Eric Adams vows to fight US prosecutors on a case alleging he accepted illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel from foreign nationals for many years.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been implicated in a bribery and fraud scheme, becoming the first of the city's 110 mayors to be criminally charged while in office.
In return, he pressured city officials to allow the country's new 36-storey consulate to open despite safety concerns, prosecutors said.The mayor of New York City Eric Adams says he expected to be charged with federal crimes and declared he was innocent, after the Times reported he had already been indicted following a long-running federal corruption investigation.Mr Adams, 64, denied wrongdoing and said he would fight the charges in court, vowing not to step down.
Earlier on Thursday, federal agents searched the mayor's Gracie Mansion home on Manhattan's Upper East Side, according to a Reuters witness. Around a dozen people in business attire were seen walking on the mansion's grounds with briefcases and duffel bags. Prosecutors said Adams would fly on the Turkish airline even when it was inconvenient. "You know first stop is always Istanbul," he wrote in a 2017 text message when his partner expressed that they were flying from New York to Paris through Istanbul.
After repeated messages about the building from Adams, a senior Fire Department official allegedly told a subordinate he would lose his job if he did not allow the consulate to open. Mr Adams notified the diplomat when the Fire Department approved the building to open later in the day, the indictment said.The 64-year-old performed other favours as well, the indictment said.
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