New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing more allegations from federal prosecutors, adding to already extensive charges.

Federal prosecutors alleged that “law enforcement has continued to identify additional individuals involved in Adams’s conduct, and to uncover additional criminal conduct by Adams,” in court documents filed Monday.

Adams will face trial in April on several corruption charges that continue to rock City Hall. Adams boiled in a news conference Tuesday.

“Even Ray Charles can see what’s going on,” Adams said, referring to the blind musician. “And I have an attorney, Alex Spiro, who is handling that. I’ve said over and over again: I’ve done nothing wrong.”

Spiro blasted the filing, saying “this is amateur hour” and accused prosecutors of “just looking for a headline instead of doing the right thing.”

Adams asked for a “bill of particulars,” which is information that the accused can request for a “written itemization” of the details of their crimes.

Prosecutors resisted aspects of the request, saying revealing a list of alleged coconspirators “would prejudice the ongoing investigation” and could lead to possible witness tampering.

“The Indictment provides ample cause to believe that as potential witnesses became known to Adams and his allies, measures were taken to influence their testimony,” prosecutors said in Monday’s filing. “And even without a likelihood of physical violence, the threat of witness tampering further supports denial of a bill of particulars in a white-collar case.”

Before Adams’s indictment was announced in September 2024, authorities conducted a flurry of searches in the homes of many of his colleagues in his orbit. While few criminal charges were levied against those in his administration, most either retired or resigned as a result of their association with the investigation into Adams.

One City Hall official, Mohamed Bahi, did face charges of witness tampering and evidence destruction after he deleted the encrypted messaging app called Signal, which he used to communicate with Adams, before federal agents could seize his phone.

No details about the “additional criminal conduct” were revealed. Adams currently faces five charges: one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, solicit foreign contributions, and accept bribes; one count of wire fraud; one count of bribery; and two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national.

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The main allegation against Adams is that he solicited funds and favors from the Turkish government in exchange for pressuring the city’s fire department to facilitate opening a Turkish Manhattan skyscraper that had not passed a fire inspection. 

Adams is hoping he can ride out his criminal case and win reelection in 2025 despite what seems like mounting odds against him. He has a host of challengers up for the task of unseating him, including City Comptroller Brad Lander and possibly former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.



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