On Thursday, Sept. 26, Mayor Eric Adams was formally indicted on charges of bribery, soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations and wire fraud.
According to the 57-page indictment, Manhattan US Attorney Damian Williams’ office alleges that the mayor, starting back when he served as Brooklyn Borough President in 2014, solicited and accepted illegal foreign campaign donations and gifts from the government of Turkey in exchange for assisting in speeding up the process for approvals for a Midtown Manhattan Turkish consulate building. The indictment also alleges that he hid the illegal foreign contributions via straw donations and used those funds to get $10,000,000 in public matching funds for his mayoral campaign.
Here’s a look at everything we know so far about the indictment and how New York is reacting to the news, as well as some of the events that lead up to this.
The indictment:
- Feds accuse NYC’s chief executive of accepting illegal foreign donations, defrauding millions in campaign funds
- Mayor Eric Adams indicted on federal criminal charges, reports say
Reactions to the indictment
- ‘Hear our side’: Mayor Eric Adams vows not to resign after indictment, blasts prosecutors and federal government
- Mayor Adams indicted: Gov. Hochul mum as calls for mayor’s resignation grow
- Brooklyn pols call for Mayor Adams’ resignation, fair trial amid historic indictment
- LGBTQ lawmakers call on Mayor Adams to resign after federal indictment
- AOC calls for Mayor Adams’ ouster amid torrent of federal probes and high-level resignations at City Hall
What happens next?
- What do the latest federal raids on Adams’ top aides mean for 2025 mayoral election?
- Mayor Adams indictment: What happens if he chooses to resign – or is removed from office?
Beyond the mayor’s indictment
- What we know so far about the latest federal probes into top Adams admin officials
- Schools Chancellor David Banks leaving post amid continued City Hall turmoil
- Another raid: Police Commissioner Thomas Donlon has homes searched by feds one week after being appointed top cop
- Mayor Adams stands by Tim Pearson amid reports City Hall advisors are calling for embattled aide’s ouster
- Mayor Adams taps new Small Businesses commissioner, touts slight drop in vacant storefronts
- Lisa Zornberg quits as Mayor Adams’ chief counsel, heightening the escalating turbulence at City Hall
- NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban resigns amid federal probe; Mayor Adams appoints security executive as new top cop
- Mayor Adams notes seriousness of latest federal probe into his admin, but remains tight-lipped about it
- NYPD deputy commissioner seeks ‘finality’ to federal probes involving department after Donlon raid
- FBI raids target two of Mayor Adams’ top deputies; feds seize NYPD commissioner’s devices
