Exclusive | NYC taxpayers shelled out $3M in salaries to Eric Adams team ensnared in corruption probes

Indicted Mayor Eric Adams and 13 of his mostly now former top aides ensnared in corruption and other probes have enjoyed annual taxpayer-funded salaries totaling nearly $3 million, a new analysis shows.The annual salaries include $258,750 for Adams; $363,346 for then-Schools Chancellor David Banks $363,346; $275,000 for Bank’s wife, then-First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, and $251,982 for Bank’s brother, then-Deputy Mayor Philip Banks, according to the list compiled by the government watchdog group Open The Books.The FBI has searched the homes and seized the phones of Adams and the Banks.Senior mayoral adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin also was recently greeted by authorities who slapped her with a subpoena and seized her phone upon returning from a trip to Japan at Kennedy Airport.She’s paid $252,982.Then-senior adviser Timothy Pearson, who was paid $242,000, had his phone seized and resigned last month.The list also includes then-Police Commissioner Edward Caban and current interim Commissioner Tom Donlon, both of whom earned or earn $242,592.

Authorities seized the phone and searched the home of Caban and also raided the home of Donlon, a retired top FBI agent.Adams’ girlfriend, Tracy Collins, is paid $221,597 as a senior adviser in the city Education Department.While she is not charged with wrongdoing, her alleged actions are described in the indictment accusing the mayor of conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery involving Turkish foreign nationals. Adams denied wrongdoing and is contesting the charges.

The tally includes then-aides Winnie Greco, who received $100,000 and Rana Abbosova and Mohammad Bahi, both of whom earned $80,000.Earlier this month, Manhattan federal prosecutors charged Bahi, a former City Hall special assistant, with witness-tampering and destroying evidence in the case against the mayor.Greco, who served as the mayor’s director of Asian affairs, has long been under scrutiny for ties to Chinese nationals and recently resigned.Sign ...