The New Yorkers ensared in Mayor Adams alleged decade-long corruption scheme
The New Yorkers ensnared in Mayor Eric Adams’ pay-for-play scheme include everyone from his own domestic partner to City Hall staffers — including one set to be a star witness against him.Manhattan federal prosecutors charged the mayor this week with being part of a corrupt quid pro quo bribery conspiracy, claiming he doled out favors to foreign entities in exchange for illegally funneled funds into his 2021 campaign.While Adams was the only one indicted Tuesday, the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office laid out how others close to him were allegedly caught up in his nearly decade-long corruption.The Post has now been able to identify the majority of the local hidden characters referred to in the 57-page bombshell court document.Some of the people discussed in the indictment were staffers during Adams’ tenure as Brooklyn borough president and then later when he became mayor.
They arranged flights, worked to accept straw donations and pitched in to help rush the opening of a glossy Turkish tower, federal prosecutors alleged in painstaking allegations.Others — loved ones and close confidantes of Adams — were the benefactors of his alleged corruption by traveling in luxury and staying at ritzy hotels, according to the feds.Adams was hit with five federal charges after he was accused of taking bribes from foreign nationals in return for favors.The 64-year-old pol is also accused of collecting a jaw-dropping $10 million in public campaign funds.He has denied any wrongdoing and vowed not to resign.An unnamed Turkish entrepreneur inquired about stuffing Adams’ campaign coffers with foreign donations in June 2018, prompting Rana Abbasova, dubbed “Adams Staffer” in the document, initially told him that Adams “wouldn’t get involved in such games.
“They might cause a stink later on,” she allegedly said.But she added that she would ask Adams “anyways,” according to the court docs.Abbasova, a former aide and liaison to the Turkish community, then all...