A state Supreme Court judge on Monday halted Mayor Eric Adams’ emergency executive orders suspending parts of a law banning solitary confinement in the city’s jails, ruling that Hizzoner had “acted beyond the scope of his emergency powers.”
The decision, issued by Judge Jeffrey Pearlman on June 30, sided with the City Council and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who sued the administration in December 2024. The suit argued that Adams unlawfully used his executive powers by declaring an emergency in the city’s jails simply based on the implementation date of Local Law 42, which the City Council and then enacted into law, overriding Adams’ veto.
