"We have people that use the Justice Department," he said, without evidence.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged with five counts connected to improper campaign contributions.

The former New York City councilmember would be next in line if Eric Adams resigns as New York City mayor.

Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, addressed the five-count indictment made against NYC Mayor Eric Adams.

Questions about New York City Mayor Eric Adams' future in office have begun to swirl as he faces an indictment by a federal grand jury and calls for his resignation.

New York Mayor Eric Adams began Wednesday, as he often does, calling into a morning radio show to promote his administration.

The New York mayor has been charged with bribery, wire fraud and soliciting improper foreign campaign contributions, exposing the mayor to significant prison time if convicted.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged with five counts connected to improper campaign contributions, according to a sweeping indictment unsealed Thursday morning.

Federal agents seized the mayor's phone Thursday morning, Alex Spiro, a lawyer for the mayor, told ABC News.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a federal grand jury, according to sources familiar with the matter.

A federal grand jury handed up an indictment against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, making him the first sitting mayor in the city’s history to be charged with a crime.

Over the last couple of years, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and his closest allies have been under scrutiny by federal investigators.

Mayor Eric Adams responded with a video, saying he would fight the "entirely false" charges, a show of defiance as he becomes first sitting NYC mayor criminally indicted.

Mayor Eric Adams made a statement and claimed he is innocent of the charges that have not yet been unsealed.

ABC News Senior Investigative Correspondent Aaron Katersky talks about Melissa Aviles-Ramos being appointed a day after David Banks resigned amid investigations into Mayor Eric Adams' administration.

The Ulster County patient's death was confirmed by Gov. Kathy Hochul's office. There have been 11 reported cases of the mosquito-borne virus in the U.S. this year.

Thomas Donlon, who became the interim commissioner last week, said federal authorities seized materials unrelated to his police work.

The rare mosquito-borne illness Eastern Equine Encephalitis was detected in Ulster County, state health officials said.

Authorities say a police pursuit that began in New York City ended on Long Island with the shooting death of the driver, and seven police officers and a civilian were taken to hospitals for treatment

New York state reported its first case of eastern equine encephalitis in nearly a decade on Friday.

Footage of two New York City police officers opening fire at a subway station as they confronted a man holding a knife shows they fired at him as he was standing still, his arms by his side and his back to a train

Two teenage girls have been arrested on charges related to the crash of a stolen New York City subway train last week, the police announced on Thursday.

A search is underway in New York City for two suspects, including one dressed all in pink, who allegedly stole and crashed an empty subway train.

Former President Donald Trump told a Long Island, New York, rally crowd on Wednesday night that he is going to Springfield, Ohio.

Alessandro Trinchero captured the same photos his parents took in 1994 on their honeymoon to New York City.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has returned his key to New York City after a request from Mayor Eric Adams in response to the release of a video showing the music mogul attacking R&B singer Cassie

The cousin of a New Yorker hit by a stray police bullet says the man underwent cranial surgery to reduce swelling from a bullet wound

Fenway Park has the Ted Williams seat

Two now-retired chiefs from the FDNY were arrested early Monday morning following a yearlong corruption investigation, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

New York City police say someone made off with a knife from a crime scene in the chaotic aftermath of a police shooting

Two retired New York City fire chiefs have been arrested for allegedly accepting $190,000 in bribes to expedite building inspections.

Two now-retired chiefs from the FDNY were arrested early Monday morning following a yearlong corruption investigation, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

Four people were wounded at a Brooklyn train station Sunday when police officers shot at a man threatening them with a knife

The New York City mayor's office announced the departure of Lisa Zornberg, chief counsel of City Hall, following the resignation of the police commissioner on Thursday.

The top legal adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned abruptly over the weekend, the latest sign of instability in the Democrat’s administration as it deals with multiple federal investigations

Justin Timberlake pleaded guilty to a noncriminal traffic violation of driving impaired as part of a deal reached with the court in his DWI case.

The pop star was arrested in the Hamptons in June and pleaded guilty to a traffic violation Friday. He lamented his decision to drive even though he said he only had one drink.

Longtime drug cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has pleaded not guilty to U.S. narcotics trafficking charges

Authorities say a 20-year-old gang member has pleaded guilty in a drive-by shooting that wounded two rival gang members in front of the New York home of then-U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin

Mayor Eric Adams appointed former FBI agent and former New York Homeland Security Director Tom Donlon as interim commissioner.

ABC News' Aaron Katersky reports about the federal corruption probe surrounding Edward Caban and what we now know about the investigation that led to his resignation.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she has been diagnosed with skin cancer and is scheduled to undergo a removal procedure this week

The musician is expected to appear in a Sag Harbor, New York court on Friday to plead guilty to a lesser charge and pay a fine, resolving the misdemeanor charges, sources told ABC News.

A suspect has been arrested in an alleged attack on the owner of a New York City clothing boutique that she says erupted over a Kamala Harris poster in her window.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo began his public testimony before Congress on his COVID-19 nursing home policies on Tuesday.

Federal authorities on Friday ramped up their investigation into possible corruption in New York City, interviewing police officials and seizing phones, sources said.

Twenty-three years after Sept. 11, 2001, illnesses linked to the World Trade Center attack have now killed more FDNY members than were killed on the day itself.

A 20-year-old man was arrested in Canada for an ISIS-inspired plot to "slaughter" Jewish people.

The FBI searched the homes of two aides to Mayor Eric Adams and seized the phones of the NYPD commissioner and at least six other top NYPD officials.

The FBI conducted searches at the residences of two of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' top aides, according to sources familiar with the investigation as reported by ABC News.