{"id":60971,"date":"2025-12-04T18:29:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/60971\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T18:29:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:29:35","slug":"city-investigators-havent-given-up-on-probing-eric-adams-conduct-judges-order-reveals-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/60971\/","title":{"rendered":"City Investigators Haven’t Given Up on Probing Eric Adams\u2019 Conduct, Judge\u2019s Order Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"

A court order issued Wednesday revealed that the city Department of Investigation (DOI) has an ongoing investigation of whether Mayor Eric Adams violated ethics laws \u2014 a probe that is proceeding even after the mayor got his corruption case tossed after the Trump Justice Department abandoned it.<\/p>\n

Manhattan Federal Judge Dale Ho revealed the existence of DOI\u2019s investigation in issuing an order that opens the door for DOI to use material from the defunct federal indictment in its continuing conflict-of-interest probe of the mayor. The evidence is to be kept under seal.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for DOI Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber on Wednesday declined to comment on the investigation.<\/p>\n

Ho\u2019s decision also frees up the city Campaign Finance Board (CFB) to use the material in its ongoing audits and investigations of Adams\u2019 2021 and 2025 campaigns. The mayor\u2019s fundraising tactics were at the heart of the federal case brought by the Manhattan U.S. attorney\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

In September 2024, Adams became the first New York City mayor in modern times to be indicted<\/a>. He was charged with soliciting and accepting illegal straw donations \u2014 including some from sources connected to the Turkish government \u2014 in his quest to obtain $10 million in public matching funds in 2021. Prosecutors also alleged he accepted free flight upgrades, hotel stays and other travel perks in exchange for doing favors for Turkish officials.<\/p>\n

The Trump Department of Justice moved to dismiss his case early this year, admitting that it hadn\u2019t assessed the merits of the case but needed Adams\u2019 full-time collaboration on the administration\u2019s campaign to deport undocumented individuals. In April, Ho reluctantly agreed<\/a> to toss the charges but questioned the department\u2019s rationale, writing that the transaction \u201csmacks of a bargain: dismissal of the indictment in exchange for immigration policy concessions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ho had ordered the case dismissed \u201cwith prejudice,\u201d meaning the same charges \u2014 campaign finance fraud and bribery \u2014 could not be brought against Adams again.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The mayor\u2019s office referred questions to Adams\u2019 campaign operation. A campaign lawyer did not immediately respond to THE CITY\u2019s outreach.<\/p>\n

The thrust of the Campaign Finance Board\u2019s investigation has emerged in public filings over the last few months as CFB repeatedly denied<\/a> Adams\u2019 re-election campaign public funds due to what the board found to be his noncompliance with its rules. That included failing to disclose the true source of some donors and potential in-kind payments to his campaigns. A spokesperson for the CFB declined to comment Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The focus of DOI\u2019s continuing conflict-of-interest investigation is not clear. The federal indictment alleges that Adams \u2014 after he won the 2021 primary but before he became mayor \u2014 pressured FDNY officials to speed up approval of a fire suppression system in Turkey\u2019s new consulate building in Midtown over the objections of fire safety inspectors.<\/p>\n

At the time, Adams had been receiving airline upgrades and allegedly illegal straw donations arranged by Turkish officials, prosecutors alleged. The indictment quoted an aide who was at the center of the interactions with Turkish officials as stating it was Adams\u2019 \u201cturn\u201d to return the favor for the perks. Adams, according to the indictment, responded, \u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n

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