Prosecutors Warn of More Charges and Defendants in Adams Graft Case

Eric Adams, the New York City mayor, appeared before Judge Dale E. Ho as he fights off federal charges that he accepted luxury travel in exchange for favors.

Less than a week after Mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty to charges of bribery and fraud, federal prosecutors told a judge that they might bring additional charges against him and that charges against other people are “likely.”

“There are several related investigations here,” Hagan Cordell Scotten, a prosecutor with the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, said during a hearing in federal court in Manhattan on Wednesday.

The hearing was the most recent step in the case against Mr. Adams, the first sitting mayor in modern New York City history to be indicted on criminal charges. Mr. Adams, 64, has denied the allegations detailed in a five-count indictment that prosecutors revealed last week. He faces charges of bribery conspiracy, fraud and soliciting illegal campaign donations.

The mayor, a former Brooklyn borough president and police captain, is accused of accepting luxury travel for years before becoming the Democratic nominee for mayor and of pressuring the Fire Department to sign off on the opening of a new high-rise Turkish Consulate building in Midtown Manhattan after he was elected.

Prosecutors have said that Mr. Adams accepted benefits worth more than $100,000 over nearly a decade, as well as illegal campaign contributions.

Here Are the Charges Eric Adams Faces, Annotated

The Times annotated the indictment.

On Wednesday, Mr. Adams sat at the defense table in a dark suit, a dark tie and a white shirt. Next to him sat his lawyer, Alex Spiro, at an otherwise empty table. Across the aisle sat four federal prosecutors.

Mr. Spiro has said that the charges are “not a real case.” New Yorkers will “see through this,” he has said.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

Tracking Charges and Investigations in Eric Adams’s Orbit

Four federal corruption inquiries have reached into the world of Mayor Eric Adams of New York. Here is a closer look at the charges against Mr. Adams and how people with ties to him are related to the inquiries.