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New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked a judge on Monday to set an earlier trial date in his federal corruption case next year, arguing the current date would impede Adams’ participation in his mayoral reelection campaign, according to court documents. In a letter to the court, Adams’ lawyer, Alex Spiro, requested the trial to begin weeks earlier on April 1, rather than later that month. He added that the prosecution will “cast a cloud” over Adams’ campaign until it’s resolved by a New York jury at trial. Adams pledged to fight the charges and stay on as mayor. “This was a multiyear scheme to buy favor with a single New York City politician on the rise,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said at a news conference in September.

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☆ NYC Mayor Eric Adams faces ‘possible’ additional charges in corruption case, federal prosecutor says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Kara Scannell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Additional charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams are “possible” and it’s “likely” there will be additional defendants charged as part of the alleged scheme in the federal corruption case, a prosecutor said Wednesday at a court hearing. Federal prosecutor Hagan Scotten said they have evidence that Adams attempted to tamper with a witness in the investigation. The federal prosecutor revealed new information about the investigation, saying it began in the summer of 2021 before Adams became mayor. The additional defendants could be charged in a superseding indictment or in a separate case, Scotten added. Assistant US Attorney Hagen Scotten speaks in Manhattan federal court, as attorney Alex Spiro, center, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, right, look on Wednesday.

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Adams allegedly committed 23 different “overt acts,” which include accepting free flights and hotel rooms and coordinating straw donations. In 2017, Adams allegedly accepted free business class tickets for three roundtrip international flights and a heavily discounted stay at a suite in the St. Regis Istanbul. Adams allegedly accepted over $123,000 worth of luxury travel benefits between 2016 and 2021, without disclosing any of it. “No one is above the law, including the Mayor of New York City,” Schumer said in a written statement Thursday. The indictment does not total the amount of matching public funds Adams allegedly received directly from the eight illegal straw donations.

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☆ What it would take to remove embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NYC Mayor Eric Adams insisted that he will remain in office despite his indictment. However, the city's charter outlines two ways Adams could be forcibly removed from his position. AdvertisementAfter news broke that New York City Mayor Eric Adams was indicted on five criminal counts, many other politicians started calling on him to resign his post. The committee includes five members: New York City's top attorney, the comptroller, the City Council speaker, the borough president serving the longest consecutive term, and a deputy mayor that the mayor selects, the city charter states. If Adams is removed from office or resigns, Jumaane Williams, the city's public advocate, would serve as acting mayor.

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☆ NYC Mayor Eric Adams charged with bribery and wire fraud in scheme spanning nearly 10 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Jonathan_Dienst_Byline.Jpg | Jonathan Dienst | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been hit with five federal charges – including wire fraud, bribery and solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national – according to a sprawling 57-page federal indictment unsealed Thursday. Although the Bentley Suite for two nights would have cost approximately $7,000, Adams paid less than $600, the indictment says. And so, the building opened as requested by a Turkish official who had plied Adams with travel benefits and other gifts, the indictment says. In addition to the free travel and hotel rooms, Adams received illegal campaign contributions from foreign donors, including the Turkish government official, the indictment says. Adams has repeatedly said that his administration is cooperating in the investigations and he's focused on his work as mayor.

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In September 2023, NYC Mayor Eric Adams gave hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs a key to the city. Both Adams and Combs were charged with crimes in September 2024. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementAbout a year ago, New York Mayor Eric Adams gave Sean Combs, the music mogul known as Diddy, a key to the city. During a ceremony in Times Square, Adams handed Diddy the key, a symbol of recognition for New Yorkers who have achieved remarkable success.

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☆ NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted on federal charges in campaign finance case
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference at the City Hall, after it was revealed that he received a fresh round of federal grand jury subpoenas, New York City, U.S., August 16, 2024. New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on criminal charges in federal court in Manhattan, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC on Wednesday night. The indictment, which remains sealed for now, at least in part accuses Adams of criminal conduct related to donations to his 2021 mayoral campaign. Adams, a 64-year-old former police captain, is at least the second New York mayor to be criminally charged while still in office. If Adams resigns before his first term in office ends, he would be replaced by New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams as acting mayor.

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☆ The charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams explained in 60 seconds
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A grand jury has indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams on 5 criminal counts in a corruption probe. Prosecutors accuse Adams of soliciting bribes from wealthy foreign businesspeople. He has been hit with charges of bribery and receiving illegal campaign contributions from foreign nationals. AdvertisementA grand jury has indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams on five criminal counts in a federal corruption probe. The retired captain of the New York Police Department is the first sitting mayor of New York City to be indicted while in office.

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☆ Watch Live: Federal prosecutors announce charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Josephine Rozzelle | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal prosecutors are expected to announce public corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams Thursday in a press conference in lower Manhattan. Adams has been indicted on criminal charges related to contributions to the Democrat's 2021 mayoral campaign. Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James Dennehy, FBI New York Assistant Director in Charge, and Jocelyn E. Strauber, Department of Investigation Commissioner, will deliver remarks at the press conference.

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Eric Adams spent two nights at the St. Regis Istanbul in the summer of 2017, prosecutors said. He paid $600 for the hotel's Bentley suite instead of its true worth, about $7,000, they said. A page from the indictment showing the Bentley Suite, where feds say Adams stayed at a big discount. One of these perks was the 2017 stay in the St. Regis' Bentley Suite. Take a look inside the Bentley hotel suite where prosecutors say he stayed in 2017 at a major discount.

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☆ Video: NYC Mayor Eric Adams speaks after indicted on 5 federal public corruption charges
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Cassandra Eldred | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Eric Adams is using Elon Musk's go-to lawyer
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

NYC Mayor Eric Adams isn't messing around defending himself against a federal indictment. The mayor has hired high-powered attorney and Elon Musk favorite, Alex Spiro, Bloomberg reported. Adams was indicted this week on charges related to bribery, fraud, and conspiracy. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementNew York City Mayor Eric Adams is reportedly turning to one high-profile person to help fight his recent indictment: Elon Musk's favorite lawyer.

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☆ AOC says embattled NYC Mayor Eric Adams should resign for the 'good of the city'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Wednesday called for New York City's embattled Mayor Eric Adams to resign. In a post on X, Ocasio-Cortez said the chaos in the Adams' administration is rendering his government ineffective. Adams' administration is the target of multiple federal investigations. "I do not see how Mayor Adams can continue governing New York City," Ocasio-Cortez said. In a separate investigation, the FBI searched the homes of at least two senior officials in the Adams' administration.

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☆ New York's viral new trash cans are the result of a $4 million project involving consultancy giant McKinsey
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Nora Redmond | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. It isn't known exactly how many rats are in NYC, but a 2014 study suggested there were around two million, and a pest control firm in 2023 estimated there were close to three million rats in NYC. Adams said the program was part of his administration's "Trash Revolution," which aims to clean up the city's streets. A Sanitation Department official told New York Streetsblog at the time that the project was worth around $4 million. The Office of the New York State Comptroller shows that McKinsey has worked on at least 10 other projects with the state.

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☆ NYC Mayor Eric Adams on protest crackdown: We're not going to accept chaos in the city
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNYC Mayor Eric Adams on protest crackdown: We're not going to accept chaos in the cityNew York City Mayor Eric Adams joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the city's crackdown on college campus protests, the radicalization of youths, the immigration crisis, and more.

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☆ FBI raids home of fundraiser for NYC Mayor Eric Adams
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PoliticsFBI raids home of fundraiser for NYC Mayor Eric AdamsPostedFBI agents searched the home of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' chief election campaign fundraiser, Brianna Suggs, on Thursday (November 3), and she was questioned by public corruption investigators, city officials and local media reported. Ryan Chang reports.

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☆ NYC mayor says his AI robocalls are so convincing that people are stopping him on the street to ask if he speaks Mandarin
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NYC Mayor Eric Adams's office is using AI to clone his voice into languages like Mandarin for robocalls. People have even asked him if he speaks Mandarin, Adams said at a press conference on Monday. Since March 2022, Adams' office has reached over 4 million residents through these calls, a spokesperson for the mayor told Insider. Adams' office did not comment on the concern or specify how many languages the mayor speaks. AdvertisementAdvertisementNew York City also quietly rolled out AI surveillance technology at subway stations to track fare evaders earlier this year.

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☆ People are poking fun at NYC Mayor Eric Adams for trying to make a heart sign with the city's new armless patrol robot
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A user on X spotted NYC Mayor Eric Adams' attempt at making a heart with the new armless patrol robot. Adams unveiled the 5 feet 3 inches tall K5 patrol robot that weighs 400 pounds at a press conference on Friday. AdvertisementAdvertisementHonan's post has since racked up over 11 million views, and drawn reactions from a host of other users poking fun at the gesture and the city's new patrol robot. The new patrol robot is already drawing some criticism. The New York City police department and mayor's office did not immediately respond to requests for comment, sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ More than 6 in 10 say they disapprove of Biden's handling of immigration at the US-Mexico border
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Biden continues to struggle with voters over his handling of immigration at the US-Mexico border. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll showed that 62% disapproved of his efforts on the issue. Biden's relationship with NYC Mayor Eric Adams has noticeably cooled as the city struggles to house migrants. In a newly released Washington Post-ABC News poll, only 23% of registered voters approved of Biden's handling of immigration at the southern border, compared to 62% of respondents who disapproved. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn February, 28% approved of Biden's handling of immigration, compared to 59% of respondents who disapproved, a reflection of the administration's continued struggles on the issue.

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☆ NYC rolls out plan to convert empty office buildings into 20,000 homes as remote working persists
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NYC Mayor Eric Adams outlined a proposal to convert office buildings into affordable homes. Adams said the goal is to create as many as 20,000 homes to help solve the city's housing crisis. "It makes no sense to allow office buildings to sit empty while New Yorkers struggle to find housing. Empty office buildings are an issue across US cities including San Francisco and Chicago. A recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that over 2,000 US office buildings could be transformed into as many as 400,000 apartment units.

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☆ NYC mayor Eric Adams to update disclosure form after failing to report crypto holdings, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives for a press conference on gun violence at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner on June 26, 2023 in New York City. New York City mayor Eric Adams has reportedly pledged to correct his annual financial disclosure form filed with the Conflicts of Interest Board, after failing to report his cryptocurrency holdings. It is unclear how much Adams' crypto holdings are worth. Miami mayor Francis Suarez's progressive crypto policies drew start-ups, venture firms, and crypto exchanges to Florida during the pandemic. In a similar disclosure by Suarez, the Miami mayor reported crypto holdings of $71,321 at the end of 2022, according to documents obtained by The Miami Herald via the county elections department.

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☆ NYC Mayor Eric Adams's staffers splashed coffee on a photo of a slain police officer to make it look older than it actually was, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

NYC Mayor Eric Adams carries around a photo of a slain police officer in his wallet. But the NYT reports that the photo was printed recently — and aides used coffee to make it look older. "I still think about Robert," Adams said at a news conference during his first months in office. According to the New York Times, Adams' wallet-sized photo of Officer Robert Venable, a friend of the mayor who died in the line of duty in 1987, was only recently created. Adams later posed for a portrait with the photo of Venable for a New York Times article published in February 2022.

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☆ NYC Mayor Eric Adams, a Critic of Remote Work, Cedes Some Ground
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Jimmy Vielkind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ After the killing of Jordan Neely, New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces backlash over his approaches to subway safety and mental illness
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NYC Mayor Eric Adams is being blasted by progressives over his response to Jordan Neely's killing. Neely's death has now placed an even brighter spotlight on Adams' policies regarding homelessness, which the mayor defended during a press conference last Thursday. "People who are dealing with mental health illness should get the help they need and not live on the train. The chief medical examiner's office last Wednesday said that the cause of Neely's death was compression of the neck and ruled his death as a homicide. Meanwhile, protestors are demanding that Penny face charges in Neely's death.

☆ NYPD's robot dogs are back after backlash. NYC Mayor Eric Adams says 'we cannot be afraid' of the technology.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The NYPD's robotic dogs are "out of the pound" again, mayor Eric Adams announced earlier this week. Adams announced during a press conference earlier this week that the city spent $750,000 on two robotic canines the NYPD calls "Digidogs. " He said the dogs can "save lives" in situations where "you can't have police officers going inside because it's dangerous." The announcement comes just two years after the NYPD halted an experiment with the robotic dogs. In addition to the robot dogs, the NYPD will begin testing the StarChase pilot, a device that shoots a GPS-tracker to a stolen car, and the K5 ASR, an outdoor security robot, Adams said during the press conference.

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