Manhattan Federal Judge Dale Ho did the only right thing yesterday in permanently dismissing the criminal case against Eric Adams. Ho could have done so in a sentence, but he wrote 78 pages

"Though I am still a Democrat, I am announcing that I will forgo the Democratic primary for mayor and appeal directly to all New Yorkers as an independent," Adams said.

Judge Dale Ho’s dismissal of charges against Mayor Adams comes with a jab at President Trump’s Justice Department. In an echo of the claim by the erstwhile acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York,