Hochul expected to decide New York City mayor's fate after judge's decision

And strikes at state prisons spread to more than two dozen facilities Tuesday.

Good afternoon — it’s Tuesday and Pluto Day.

In today’s CapCon:

• The fate of New York City Mayor Eric Adams hangs in the balance as Gov. Kathy Hochul met with other Democratic leaders Tuesday to discuss his future.

• Hochul may send in the National Guard to help after strikes by correction officers expanded to more than two dozen facilities Tuesday.

• The Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government is constitutional, New York’s highest court ruled, in a blow to former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

• The ‘City of Yes’? Affordable housing advocates want Hochul and lawmakers to consider a ‘State of Yes.’

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams (Yuki Iwamura/Associated Press)

⚖️ Hochul expected to wait for court arguments before deciding on Adams

Gov. Kathy Hochul is not expected to announce a decision on the fate of New York City Mayor Eric Adams until Wednesday at the earliest.

U.S. District Court Judge Dale Ho, the federal judge overseeing the criminal case filed last year against Adams, has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday afternoon. He wants federal prosecutors to explain why they want the charges dismissed.

It’ll ultimately be Ho’s decision as to whether the case is dropped or ordered to move forward.

“The parties shall be prepared to address, inter alia, the reasons for the government’s motion, the script and effect of Mayor Adams’s ‘consent in writing’ … and the procedure for resolution of the motion,” Ho wrote in an order Tuesday.