Legitimate https://legitimate.net/ Legitimate: Recent articles en-us 20 Mayor Eric Adams Grapples With Two Shocking Acts of Violence The killing of a police officer and a fatal push on the subway underscore the challenges that Mr. Adams faces as he tries to improve public safety. 26 Mar 2024 18:04 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/nyregion/eric-adams-police-subway.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/nyregion/eric-adams-police-subway.html Dana Rubinstein Adams, Eric L Police Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides subways Attacks on Police Top Adviser to Mayor Adams Is Accused in a Lawsuit of Sexual Harassment A New York City police sergeant said she was demoted and later quit after she rebuffed the advances by Timothy Pearson, whose conduct has already drawn scrutiny. 21 Mar 2024 22:29 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/nyregion/timothy-pearson-sexual-harassment-lawsuit.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/nyregion/timothy-pearson-sexual-harassment-lawsuit.html Dana Rubinstein Pearson, Timothy Ludemann, Roxanne Adams, Eric L Sexual Harassment Suits and Litigation (Civil) NYC Mayor Eric Adams Denies Sexually Assaulting a Colleague in 1993 Mayor Eric Adams said he did not recall meeting the woman who accused him of assault: “This did not happen.” 19 Mar 2024 18:06 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/nyregion/eric-adams-lawsuit-sexual-assault.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/nyregion/eric-adams-lawsuit-sexual-assault.html Dana Rubinstein Adams, Eric L Suits and Litigation (Civil) Ethics and Official Misconduct Sex Crimes Workplace Environment Chinese Magnate Admits to Making Straw Donations to N.Y. Politicians Mayor Eric Adams was among those who received illegal donations from Hui Qin, a Chinese businessman, a person familiar with the federal case said. 19 Mar 2024 00:49 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/nyregion/hui-qin-billionaire-straw-donations.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/nyregion/hui-qin-billionaire-straw-donations.html Dana Rubinstein United States Politics and Government Campaign Finance Elections, Mayors Elections, House of Representatives Adams, Eric L N.Y.P.D. Drones Carrying Rafts Could Join Lifeguards in Beach Rescues Mayor Eric Adams, an avowed technophile, said the drones would be used to assist lifeguards at Coney Island as part of a pilot program starting this summer. 20 Feb 2024 23:46 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/nyregion/nyc-lifeguard-drones-beaches.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/nyregion/nyc-lifeguard-drones-beaches.html Dana Rubinstein drownings lifeguards Beaches Adams, Eric L Coney Island (Brooklyn, NY) Ex-NYPD Associate of Eric Adams Admits to Illegal Donations Scheme Dwayne Montgomery, a retired police inspector, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. The mayor’s fund-raising practices have drawn scrutiny from law-enforcement agencies. 05 Feb 2024 19:21 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/nyregion/eric-adams-nypd-illegal-donations.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/nyregion/eric-adams-nypd-illegal-donations.html Dana Rubinstein Elections, Mayors Campaign Finance Ethics and Official Misconduct Bribery and Kickbacks Bragg, Alvin NYPD Removes Robot from Times Square Subway The New York Police Department’s Knightscope K5 debuted in Times Square amid fanfare from Mayor Eric Adams. It ended its brief tour exiled to a vacant storefront, all alone. 02 Feb 2024 17:29 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/nyregion/nypd-subway-robot-retires.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/nyregion/nypd-subway-robot-retires.html Dana Rubinstein Robots and Robotics subways Police Surveillance of Citizens by Government Knightscope Inc City Council Is Poised to Defy Eric Adams on 2 Criminal Justice Bills The New York City Council is expected to override the mayor’s veto of two bills that would expand documentation of police stops and end solitary confinement. 30 Jan 2024 08:00 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/nyregion/adams-veto-police-solitary.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/nyregion/adams-veto-police-solitary.html Dana Rubinstein Solitary confinement Law and Legislation New York City Adams, Eric L Police Department (NYC) Mayor Adams’s Feud With City Council Takes Petty Turn Over Chairs The mayor’s aides tried to remove chairs from a City Hall news conference that was critical of him, and lights were kept off, plunging the proceedings into partial darkness. 23 Jan 2024 23:24 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/nyregion/eric-adams-feud-chairs.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/nyregion/eric-adams-feud-chairs.html Dana Rubinstein Adams, Eric L Mayors City Councils Law and Legislation Local Government Bloomberg and Other Billionaires Donated to Eric Adams Legal-Defense Fund Mr. Adams set up the fund amid a broad federal corruption investigation into his campaign’s fund-raising practices. 16 Jan 2024 22:47 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/nyregion/adams-billionaires-defense-fund-corruption.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/nyregion/adams-billionaires-defense-fund-corruption.html Dana Rubinstein Campaign Finance High Net Worth Individuals Ethics and Official Misconduct Elections, Mayors Politics and Government New York City Sues Bus Companies That Brought Migrants From Texas The lawsuit accuses 17 companies of carrying out a plan by the governor of Texas to send tens of thousands of migrants to New York. 04 Jan 2024 20:58 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/nyregion/nyc-migrants-texas-bus-lawsuit.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/nyregion/nyc-migrants-texas-bus-lawsuit.html Dana Rubinstein Illegal Immigration Suits and Litigation (Civil) Adams, Eric L Abbott, Gregory W (1957- ) New York City In Bid to Slow Migrant Surge, Mayor Adams Restricts Bus Arrivals Into New York In an executive order, Mayor Eric Adams required bus companies to provide advance notice of trips or face criminal charges. 27 Dec 2023 23:40 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/nyregion/mayor-adams-migrants-bus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/nyregion/mayor-adams-migrants-bus.html Dana Rubinstein Illegal Immigration Asylum, Right of Buses Mayors Executive Orders and Memorandums New York’s Migrant Crisis: 600 Days of Chaos, Fury, and Mistakes More than 150,000 people have arrived in less than two years, throwing the city into crisis. Missed opportunities made things even harder. 26 Dec 2023 08:01 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/nyregion/migrant-crisis-mayor-eric-adams.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/nyregion/migrant-crisis-mayor-eric-adams.html Dana Rubinstein Asylum, Right of Homeless Persons Politics and Government Immigration and Emigration Real Estate and Housing (Residential) F.B.I. Raided Homes of Second Adams Aide and Ex-Turkish Airline Official On the same day the federal authorities raided the home of Mayor Eric Adams’s chief fund-raiser, they also searched the residences of two people with ties to Turkey. 16 Nov 2023 23:23 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/nyregion/nyc-adams-turkey-raid-aide.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/nyregion/nyc-adams-turkey-raid-aide.html Dana Rubinstein Elections, Mayors Politics and Government Ethics and Official Misconduct Campaign Finance Adams, Eric L What We Know About the Criminal Investigation into Eric Adams’s Campaign Federal authorities are examining whether the mayor’s 2021 campaign accepted illegal donations, including from the Turkish government. 13 Nov 2023 10:04 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/nyregion/eric-adams-investigation-turkey.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/nyregion/eric-adams-investigation-turkey.html Dana Rubinstein Elections, Mayors Politics and Government Campaign Finance Federal Bureau of Investigation Brooklyn (NYC) F.B.I. Examining Whether Adams Cleared Red Tape for Turkish Government After winning the 2021 Democratic mayoral primary, Eric Adams successfully pressed city officials to allow the opening of a Manhattan high-rise housing the Turkish Consulate General. 12 Nov 2023 14:16 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/12/nyregion/eric-adams-investigation-turkey-consulate.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/12/nyregion/eric-adams-investigation-turkey-consulate.html Dana Rubinstein Politics and Government Fires and Firefighters Campaign Finance Elections, Mayors Fire Department (NYC) F.B.I. Seizes Eric Adams’s Phones as Campaign Investigation Intensifies Days after a raid at Mr. Adams’s chief fund-raiser’s home, federal agents took the mayor’s phones and iPad, two people with knowledge of the matter said. 10 Nov 2023 20:26 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/nyregion/adams-fbi-investigation-phones.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/nyregion/adams-fbi-investigation-phones.html Dana Rubinstein Corruption (Institutional) Search and Seizure Campaign Finance Elections, Mayors Ethics and Official Misconduct Who is Brianna Suggs, Eric Adams’s 25-Year-Old Chief Fund-Raiser? A recent college graduate, Brianna Suggs was an unusual choice to run Eric Adams’s big-money fund-raising operation as he campaigned for mayor. 06 Nov 2023 08:00 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/nyregion/eric-adams-brianna-suggs-fundraiser-fbi.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/nyregion/eric-adams-brianna-suggs-fundraiser-fbi.html Dana Rubinstein Campaign Finance Elections, Mayors Corruption (Institutional) Suggs, Brianna Adams, Eric L F.B.I. Raids Home of Eric Adams’s Fund-Raising Chief The raid of the home of Brianna Suggs, a consultant with close ties to the mayor, came as Mr. Adams canceled a series of meetings in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. 02 Nov 2023 16:22 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/nyregion/eric-adams-brianna-suggs-fbi-raid.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/nyregion/eric-adams-brianna-suggs-fbi-raid.html Dana Rubinstein Adams, Eric L Suggs, Brianna Campaign Finance Lobbying and Lobbyists Ethics and Official Misconduct Top Adviser to Mayor Adams Is Being Investigated Over Altercation The Department of Investigation inquiry focuses on a violent exchange that the adviser, Timothy Pearson, had with security guards at a migrant shelter. 25 Oct 2023 01:48 UTC https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/nyregion/timothy-pearson-investigation-adams.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/nyregion/timothy-pearson-investigation-adams.html Dana Rubinstein Pearson, Timothy Adams, Eric L Department of Investigation (NYC) Ethics and Official Misconduct guards