Mayor Eric Adams surrounded himself outside Gracie Mansion with some of his longest-standing allies on Thursday, asking New Yorkers to “wait to hear our defense” just minutes after federal prosecutors unsealed their indictment against him on bribery and other charges. “We are not surprised,” he said, surrounded by New York State NAACP president Hazel Dukes, […]

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Federal investigations into irregular election spending can uncover wild stories. Politicians have used campaign money to pay rent, fund family vacations, book hotel rooms for mistresses − and worse.

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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams on Thursday unsealed a 57-page indictment that accuses Mayor Eric Adams of performing favors for Turkish foreign nationals after accepting more than $100,000 in lavish international plane tickets and accommodations, as well as soliciting illegal donations from them.  Those donations in turn generated public matching funds for his 2021 mayoral […]

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