NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted following federal corruption investigation
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces federal charges, marking a historic moment as he becomes the first sitting mayor to be indicted. The specific charges remain sealed, but are suspected to involve a kickback scheme related to the Turkish government funding his campaign.
This development follows a series of raids targeting Adams's close aides, including two deputy mayors and the former police commissioner. The investigations have hindered Adams's political agenda and emboldened challengers for the upcoming election.
Adams is set to surrender to authorities next week. He has consistently denied wrongdoing, stating, "I have nothing to hide." The legal troubles have overshadowed his tenure and potential reelection efforts.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams indicted in federal corruption investigation: sources
ABCNY 3-4 minutes 9/26/2024
New York Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that remain sealed, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Adams responded to the indictment in a statement released Wednesday night.
"I always knew that If I stood my ground for New Yorkers that I would be a target-and a target I became. If I am charged, I am innocent and I will fight this with every ounce of my strength and spirit," he said.
The police officer turned politician along with members of his inner circle has spent nearly a year under the cloud of federal investigations.
His cell phones were seized and, in recent weeks, the residences of some of his closest confidants were searched by federal agents working on several related corruption probes.
The mayor two weeks ago, accepted the resignation of Edward Caban , his handpicked police commissioner, after the authorities issued a subpoena for his phones.
The mayor's chief counsel, Lisa Zornberg, stepped down . This week, the schools chancellor, David Banks, announced plans to retire at the end of the year. Banks had also turned over his phone to federal authorities.
Banks's younger brothers, Philip, the deputy mayor for public safety, and Terence, also had their phones seized. David Banks's fiancée, Sheena Wright, the first deputy mayor, had her phone seized as well.
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Adams has said that, as a former police officer, he has always followed the rules. He has also said he has known of no "misdoings" within his administration.
The FBI seized Adams' electronic devices as part of an investigation into whether his 2021 mayoral campaign's fundraising. Other investigations have focused on city contracts and enforcement of regulations governing bars and clubs.
Only the second African-American to lead the nation's largest city, Adams had been hailed as the vanguard of a new generation of Democratic leader who could both support law enforcement and chart a progressive course coming out of a city-crushing pandemic.
He has led the city through a remarkable drop in violent crime after a COVID-era surge that led business leaders and residents to complaint that New York was collapsing toward the bad old days of the 1980s.
Trump Republicans are frantically digging for a way to blame Kamala Harris for this.
Where and when have Republicans done this? It seems like the Dems always want to blame others for their corruption and malfeasance.
Do you have a link to support your theory?
Good! And, About Time...
I must have forgot all the previous critical comments that you’ve written here about Mayor Adams.
What you do not remember me not saying is not even a thing...
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The corruption dosn't stop no matter who is in office.
No, but Mayor Adams and his cronies have been so egregious and in your face about corruption their downfall was inevitable. Like Diddy!
There is no coincidence that they are all going down simultaneously.
Sean 'Diddy' says: I don't know Him!
I doubt that...
Too bad for Sean, no one wants a Adams relationship.
That is what is known as "a generalization"-- "over-generalizing"..
People generalize because the generalizations are often true. But not always.
And in this case is false.
(There are actually people-- even politicians-- who are not corrupt)
And so yet ANOTHER American politician may have added to the mountain of corruption in the land of opportunity, proving that such opportunity also includes the ability, maybe even a propensity in politics, to be corrupt.
There is political corruption all over the world.
An undeniable fact. In some places more harshly dealt with than others.
And in some places its much more widespread than others.
(And in other places its less common than others).
Correct.
(Just as there are honest people all over the world)
And in some places it's much more expected than in others.
Ah, but we're talking about American politicians, are we not?
Luckily, the corruption hasn't gotten so bad that analysts wonder about our ability to win a war.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, even economictimes.indiatimes. However, I prefer to stay ON topic.
There are lists ranking countrires in all sorts of things, IIRC, near the top of the list for "honesty" and related values, it seems that the Scandinavian countries usually take the top spots.Along with Switzerland...and ((you're gonna like this one Buzz)-- Canada!
Eh?
"I expected no less" (Major Heinrich Strasser, played by Conrad Veidt in Casablanca)
New Yorkers voted for this man.
Will he resign?
Where have you gone, Bill DeBlasio?
Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you
Woo, woo, woo