NYC: Adams campaign hasn't yet returned donations connected to Eric Ulrich indictments despite saying it would
Mayor Adams’ campaign hasn’t yet returned tens of thousands of dollars in donations connected to criminally indicted ex-Buildings Department boss Eric Ulrich — even though a lawyer for the campaign said four months ago that the contributions were in the process of being refunded.
The revelations about the Ulrich-tied contributions were contained in the latest public disclosure that Adams’ 2021 campaign released last week. The legally mandated disclosure covers campaign activity between July 14, 2023 and Jan. 12.
Ulrich, Adams’ first buildings commissioner, was charged by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office in mid-September 2023 in five separate indictments alleging he accepted $150,000 in bribes from six co-defendants. In exchange, prosecutors allege Ulrich used his government powers to secure favors for his co-defendants, like expedited health inspections and city agency jobs.
Ulrich, a Republican who resigned from his buildings post in November 2022 after the probe first became publicly known, and his co-defendants jointly donated nearly $8,000 to Adams’ 2021 campaign. Relatives of Ulrich’s co-defendants gave an additional roughly $24,000.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/01/26/adams-campaign-has-yet-to-return-donations-connected-to-eric-ulrich-indictments-despite-saying-it-would/
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