Greg Smith
Investigative Reporter at THE CITY
Investigative reporter at The City, non-profit covering all things NYC, "Made Men: The True Story of a NJ Crime Family" DMs are open; [email protected]
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5 days ago |
thecity.nyc | Greg Smith |Yoav Gonen |Katie Honan
A trove of documents from Mayor Eric Adams’ now-defunct criminal case released late Friday reveals extraordinary steps the mayor and his aides took to keep their communications secret — prompting the FBI to seek approval to unlock his many electronic devices by pressing the mayor’s fingers to devices or holding his head in front of them if needed to gain access.
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2 weeks ago |
thecity.nyc | Greg Smith
The city Campaign Finance Board has once again rejected Mayor Eric Adams’ request for campaign matching funds, as it significantly expands its investigation into Adams’ political fundraising following a trail of evidence revealed by THE CITY.
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4 weeks ago |
thecity.nyc | Greg Smith
One year after a sweeping corruption takedown at the New York City Housing Authority, law enforcement’s scorecard reads like this: 64 convictions out of the 70 housing authority employees arrested on charges of taking cash bribes to hand out contracts to vendors performing public housing repairs. Dozens of NYCHA superintendents and assistant superintendents have received prison sentences ranging from six weeks to 48 months.
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1 month ago |
thecity.nyc | Greg Smith
In another mayoral administration, Mike Mazzio might have had a tough time opening doors at City Hall as he campaigned for a potentially lucrative contract for his truck-towing company. For one thing, Mazzio had been charged by the Manhattan District Attorney in an indictment alleging that he participated in a mobbed-up “fraudulent monopoly” that controlled the city’s entire towing industry.
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1 month ago |
thecity.nyc | Greg Smith
With the Trump Organization vying to run Wollman Rink in Central Park, 19 elected officials on Tuesday asked Mayor Eric Adams to halt the bidding process and reconsider a proposed $120 million gift by the park’s nonprofit conservancy to refurbish and run the facility that his administration shot down last fall.
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“What we’ve seen in the past few years is unprecedented “ re: corruption probes at top levels of City Hall, sez @NYC_DOI Commissioners Strauber at NY Law School breakfast. Also notes Trump Justice motion to dismiss @NYCMayor Adams case: “It is not an exoneration of anybody.”
Investigation by @THECITYNY finds since a big corruption takedown last year @NYCHA has awarded millions of $ in contracts to vendors who publicly admitted bribing dozens of Housing Authority supers https://t.co/0Rly7OV7i2
How an Indicted Tow Trucker Gained Entree to the Top of the Adams Administration https://t.co/OA31Qvaa4Q via @THECITYNY