New York Mayor Eric Adams’ brother is leaving his volunteer post as a mayoral security adviser, a position he took after controversy over initial plans to hire him in a high-paid city job.
City law bars public servants from using their position to obtain “any financial gain, contract, license, privilege or other private or personal advantage, direct or indirect” for themselves or an associated person, including a sibling. But the city Conflicts of Interest Board can issue waivers.senior security adviser for $1 a yearAt the time, Eric Adams said that bringing his brother into his administration “was never about the money” but about having a trusted hand with security.
Bernard Adams told PIX11 News he helped put together a strong security team for his brother and now plans to enjoy more time with his family. He said leaving City Hall is “definitely bittersweet because I love him, but I’ll still call him, big bro, when I need to talk to him.”
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