Investigations into Adams and associates
Adams, his marketing campaign and Turkey
Senior City Hall aides and associates
Former police commissioner’s brother
Eric Adams
Timothy Pearson
Philip Banks III
David C. Banks
Sheena Wright
Edward A. Caban
Winnie Greco
Brianna Suggs
Eric Ulrich
Rana Abbasova
Raul Pintos
James Caban
Terence Banks
Dwayne Montgomery
Cenk Öcal
Queens precinct commander
Queens precinct commander
Investigations into Adams and associates
Adams, his marketing campaign and Turkey
Senior City Hall aides and associates
Former police commissioner’s brother
Several federal corruption investigations have reached individuals within the orbit of Mayor Eric Adams of New York, with Mr. Adams and a few of the highest-ranking officers in his administration coming underneath scrutiny.
Officials with the U.S. lawyer’s workplace for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, which is conducting three of the 4 federal legal investigations, have declined to reply questions in regards to the scope of the inquiries.
The full scope of the federal investigations is unclear. Neither the mayor nor others who’ve had their houses searched, their units seized or info sought from them have been charged with a criminal offense, and it’s attainable a few of these focused for searches are solely witnesses. The metropolis’s Department of Investigation is concerned in all 4 inquiries.
State-level prosecutions and civil circumstances have additionally hit the Adams administration.
Here is a more in-depth take a look at how individuals with ties to Mr. Adams, who faces re-election subsequent 12 months, are associated to the investigations.
Federal inquiry into Adams, his marketing campaign and ties to Turkey
Eric Adams
Mayor
Devices seized and subpoenaed
Brianna Suggs
Former chief fund-raiser
Reassigned after house search and units seizure
Rana Abbasova
Aide on depart
Cooperating with inquiry after house search
Cenk Öcal
Former Turkish Airlines government
Home searched
This investigation, by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, seems to be targeted partially on whether or not the Adams 2021 marketing campaign conspired with the Turkish authorities to obtain unlawful overseas donations, and whether or not Mr. Adams pressured the Fire Department to approve a brand new high-rise Turkish consulate, regardless of security considerations.
Last November, the Brooklyn house of Brianna Suggs, Mr. Adams’s chief fund-raiser on the time, was searched by federal brokers. Weeks later, he stated she would go away the position.
Federal brokers additionally searched the New Jersey houses of Rana Abbasova, an aide within the mayor’s worldwide affairs workplace and a former liaison to the Turkish group for Mr. Adams, and Cenk Öcal, a former Turkish Airlines government who served on the mayor’s transition staff. Ms. Abbasova is cooperating with the investigation.
F.B.I. brokers stopped Mr. Adams outdoors an occasion in November and seized his digital units. In July, prosecutors served a brand new spherical of grand jury subpoenas to Mr. Adams, his workplace and his marketing campaign for a variety of supplies.
Federal inquiry into ex-police commissioner’s twin brother
Edward A. Caban
Former police commissioner
Resigned after cellphone seized
Raul Pintos
Chief of workers underneath Caban
Phone seized
James Caban
Former police officer
Phone seized
Queens precinct commander
Phone seized
Queens precinct commander
Phone seized
At the request of City Hall, Edward A. Caban resigned as police commissioner this week, simply days after federal brokers seized his cellphone. Raul Pintos, who served as chief of workers underneath Mr. Caban, and the commanders of two Queens precincts additionally had their telephones seized.
This investigation, by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, seems to be targeted on a nightclub-security enterprise owned by Mr. Caban’s twin brother, James Caban. A former New York City police officer who was fired in 2001, James Caban additionally had his cellphone seized.
Lawyers for Edward Caban have stated prosecutors instructed them he was not a goal of the investigation.
Federal inquiry into senior City Hall aides and associates
Timothy Pearson
Senior adviser to the mayor
Information sought from
Philip Banks III
Deputy mayor for public security
Phone seized
David C. Banks
Schools chancellor
Phones seized
Sheena Wright
First deputy mayor
Phone seized
Terence Banks
Consultant
Home searched and cellphone seized
This investigation, by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, seems to middle on a attainable bribery scheme involving a government-relations consulting firm run by Terence Banks, a brother of Philip Banks III, the deputy mayor for public security, and of David C. Banks, the colleges chancellor.
Terence Banks additionally helped elevate funds for Mr. Adams’s 2021 marketing campaign and was on his transition committee.
The investigation, which seems to be within the early phases, seems to be targeted at the very least partly on metropolis contracts issued underneath packages geared towards small firms owned by girls and members of minority teams.
This month, federal brokers seized the telephones of a number of high City Hall aides: the primary deputy mayor, Sheena Wright; David Banks, her accomplice; and Philip Banks. Investigators additionally sought info from Timothy Pearson, a senior adviser to Mr. Adams who is among the mayor’s closest confidants.
A lawyer for Terence Banks stated he and his shopper had been “assured by the government” that Mr. Banks was not the goal of the investigation. A lawyer for Philip Banks stated his shopper had carried out nothing flawed. David Banks stated he was cooperating with a federal inquiry, and instructed reporters his lawyer had been knowledgeable that Mr. Banks was “absolutely not a target in whatever this investigation is about.”
Other investigations and authorized issues
Winnie Greco
Former marketing campaign fund-raiser
Multiple houses searched
Eric Ulrich
Former buildings commissioner
Charged with taking bribes
Dwayne Montgomery
Former police inspector
Pleaded responsible to conspiracy
Timothy Pearson
Senior adviser to the mayor
The fourth federal investigation, run by the U.S. lawyer’s workplace for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, led to a search in February of houses owned by Winnie Greco, a detailed aide to Mr. Adams who was then his director of Asian affairs and a outstanding marketing campaign fund-raiser.
City officers stated on the time that Ms. Greco could be positioned on unpaid depart throughout the inquiry, however the website The City reported in May she had returned to a authorities job. The prosecutors’ workplace declined to reply questions.
Last 12 months, Eric Ulrich, a one-time Department of Buildings commissioner appointed to the put up by Mr. Adams, was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on 16 felonies, together with conspiracy and taking bribes. He had beforehand resigned after information of the investigation turned public. According to court docket data, Mr. Ulrich has pleaded not responsible.
In February, a retired police inspector, Dwayne Montgomery, pleaded responsible to misdemeanor state prices in Manhattan, admitting that he had directed so-called straw donors — individuals who make marketing campaign donations with another person’s cash — to contribute to the mayor’s 2021 marketing campaign.
Mr. Pearson additionally faces a number of lawsuits involving sexual harassment accusations. A lawyer representing him denied wrongdoing on his behalf. In latest days, two safety guards, whom Mr. Pearson was seen bodily attacking at a Midtown migrant shelter final fall, stated that they deliberate to sue him and the town for false arrest and malicious prosecution. A lawyer representing him had not responded for remark.
Earlier this 12 months, a lady sued Mr. Adams, accusing him of asking for oral intercourse in alternate for profession assist in 1993 and sexually assaulting her when she refused. Mr. Adams has denied assaulting the girl.