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From: Don Green9/19/2024 8:09:08 PM
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NYC's web of scandals
Illustration: Allie Carl/Axios

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and his inner circle are staring down a growing list of legal problems and a full-blown political firestorm, Axios' Noah Bressner writes.

?? At least four agencies — the Justice Department, the FBI, the IRS and the city's Department of Investigations — are now involved in four separate corruption probes of people in Adams' orbit.

  • One investigation is reportedly focused on whether Adams' campaign illegally conspired to receive foreign money.
  • Two more involve alleged corruption by people whose relatives are high-ranking city officials.
  • The last known investigation appears to involve Adams' director of Asian affairs, according to local news website The City.
  • The NYPD commissioner resigned last week after the FBI had raided his home earlier this month. Adams' chief counsel quit a few days later. This week, two senior fire department chiefs were arrested on bribery charges.
?? What's next: Adams is already facing tough primary challenges next year, and some critics have called for him to resign even before any of these investigations' findings are made public.

??? What they're saying: "New Yorkers still expect us to do our jobs every day, and that's what we're doing," mayoral spokesperson Fabien Levy told Axios.

  • Adams also has said he's focused on his governing priorities — this week, for example, he's hosting New York City's first-ever " Rat Summit."
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