{"id":122,"date":"2023-11-16T15:55:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/table-of-success.local\/?p=122"},"modified":"2023-12-20T21:29:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T21:29:03","slug":"brianna-suggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tableofsuccess.mysites.io\/brianna-suggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Brianna Suggs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">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.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Formerly<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Chief Fundraiser, Eric Adams 2021 campaign<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intern, Brooklyn Borough President&#8217;s Office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Currently<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Administrative paperwork&#8221; on Eric Adams&#8217;s 2025 reelection campaign<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consultant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lobbyist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Brianna Suggs has close family connections with Eric Adams&#8217;s inner circle. <a href=\"https:\/\/tableofsuccess.mysites.io\/ingrid-lewis-martin\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"98\">Ingrid Lewis-Martin<\/a> reportedly refers to Suggs as her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/06\/nyregion\/eric-adams-brianna-suggs-fundraiser-fbi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">goddaughter<\/a>, and her father, William Suggs, was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gothamgazette.com\/city\/10946-mayor-elect-eric-adams-transition-committee-members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">member of Adams&#8217;s mayoral transition committee<\/a>. Suggs began working under Adams as a 19-year-old intern in 2017 and then as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seethroughny.net\/payrolls\/297334858\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$20-an-hour &#8220;community associate&#8221; in 2018<\/a> when she was a 20-year-old college student and Adams was Brooklyn borough president.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along the way, Suggs got her college degree from Brooklyn College. Then things got extra weird: As Adams launched his campaign for mayor, he named Suggs\u2014then a 23-year-old with no campaign finance experience\u2014to be in charge of his campaign finances. Recently, Adams has portrayed the move as part of a social-justice agenda: &#8220;Often, young African American ladies don\u2019t get the opportunities that others receive in this business of politics,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/politics\/pixonpolitics\/full-confidence-in-her-adams-speaks-on-top-fundraiser-after-fbi-raid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he said<\/a>. Adams&#8217;s 2021 campaign brought in more than $8 million in private donations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not everyone was impressed with Suggs\u2019s suitability for the role. &#8220;She&#8217;s like a kid,&#8221; one source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/new-york-playbook\/2023\/11\/03\/who-is-brianna-suggs-00125195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told Politico<\/a>, adding, &#8220;She&#8217;s not meticulous.&#8221; A source <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/11\/02\/metro\/who-is-the-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-fundraiser-whose-house-was-raided-by-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told the Post<\/a>, &#8220;She\u2019s a close person [to Adams and Lewis-Martin] who might not be qualified for the job, that was the vibe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless, Suggs took the opportunity and ran with it. She made $50,000 working on Adams&#8217;s first mayoral campaign, and has made almost $100,000 over the past two years working for his reelection campaign. She made another $100,000 over that time as the sole fundraiser for a political action committee close to Adams, Striving for a Better New York. Adams steered donors to the PAC, whose stated purpose was to support Adams by backing state candidates aligned with his agenda. But after raising more than $1.3 million last year, the group spent more money on its founder, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/02\/nyregion\/eric-adams-pac-cockfield.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brooklyn pastor and convicted interstate drug runner Rev. Alfred L Cockfield II<\/a> and his charter school\u2014than it did on political funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of her gig as Adams&#8217;s campaign rainmaker, Suggs raised cash for the Brooklyn Democratic Party, and registered as a lobbyist. In 2022, the lobbying firm 99 Solutions, run by real estate lobbyist <a href=\"https:\/\/tableofsuccess.mysites.io\/jacqui-williams-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"356\">Jacqui Williams<\/a>, contracted Suggs to lobby Adams\u2014her campaign boss\u2014on behalf of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2023\/04\/09\/key-campaign-player-for-nyc-mayor-adams-raised-reelection-funds-while-taking-money-to-lobby-his-office-sparking-ethics-concerns\/?clearUserState=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">owners of the East Broadway Mall<\/a>, according to state lobbying records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, on November 2, FBI agents <a href=\"https:\/\/hellgatenyc.com\/what-just-happened-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-raid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">raided Suggs&#8217;s Crown Heights brownstone<\/a>, seizing electronic devices and files and offering the public the clearest indication yet that Adams&#8217;s campaign was under federal criminal investigation. Subsequent reporting suggested that the feds were interested in alleged straw donors with possible ties to the Turkish government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suggs did not respond to questions posed through her professional website, LinkedIn, and her lawyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the FBI raided Suggs&#8217;s home, Adams immediately cut short a visit to Washington, where he had planned on lobbying federal leaders to do more to help with the City&#8217;s migrant crisis. Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/hellgatenyc.com\/mayor-adams-post-fbi-raid-press-conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told the press later<\/a> that he came back because he wanted to comfort his young campaign finance manager after her traumatic experience, but, when pressed, admitted that he didn&#8217;t speak with her that day at all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Regardless, Adams has said he&#8217;s sticking with Suggs. &#8220;I have full confidence in her,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/politics\/pixonpolitics\/full-confidence-in-her-adams-speaks-on-top-fundraiser-after-fbi-raid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told PIX11<\/a> the next day. &#8220;She has done an amazing job. She will stay with the campaign team.&#8221; A few weeks later, Adams clarified that while Suggs is staying on with the campaign, she&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/11\/28\/metro\/brianna-suggs-who-had-home-raided-by-fbi-no-longer-collecting-for-eric-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no longer in charge of fundraising<\/a>. In mid-December, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/970-23\/transcript-mayor-eric-adams-appears-pix-11-s-pix-politics-\">clarified<\/a> that her role on the campaign is to be &#8220;part of processing&#8221; the campaign&#8217;s &#8220;administrative paperwork.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Still hungry?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.briannasuggs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Professional Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/briannasuggs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hellgatenyc.com\/mayor-adams-post-fbi-raid-press-conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">After FBI Raid, Mayor Adams Says He Rushed Back From D.C. to Do Important Things He Won&#8217;t Tell You About and Comfort a Staffer He Hasn&#8217;t Spoken With<\/a> | Hell Gate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/06\/nyregion\/eric-adams-brianna-suggs-fundraiser-fbi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Who is Brianna Suggs, Eric Adams\u2019s 25-Year-Old Chief Fund-Raiser?<\/a> | The New York Times<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/new-york-playbook\/2023\/11\/03\/who-is-brianna-suggs-00125195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Who is Brianna Suggs? | POLITICO<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/politics\/pixonpolitics\/full-confidence-in-her-adams-speaks-on-top-fundraiser-after-fbi-raid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adams has &#8216;full confidence&#8217; in top fundraiser despite FBI raid<\/a> | PIX11<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityandstateny.com\/politics\/2023\/11\/4-things-know-about-brianna-suggs\/391739\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4 things to know about Brianna Suggs <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecity.nyc\/2022\/11\/21\/eric-adams-lisa-white-nypd-deputy-commissioner\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thecity.nyc\/2022\/11\/21\/eric-adams-lisa-white-nypd-deputy-commissioner\/\">|<\/a> City &amp; State New York<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2023\/04\/09\/key-campaign-player-for-nyc-mayor-adams-raised-reelection-funds-while-taking-money-to-lobby-his-office-sparking-ethics-concerns\/?clearUserState=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Key campaign player for NYC Mayor Adams raised reelection funds while taking money to lobby his office, sparking ethics concerns<\/a> | NY Daily News<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/11\/28\/metro\/brianna-suggs-who-had-home-raided-by-fbi-no-longer-collecting-for-eric-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eric Adams fundraiser Brianna Suggs, who had home raided by FBI, no longer collecting for mayor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecity.nyc\/2022\/11\/21\/eric-adams-lisa-white-nypd-deputy-commissioner\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thecity.nyc\/2022\/11\/21\/eric-adams-lisa-white-nypd-deputy-commissioner\/\">|<\/a> NY Post<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Last updated: 12\/18\/2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Adams hired her when she was 19. 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