Judge was right to drop charges against Eric Adams freeing him to do his job AND run for reelection

Judge Dale Ho made the right call in permanently dropping corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams.Hizzoner has plainly suffered a personal morale hit from this ordeal; he even announced that he’d stopped reading the newspapers to help him cope.But now he can tend to city business and ramp up a full-throttle reelection campaign — with no cloud hanging over him.About time.The case plainly needed to be dropped: As the Justice Department noted, it smelled of “impropriety” by Biden prosecutors, who indicted Adams only after he criticized their administration’s immigration policies.The case also “improperly interfered” with Adams’ reelection campaign and hamstrung him in doing his job.But so did the Trump prosecutors’ plan to retain the right to refile charges later: Adams’ enemies have been relentless in charging that leaving things in limbo left the mayor obliged to jump anytime the prez said “frog.”Plus, the change in the White House can’t actually remove that original political taint.

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Never miss a story.So Ho did right in heeding the recommendation of outside adviser Paul Clement and killing the case altogether.All that said: If the case was meant as a political hit job, it worked.It’s done major damage to Adams, slamming his reputation and encouraging ex-Gov.

Andrew Cuomo to enter the race despite his past promises not to primary the mayor.He has not only refrained from campaigning, he hasn’t seriously contested the Campaign Finance Board’s decision to withhold public matching funds from his campaign.It didn’t help that Ho took his time: It’s been two months since prosecutors sought to drop the case, and a month since Clement advised killing it completely.At this point, Adams’ best hope for re-election may ...