The New York City mayor struggled to speak over a heckler during his first press conference after being criminally charged for fraud and bribery.
“This is not a Black thing, this is a you thing,” the man cried through a bullhorn, just as Adams appeared outside of his Gracie Mansion residence.
“This was a multiyear scheme to buy favor with a single New York City politician on the rise: Eric Adams,” U.S. attorney Damian Williams said at a press conference. “Year after year, he kept the public in the dark.”Prosecutors claim that in exchange for the gifts, Adams pressured New York Fire Department officials to allow the construction of a new Turkish consulate despite safety concerns.
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