{"id":109079,"date":"2024-10-01T10:43:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T03:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109079"},"modified":"2024-10-01T10:43:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T03:43:45","slug":"another-top-aide-to-new-york-city-mayor-quits-in-wake-of-corruption-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109079","title":{"rendered":"Another top aide to New York City mayor quits in wake of corruption indictment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Another top adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned Monday, even as the Democrat\u2019s lawyer criticized the federal <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indictment-fbi-5aad135d1808cb9d049fccd74604e5d4\">corruption case against him<\/a><\/span> and asked a judge to toss out bribery charges.<\/p>\n<p>Timothy Pearson, one of the mayor\u2019s closest confidants, submitted his resignation Monday evening, weeks after federal agents seized cellphones, documents and cash from his Long Island home, said his attorney, Hugh H. Mo.<\/p>\n<p>Pearson, a retired police inspector who served in the department alongside Adams, had a broad role that included overseeing contracts and security at migrant shelters while also maintaining significant influence over the police department.<\/p>\n<p>He has not been publicly accused of wrongdoing by prosecutors or charged with a crime.<\/p>\n<p>Adams, a Democrat, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nyc-mayor-adams-investigations-f384ecdbf6a7b6664bd898e7ebce6e0f\">pleaded not guilty<\/a><\/span> Friday to charges that he accepted lavish travel benefits and illegal campaign contributions from a Turkish official and others, and in return performed favors including pushing through the opening of a Turkish consulate building.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor\u2019s attorneys filed a motion Monday saying that the cheap flights to overseas destinations, seat upgrades, free meals and free hotel rooms he got were not bribes under federal law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongressmen get upgrades. They get corner suites. They get better tables at restaurants. They get free appetizers. They have their iced tea filled up,\u201d his attorney, Alex Spiro, said at a news conference. \u201cCourtesies to politicians are not federal crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While not disputing that Adams accepted flight upgrades and deeply discounted or free travel, Spiro said his client had never promised to take action on behalf of the Turkish government in exchange for the perks, which prosecutors say were worth more than $100,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no quid pro quo. There was no this for that,\u201d Spiro said.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the case against Adams, prosecutors are conducting investigations into several top city officials. The drumbeat of searches and subpoenas in recent weeks has prompted the resignation of the city\u2019s police commissioner and schools chancellor.<\/p>\n<p>Even before the federal scrutiny, Pearson had been seen as a political liability for Adams.<\/p>\n<div class=\"AudioEnhancement\" data-separate-event=\"audioModule\" data-separate-value=\"AP AUDIO: NYC Mayor Eric Adams accepted harmless \u2018courtesies,\u2019 not bribes, his lawyer says\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"AP AUDIO: NYC Mayor Eric Adams accepted harmless \u2018courtesies,\u2019 not bribes, his lawyer says\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"ap-audio-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-accepted-harmless-courtesies-not-bribes-his-lawyer-says\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"AudioEnhancement-description\">AP correspondent Julie Walker reports attorneys for New York City Mayor Eric Adams seek the dismissal of a bribery charge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While serving as an adviser to the mayor, he was also collecting a paycheck as an executive at a casino seeking a state contract \u2014 an arrangement that ended after it was <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/08\/14\/nyregion\/adams-pearson-casino.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed by The New York Times<\/a><\/span> two years ago. <\/p>\n<p>His role in a brawl at migrant shelter last fall, where he was accused of physically attacking security guards, is being probed by the city\u2019s Department of Investigation. And he faces multiple lawsuits accusing him of sexually harassing female subordinates while leading a new unit created by Adams to monitor other city agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of allegations have been swirling in the media for months,\u201d Mo said. \u201cThere are no merits to these allegations.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, Adams has repeatedly <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mayor-eric-adams-tim-pearson-sexual-harassment-8bc3e6352ebc66b76556af4a72786e0c\">defended Pearson<\/a><\/span>, describing him as a \u201cgood friend.\u201d That staunch support had created fissures within City Hall, according to multiple people who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss personnel decisions.<\/p>\n<p>City Hall\u2019s chief legal counsel, Lisa Zornberg, recently resigned after Adams refused her advice to fire Pearson and another aide, one of those people said.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Monday, Adams said Pearson had spent 30 years \u201ckeeping New Yorkers safe\u201d in both the public and private sector. \u201cWe appreciate Tim\u2019s decades of service to this city and wish him well,\u201d Adams said.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul, a fellow Democrat who has the power to remove Adams from office, told reporters Monday that she had spoken to the mayor about \u201cwhat my expectations are\u201d but also indicated she wasn\u2019t ready to give up on his administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am giving the mayor an opportunity now to demonstrate to New Yorkers \u2014 and to me \u2014 that we are righting the ship, that we have the opportunity to instill the confidence that I think is wavering right now and to power forward with an effective government,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>At a news conference Monday, Spiro initially said Adams was not legally obligated to disclose any of the trips or upgrades he received from Turkish officials and businesspeople, but later acknowledged that he was not an expert in the city\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n<p>He also said a former Adams staffer had lied to prosecutors to make it seem like the mayor had firsthand knowledge of illegal donations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEventually New Yorkers, being New Yorkers, are going to wise up to all this,\u201d Spiro said. <\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors say that after Adams won the Democratic mayoral primary in 2021, a Turkish official who had been involved in arranging his discounted travel asked him to expedite the opening of the country\u2019s new diplomatic facility in New York, which fire safety inspectors said was not safe to occupy.<\/p>\n<p>Adams then sent a series of text messages to the fire commissioner pushing for him to open the building, the indictment said.<\/p>\n<p>In another corruption case, federal prosecutors told a judge Monday that ex-fire chief Brian Cordasco intends to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge stemming from allegations that he took bribes from certain people and companies to expedite fire inspections and approvals.<\/p>\n<p>Cordasco and another former chief of the department\u2019s fire-safety division, Anthony Saccavino, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/corruption-nyc-fire-chiefs-arrested-2e03726e7303383c1fca10b0dff441ba\">were arrested<\/a><\/span> earlier this month. Both pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>That indictment made no reference to projects linked to the Turkish government, but did refer to a \u201cCity Hall List\u201d allegedly used by the department to prioritize inspections. At a news conference after the arrests, Manhattan-based U.S. Attorney Damian Williams declined to say whether the case against the pair was related to \u201cany other investigation we may or may not be doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-3613e485989f57a4c1eaf8643fe57cac\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Another top adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned Monday, even as the Democrat\u2019s lawyer criticized the federal corruption case against him and asked &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109079\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}