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Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is an American politician and former police officer who has served as the 110th mayor of New York City since 2022. Adams was an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for more than 20 years, retiring at the rank of captain .
Mayor Eric Adams speaks at a flag raising ceremony in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey on October 27, 2023.. In spring 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York began a corruption investigation into alleged straw donors from the government of Turkey through construction company KSK ...
On September 25, 2024, following a series of criminal investigations into his administration, Adams was indicted on federal bribery, fraud, and conspiracy charges. [9] He is the first New York City mayor to be charged with crimes while in office, and has received several calls to resign before the end of his term. [10] [11] [12]
Robert Holden pushes Eric Adams to reopen Rikers ICE office after ‘tough talk’ on ending NYC sanctuary status. Carl Campanile, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon. December 4, 2024 at 11:24 AM.
Mayor Eric Adams told incoming border czar Tom Homan he wants to reopen the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on Rikers Island — sparking swift outrage from immigration advocates and ...
Adams was indicted last week by the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office in a wide-ranging federal corruption probe, the culmination… Eric Adams’s future in question as legal woes threaten to ...
In 2016, Adams's office was found by the DOI to wrongly license the use of Borough Hall to the Mayor's Office for an event. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] Given the success of the brewing industry in Brooklyn, Adams called for a more lenient Blue Law since October 2017, allowing New York City businesses to start selling alcohol two hours earlier starting at 8 a ...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, the rank-and-file transit cop who rose to the city’s most powerful office, is no longer the master of his political destiny.. Indicted on federal corruption ...