New York City Mayor Eric Adams dodged questions by the hosts of "The View" Friday about a potential pardon from President-elect Donald Trump over his ongoing federal investigators. Adams has been in the hot seat for over a year as federal investigators have probed several of his closest confidants and deputies,

President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Jay Clayton as the lead federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York provided an early answer to a question that's simmering in the city’s political and legal circles: Would Trump put a political firebrand in charge of the famously independent Manhattan office that’s prosecuting Mayor Eric Adams?

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is seeking to move up the start of his trial on corruption and bribery charges so he can focus on his campaign for reelection this spring.