{"id":2089,"date":"2024-04-11T04:36:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T08:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/nycpolitics\/?p=2089"},"modified":"2024-04-11T04:36:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T08:36:37","slug":"mayor-dodges-questions-about-sexual-assault-case-and-fbi-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/nycpolitics\/mayor-dodges-questions-about-sexual-assault-case-and-fbi-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Dodges Questions About Sexual Assault Case and FBI Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Shenal Tissera<\/a><\/p>\n

New York City Mayor Eric Adams declined to answer specific questions about the sexual assault lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0filed against him, and on the ongoing\u00a0federal investigation<\/a>\u00a0into his 2021 mayoral campaign, during his regular press conference at City Hall on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Adams was grilled several times on the city\u2019s\u00a0hiring of lawyer Alex Spiro<\/a>\u00a0as co-counsel for his\u00a0sexual assault case<\/a>. Spiro is dubbed a \u201ccelebrity lawyer,\u201d by some media outlets because he has defended high-profile individuals, including Elon Musk and Robert Kraft.<\/p>\n

Adams repeatedly cited the legal process and refused to give specific comments on his current legal troubles, other than to deny any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not answering anything else on it. I\u2019ve already answered it. The Corporate Counsel made a decision. They are doing the defense,\u201d said Adams in regards to the hiring of Spiro to his defense team. \u201cThis is something I will never do, did not happen, that\u2019s not how I live my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many have taken umbrage with the fact that Adams is being\u00a0represented by the New York City Law Department<\/a>, which means taxpayers are fully funding the defense of the mayor.<\/p>\n

New information<\/a>\u00a0regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s inquiry into possible illegal campaign donations funneled into Adams\u2019 2021 mayoral campaign came to light on Friday. Free flight upgrades Adams received from Turkish Airlines during his time as the Brooklyn Borough President and current role have come under\u00a0scrutiny from the bureau.<\/p>\n

The mayor kept strictly to the script on the investigation, again referencing the process of the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe questions you were asking me on Turkish Airlines, can I comment on A, B, C and D? No, it\u2019s taking the process. Let it take its process,\u201d said Adams. \u201cAnd after the process concludes\u2026you\u2019re going to be able to read everything in my book.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mayor is accused of having a relationship with Turkish Airlines, of which the Turkish government\u00a0owns half of<\/a>. A former Turkish Airlines executive, Cenk \u00d6cal,\u00a0was on the mayoral transition team and had his residence\u00a0raided by the FBI in November<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The investigation is trying to determine whether donations and flight upgrades were used in exchange for political favors. One favor\u00a0may include\u00a0pressure exerted by the mayor<\/a>\u00a0on the Fire Department of New York to approve an operating certificate for the Turkish consulate in September of 2021, in spite of safety concerns in the building.<\/p>\n

The mayor has not been charged with any crime thus far.<\/p>\n

Also during the press conference, Adams commented on the\u00a0\u201cGood Cause Eviction\u201d\u00a0<\/a>bill currently being discussed in Albany. Although he voiced support for tenants, he emphasized the need to keep small property owners in mind as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI support tenants being protected and I support particularly small property owners being able to deal with holding onto their properties,\u201d said Adams. \u201cIf we lose small property owners\u2026big developers are going to come in, we\u2019re gonna lose the financial base of Black and brown immigrant communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bill, which was introduced by State Senator\u00a0Julia Salazar of Brooklyn, originally sought to cap rent increases at 3% and prohibit eviction without a satisfactory reason, but the rate is currently being\u00a0negotiated<\/a>\u00a0in Albany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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