A judge has blocked New York City Mayor Eric Adams from letting federal immigration authorities reopen an office at the city's main jail.

A State Supreme Court judge has indefinitely barred Mayor Eric Adams from allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement from reopening an office on Rikers Island. In a scathing decision published Friday afternoon,

New York Supreme Court Justice Mary Rosado granted a preliminary injunction siding with the New York City Council. The group alleges Adams’ office issued an order allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate at the prison as part of a quid pro quo agreement that ensured the Justice Department dropped its corruption charges against him.