Key Individuals Caught Up within the Eric Adams Investigations
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Adams was elected in 2021, besting a number of challengers within the Democratic main and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa within the normal election. Adams had beforehand served as Brooklyn borough president and a state senator for the borough. Earlier than getting into politics, Adams was a member of the transit police and the NYPD, later retiring as a captain.
Shortly after federal investigators carried out raids on two of his aides in November of final 12 months, Adams himself was stopped by the FBI and requested to flip over his digital units, which have been later returned. The mayor has repeatedly maintained that he has accomplished nothing flawed and mentioned he’ll proceed to cooperate with the investigations. Adams has not been accused of any wrongdoing up to now.
Adams just lately misplaced Lisa Zornberg, Metropolis Corridor’s chief counsel, who abruptly stepped down within the aftermath of the federal authorities’s searches. Reporting means that Zornberg exited the administration after Adams rejected her recommendation to fireside the aides presently being eyed by investigators.
