With Mayor Eric Adams and his top aides facing several investigations, he is amassing a team of high-powered lawyers paid by his donors and city taxpayers.
In his first open media availability since agents raided his chief fund-raiser’s home, Eric Adams insisted he often reminds his team, “We’ve got to follow the law.”
The firm’s lobbying revenues climbed from just over $2 million in 2016 to nearly $7 million last year, and the firm is on track to blow past last year’s record in 2023, while its staff has doubled to eight since 2021.