Is the Big Apple's eccentric party boy mayor rotten to the core? How Eric Adams rose from NYC cop to the city's top job... and is now accused of selling out his constituents to live in obscene luxury

Is the Big Apple's eccentric party boy mayor rotten to the core? How Eric Adams rose from NYC cop to the city's top job...

and is now accused of selling out his constituents to live in obscene luxury By Isabelle Stanley For Dailymail.Com Published: 16:29, 28 September 2024 | Updated: 16:39, 28 September 2024 e-mail View comments When embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams stepped outside his official residence on the upper east side of Manhattan on Thursday morning flanked by black community leaders – he was met by a wave of fury. 'You are a disgrace.

.. abuse of power', shouted an irate man in the crowd.

The chant 'Resign! Resign! Resign!' drowned out the speakers. A grim smile fixed to his face, Adams persevered. He denied the five federal charges levelled against him in a staggering 57-page indictment: one count of bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy and two counts of soliciting a foreign nation for illegal campaign contributions.

Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty on Friday to the five federal charges levelled against him in a staggering 57-page indictment - but Adams's critics have long held doubts about the ex-cop with a coterie of shady characters and a penchant for the high life On Friday, Adams pleaded not guilty. But prosecutors with the Southern District of New York paint a damning picture. They allege that Adams sat at the head of a nearly decade-long graft operation that corruptly raked in more than $100,000 in lavish gifts and bilked t.