New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on federal criminal charges, The New York Times reported Wednesday night.
Wednesday night. The indictment is still sealed, so the nature of the charges are unclear. Adams is the first New York mayor to be indicted while in office.of several top Adams administration officials including First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, Deputy Mayor Philip Banks, City Police Commissioner Edward A. Caban, and Schools Chancellor David Banks.
Others who had their homes raided are being investigated in connection to separate allegations of a bribery scheme potentially involving Terence Banks — a consultant and fundraiser for Adams as well as the brother of Philip and David Banks. On Sept. 24, David announced that he would be resigning from his position as school chancellor at the end of December.
The mayor has attempted to shrug off the growing crisis within his administration. “I say over and over again, as a former member of law enforcement, I’m very clear. We follow the rules. We make sure that we cooperate and turn over any information that is needed and it just really would be inappropriate to get in the way of the review while it’s taking place,” heurging him to resign.
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