When the good Mayor began to see that his fake charity was working against him politically, he changed his tune.
That line got me thinking. I know how Quid Pro Joe rolls. But then I remembered that NYC at the end of the day is Tammany Hall with everything that goes with it.
Flashback the heated debate between Eric Adams and his primary rival in 2021 Andrew Yang.
"We all know you've been investigated for corruption everywhere you've gone," Yang said. "City, state, even Bo's Department of Justice, you've achieved the rare trifecta of corruption investigations."
New York City mayoral election: Candidates get heated during 1st in-person NYC mayoral debate on WABC - ABC7 New York (abc7ny.com)
Apparently this investigation of Adams fund raising precedes his spat with Quid.
'Pay to play 'seems to be a Dem playbook.
One of Adams chief fundraiser (who now works at City Hall as director of Asian affairs ) ;Winnie Greco ,is accused of multiple instances of corruption. Since Adams became mayor allegations of charging $10,000 for access to Gracie Mansion have been made. She even went so far as forcing a job applicant for the city to do work on her house for free. He was hired and she continued to demand he do freebees for her . When he refused ,he was fired .
Top Eric Adams aide allegedly promised volunteer a City Hall job in exchange for renovation work (nypost.com)
The FBI probe began with a raid on the home of one of his fund raisers ;the young attractive Brianna Suggs who only graduated from college in 2020 . She boasted that she raised over $18 million for his mayoral campaign ;a sum close to what his campaign spent. The FBI seized evidence from her.
Who is the NYC Mayor Eric Adams fundraiser whose house was raided by FBI? (nypost.com)
The gravy train runs overseas. As a borough president Adams had an unusually deep interest in Turkey.
Eric Adams attended nearly 80 events over eight years to celebrate Turkey — including a flag-raising in 2015, a charity ball in 2018 and a Zoom meeting with the Turkish consul in 2020.
Eric Adams attended nearly 80 events celebrating Turkey - POLITICO
The FBI probe is centered on whether Adams colluded with Turkish officials to receive illegal campaign contributions .
This may be a case of where there is smoke there is fire.
Mayor Adams downplays raid, stands by top campaign fundraiser (nypost.com)