Feds subpoena NYC Mayor Eric Adams head of asylum seeker services Molly Schaeffer

Federal authorities subpoenaed New York City’s head of asylum seeker services Friday — looking for records on migrant contracting as part of a probe into one of Mayor Eric Adams’ top aides, The Post has learned.Molly Schaeffer, director of the city’s Office of Asylum Seeker Operations, was hit with the information sharing request by the feds Friday at her Brooklyn home, according to law-enforcement sources.Sources said the subpoena is connected an investigation into Timothy Pearson, a retired NYPD inspector who advises Adams on public safety.Pearson had his phones taken by the feds two weeks ago during a large-scale sweep of city officials’ devices.Reached by phone Friday, Schaeffer told The Post there was no raid, but did not deny the feds had visited her home.

She referred further questions to the City Hall press office before hanging up abruptly.City Hall did not immediately comment....

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Publisher: New York Post

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