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Uncovering Corruption in the Adams Administration <\/p>\n
July 24, 2025<\/p>\n
Over four years, THE CITY\u2019s extensive reporting<\/a> on corruption within the Adams administration uncovered illegal campaign donations, detailed Adams\u2019 dealings with President Trump, triggered probes by the NYC Department of Investigation and City Council, and led to multiple FBI investigations ahead of the mayor\u2019s eventual indictment.\u00a0<\/p>\n THE CITY was the first to uncover fraudulent donations to both of Adams\u2019 mayoral runs. In 2023, our reporting exposing illegal straw donations to his 2021 run<\/a> formed much of the backbone upon which Adams\u2019 corruption charges were brought in the first place.<\/p>\n Our article in February 2025 about how Adams urged his top commissioners not to interfere<\/a> with immigration enforcement, and not to criticize the Trump administration, was widely circulated by other newsrooms including the New York Times<\/a>, Intelligencer<\/a>, and Politico<\/a>. That same day, Trump gave the order to drop Adams\u2019 multiple indictments<\/a> of bribery and fraud. Four deputy mayors<\/a> and six prosecutors<\/a> resigned in protest of Adams\u2019 dealings with the Trump administration. All charges were ultimately dismissed<\/a> in April 2025.<\/p>\n This July, THE CITY\u2019s new investigation into straw donations to his second mayoral campaign<\/a> identified 17 dubious donations that Adams attempted to match with public funds. Campaign finance officials demanded records<\/a> for precisely these donations and continued to deny Adams public matching funds<\/a>. Shortly after, the mayor dropped out of the race<\/a>, citing both \u201cunfair media coverage\u201d and the actions of the Campaign Finance Board as primary reasons.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tOUR REPORTING ON THE ISSUE<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tCampaign Finance Board Rejects Adams Bid for Matching Funds<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\tAugust 6, 2025Aug. 25, 2025, 3:32 p.m.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tNew Eric Adams \u2018Donors\u2019 Say They Never Gave to His Reelection Campaign<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\tJuly 24, 2025July 24, 2025, 9:58 a.m.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tMayor Adams to Top Commissioners: Don\u2019t Criticize Trump, Don\u2019t Interfere with Immigration Enforcement<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 10, 2025Feb. 10, 2025, 4:40 p.m.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tNew Questions Arise Over Adams Donors: One Says She Was Reimbursed, Others Say They Never Gave<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\tAugust 18, 2023Oct. 8, 2024, 10:25 a.m.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Thank you for reading \u2014 and for being a part of what makes the city and THE CITY so great. Please consider donating<\/a> to help keep our reporters on the beat.\u00a0<\/p>\n To read more about THE CITY\u2019s impact, view our impact page<\/a>. Or, read our latest impact report<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Uncovering Corruption in the Adams Administration July 24, 2025 Over four years, THE CITY\u2019s extensive reporting on corruption…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-147198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-ny","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-nyc-headlines","12":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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