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Weeks before he was indicted on bribery charges alongside ex-Buildings Department head Eric Ulrich this summer, a Queens tow truck operator got paid by a city agency for a vehicle hauling job — even though he had for years been barred from receiving municipal business due to a separate, ongoing legal battle, the Daily News has learned. The Sanitation Department’s $9,000 payment to Michael ...

After Eric Ulrich surrendered himself Wednesday morning, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and city Department of Investigation Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber announced five indictments against the former official for allegedly misusing his

Eric Ulrich accepted cash, baseball tickets, a painting, a discounted luxury apartment, and provided access to Mayor Eric Adams, the DA claims.

Eric Ulrich has “misus[ed] his authority in every public service position he held,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Wednesday.

New York City’s onetime top building-safety official was arrested Wednesday on charges that he accepted cash, baseball tickets, a painting, a discounted luxury apartment and other bribes from at least five associates, repaying them with political favors and access to high-ranking officials, including Mayor Eric Adams. Former Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich and six co-defendants were arraigned on conspiracy charges related to a series of bribery schemes. In each of those roles, Ulrich “took ad