Posted on 09/26/24
| News Source: NY Post
Nearly a dozen suited-up federal agents arrived at Eric Adams’ mayoral home, Gracie Mansion, first thing Thursday to search his official residence — just hours after Hizzoner became the first Big Apple mayor to be indicted in a federal probe.
The men and women, who were all clad in business attire, filed into the mansion shortly before 6 a.m. hauling briefcases and large bags.
At least two SUVs spotted at the mansion had “Federal Law Enforcement” parking placards displayed on their dashboards.
Another black SUV that was spotted pulling into the property under the cover of darkness appeared to be a prisoner transportation vehicle, with a steel partition separating the front and back seats clearly visible, photos taken by The Post show.
Adams’ high-profile attorney, Alex Spiro, blasted the search as a “spectacle.”
“Federal agents appeared this morning at Gracie Mansion in an effort to create a spectacle (again) and take Mayor Adams’ phone (again),” Spiro said in a statement to The Post.
“He has not been arrested and looks forward to his day in court.”
Spiro added that the feds took a phone though “we would have happily turned it in.”