Eric Adams is making the most of his last moments in office. He’s hopscotching the world — Mexico, Israel, Albania, Uzbekistan — and talking up his many “dream job” offers. Most important, he’s walking out of Gracie Mansion a free man after making nice with Trump’s Justice Department.

His former aides aren’t quite so lucky. Many of them are still facing criminal prosecution, lawsuits in state court, federal and local investigations, or some combination of all of the above. And while Adams is all grips and “What, me worry?” grins in public, he continues to have some legal exposure of his own. (Adams’s spokesperson did not have a comment for this story.) Here, a rundown of some of the outstanding legal cases against Adamsworld that will outlive his administration.

The mayor was barely four months into his term when he told his Buildings commissioner, Eric Ulrich, “Watch your back and watch your phones.” Sixteen months after that, Ulrich became the first major Adams official to be charged with felonies. Five separate indictments portrayed Ulrich at the center of a wild — and wildly corrupt — world that included an illegal casino, a former Mafia hangout, an Ozone Park pizza joint, and $150,000 worth of alleged bribes, such as a painting from Salvador Dalí’s last apprentice. It’s been a lot to unpack. A trial date still hasn’t been set for Ulrich, who pleaded not guilty.

Former G-man Tom Donlon was the interim police commissioner for just two months and 11 days. That was more than enough time, he later told me, to conclude that Adams and his NYPD cronies had turned the department into a wide-reaching “criminal enterprise.” Donlon sued them in federal court in July. Adams and a former deputy commissioner hit back, accusing Donlon of suffering from cognitive issues. Donlon filed a second, $10 million........

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