Emil Bove: “Your office’s insubordination is little more than a preference to avoid a duty that you regard as unpleasant and…”

The legal battle had meaningfully impeded Adams’ ability to make decisions around public safety.

Bove noted to Sen. Richard Blumenthal that Ho had granted the dismissal.

The pending prosecution has unduly restricted Mayor Adams’ ability to devote full attention and resources to the illegal immigration and violent crime that escalated under the policies of the prior Administration.

The criminal inquiry into Adams amounted to an abuse of the criminal justice system.