against critics, calling for him to resign and step down. He pushed back a bit more

carefully against Governor Kathy Hokel, who unveiled a set of guardrails, as she calls it, on the

mayor's powers after pressure to use her authority to remove Adams.

The mayor also announced the closure of the Roosevelt Hotel, at least to migrants,

it had become a symbol of the migrant crisis. Does that mean the crisis is officially over?

We'll hear for another breakdown of the mayor's weekly news conference,

and to cover all the latest stories coming

out of City Hall is WNYC and Gothamist lead Mayor Adams reporter, Elizabeth Kim.

And we're going to include Liz's question to the mayor about whether he will forcefully

demand work permits for migrants with Trump as president like he did under Biden.

And if he doesn't, is that an indication that he

really is under Trump's thumb now? Liz usually joins us on Wednesdays after the mayor's Tuesday

news conference for scheduling reasons. The mayor held his press conference on Monday this week,

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