Campaign 2021

Eric Adams Donor Construction Firm Escaped Past City Graft Tangles

Nov. 5, 2023, 10:18 a.m.Nov. 22, 2023, 8:52 a.m.

Kiska Construction, which shared a CEO with the company under FBI probe, got government workers busted for accepting bribes on public works projects.

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at a Bowling Green flag-raising ceremony for Turkey.

Adams World: Investigated

Before FBI Probe, Eric Adams Campaign Accepted and Returned $10,000 in Donations Linked to Turkish University

Nov. 3, 2023, 6:21 p.m.Nov. 14, 2023, 2:45 p.m.

A campaign spokesperson said the Adams team returned the money from Bay Atlantic University employees because it had more than it could spend.

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at City Hall during his weekly in-person media availability.

Adams World: Investigated

FBI Raids Home of Top Adams Fundraiser Brianna Suggs as Mayor Rushes Back to NYC

Nov. 2, 2023, 2:46 p.m.Nov. 14, 2023, 2:40 p.m.

Adams aborted a D.C. trip where he’d promised to ask the White House for federal migrant aid.

Eric Adams

Adams Campaign Repeatedly Ignored Regulators’ Demands to Identify ers Behind $300,000 in Contributions

Sept. 22, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 21, 2023, 8:40 p.m.

The Campaign Finance Board flagged 600 donations suspected of having been gathered by undisclosed bundlers in potential violation of campaign finance rules. Several of the contributions figure in a recent indictment by the Manhattan DA.

Eric Adams

New Questions Arise Over Adams Donors: One Says She Was Reimbursed, Others Say They Never Gave

Aug. 18, 2023, 4:58 p.m.Oct. 8, 2024, 10:25 a.m.

A month after Adams ers were indicted over illegal donations, a CITY investigation has turned up other instances of questionable contributions that his campaign submitted for public matching funds.

Politics

Eric Adams’ Transition Fined Nearly $20K by Campaign Finance Board

May 15, 2023, 2:51 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

Prohibited donations from business associates and dozens of missing refund check copies spurred scrutiny of the mayor’s inauguration.

Elections

Public Spending on 2021 NYC Elections Blew Away Previous Records

Sept. 27, 2022, 5:01 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.

Taxpayer funds given out in the primaries and general last year were nearly 10 times what they were in 2017, the last citywide election, and about three times what they were in 2013.

Politics

Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin Indicted in Campaign Fundraising Scheme First Exposed By THE CITY

April 12, 2022, 3:13 p.m.April 13, 2022, 6:51 a.m.

Federal prosecutors allege the former state senator participated in “bribery” with donor charged with scamming NYC’s public matching funds system.

Campaign 2021

Adams Reaped Early Campaign Cash From Top Aide’s Associates Now Sued for Fraud

March 1, 2022, 8:12 p.m.March 1, 2022, 9:12 p.m.

More than $40,000 came from employees of New Jersey companies funded by Frank Carone, Adams’ chief of staff, that are now fighting a lawsuit alleging insurance fraud.

City Hall

Meet Your City Council: Learn More About NYC’s New Lawmakers

Jan. 2, 2022, 9:23 p.m.Jan. 4, 2022, 9:50 a.m.

THE CITY surveyed incoming and recently arrived City Council to learn about their priorities for their district, their first-term goals and more. What you don’t know about your new representative might surprise you.

Campaign 2021

Eric Adams Donor Construction Firm Escaped Past City Graft Tangles

Before FBI Probe, Eric Adams Campaign Accepted and Returned $10,000 in Donations Linked to Turkish University

FBI Raids Home of Top Adams Fundraiser Brianna Suggs as Mayor Rushes Back to NYC

Adams Campaign Repeatedly Ignored Regulators’ Demands to Identify ers Behind $300,000 in Contributions

New Questions Arise Over Adams Donors: One Says She Was Reimbursed, Others Say They Never Gave

Eric Adams’ Transition Fined Nearly $20K by Campaign Finance Board

Public Spending on 2021 NYC Elections Blew Away Previous Records

Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin Indicted in Campaign Fundraising Scheme First Exposed By THE CITY

Adams Reaped Early Campaign Cash From Top Aide’s Associates Now Sued for Fraud

Meet Your City Council: Learn More About NYC’s New Lawmakers

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