Politics & Government
Lease With Adams Donor On ‘Pause'
City Council members who had held a hearing following reporting by THE CITY and Politico on the deal heralded the step.
Nov. 14, 2024, 10:37 a.m.
After THE CITY was the first to expose a pending deal to move the city’s Department for the Aging to a Wall Street building owned by a billionaire donor to Mayor Eric Adams, and later reported that Adams protege Jesse Hamilton steered the deal to that property, First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer announced a “pause” on the lease signing pending a review.
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City Council members who had held a hearing following reporting by THE CITY and Politico on the deal heralded the step. “Credit to First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer for hearing our concerns and pausing DCAS’ fishy lease agreement at 14 Wall Street,” said Councilmembers Lincoln Restler of Brooklyn and Christopher Marte and Keith Powers of Manhattan. “New Yorkers deserve to know that taxpayers are getting the best deal — not rewarding the Mayor’s donors with a multi-million dollar lease.”
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