Campaign
As Eric Adams gears up for a 2025 re-election campaign, his successful 2021 campaign has come back to haunt him. With federal investigators reportedly now digging into a possible straw donor scheme (and more?), his fundraising has never loomed larger.
Vito Pitta
The grandson of a hotel union boss whose family law firm is heading Adams's legal defense fund.
Rana Abbasova
Abbasova's job is to keep City Hall friendly with foreign governments. And maybe...they all became a little too friendly.
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
Bichotte Hermelyn is helping to stifle progressives at every turn, just how Eric Adams likes it.
Brendan McGuire
When it comes to fending off a public corruption case, it doesn’t hurt to have a lawyer who has friends in the Southern District.
Evan Thies
A political consultant and one of the main architects of Adams's mayoral election, whom Adams described as "the man that captured my voice" and "my brother."
Brianna Suggs
Eric Adams hired her when she was 19. Six and a half years and millions of dollars in mayoral campaign fundraising later, the FBI raided her apartment.
Ydanis Rodriguez
A ride-or-die Eric Adams campaign surrogate scored a powerful post overseeing NYC's streets, but so far that has meant taking a back seat to the mayor's bureaucrats.
Winnie Greco
Winnie Greco connected the Chinese business community to the future mayor. In return, he promised to build an arch.
