The Eric Adams era began with questions about whether the avowedly vegan mayor ordered branzino at a midtown Italian restaurant run by felonious friends. The "night-life mayor," an ex-cop, insisted everything he did was kosher, yet he and associates were repeatedly caught in petty, snack-adjacent graft. A police commissioner resigned after Adams's twin brother was accused of shaking down bars and restaurants. A senior aide nicknamed Crumbs allegedly said, "I have to get mine." Top aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin faced corruption charges tied to money from a businessman who helped her son start a Chick-fil-A. Adams was indicted for accepting meals and freebies arranged by a Turkish government representative in exchange for fast-tracking building permits. A close adviser allegedly tried to pay a reporter with cash stuffed in a pouch of Herr's sour-cream-and-onion chips.
The Eric Adams era in New York City began with questions about whether the avowedly vegan mayor was ordering the branzino at a midtown Italian restaurant run by a couple of felonious old friends, and the food-related questions really never stopped. The "night-life mayor," an ex-cop, insisted that everything he did was kosher, yet he and his associates were repeatedly caught in outrageous, petty, and asinine acts of snack-adjacent graft.
He had a police commissioner resign after his twin brother was accused of shaking down bars and restaurants. A senior aide and old cop buddy of Adams's, put in charge of migrant-shelter contracts, was, according to a lawsuit, known as Crumbs by subordinates, because he'd once said, "I have to get mine." Another top aide, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, has faced a ream of corruption charges, including accepting money from a businessman who helped her son start a Chick-fil-A franchise.
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