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Mayor Adams’ campaign hasn’t yet returned tens of thousands of dollars in donations connected to criminally indicted ex-Buildings Department boss Eric Ulrich — even though a lawyer for the mayor’s campaign said four months ago that the contributions were in the process of being refunded. The revelations about the Ulrich-tied contributions were contained in the latest public disclosure that ...

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ campaign hasn’t yet returned tens of thousands of dollars in donations connected to criminally indicted ex-Buildings Department boss Eric Ulrich — even though a lawyer for the mayor’s campaign said four months ago that the contributions were in the process of being refunded. The revelations about the Ulrich-tied contributions were contained in the ...

NEW YORK — A veteran New York political consultant who raised funds for Mayor Adams’ 2021 campaign has been hired to solicit cash for his legal defense trust, which will accept donations from anyone, including reputable individuals affiliated with Turkish groups, the mayor said Tuesday. The legal defense fund’s hire of Michael Giaccio, who runs political consulting firm Bedford Grove, comes as ...

‘Not only would it shock me, it would hurt me,’ Eric Adams said in first public statement since top fundraiser’s home was raided

‘Not only would it shock me, it would hurt me,’ Eric Adams said in first public statement since top fundraiser’s home was raided

NEW YORK — FBI agents Thursday raided the Brooklyn home of Brianna Suggs, the manager of New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ campaign fundraising operation who has claimed credit for raking in more than $19 million for his political efforts over the years, according to sources familiar with the matter and public records. According to a bombshell search warrant reported by The New York Times, the ...

Six New York City contractors were charged in Manhattan Friday with funneling straw donations to Eric Adams’ 2021 campaign for mayor, prosecutors said. The Manhattan district attorney unsealed indictments accusing Dwayne Montgomery, Shamsuddin Riza, Millicent Redick, Ronald Peek, Yahya Mushtaq, Shahid Mushtaq, and a Queens-based site safety management company they own, Ecosafety Consultants ...