New York Metropolis Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright has turn out to be the tenth high-level official in Mayor Eric Adams’ administration to resign Tuesday amid a rising federal probe.
Wright, whose dwelling was searched and her electronics had been confiscated final month by federal officers, didn’t disclose the explanation for her departure.
“We’re grateful for First Deputy Mayor Wright’s years of service to the town and all she has carried out to ship for kids, households, and working-class New Yorkers. She is an distinctive chief who assembled a powerful crew and continually demonstrated a daring imaginative and prescient for this metropolis,” Adams stated in an announcement on Tuesday.
The mayor was indicted two weeks in the past and charged with allegedly participating in a straw donor scheme and accepting lavish items from Turkish nationals in trade for favors. He has pleaded not responsible.
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