Happy Thursday in NYC, where, lost amid the excitement of Tuesday’s election results, the friends and allies of former Mayor Eric Adams are having a bad week.

Frank Carone, Adams’ former chief of staff and a longtime friend, was arrested yesterday morning on charges of bribery and money laundering. According to the indictment, brought by Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr., Carone used his influence in City Hall to award a lucrative migrant housing contract worth $6.8 million to a specific Long Island City hotel, owned by co-defendant Yan Po Zhu, in exchange for $120,000 in bribes.

The indictment also alleges that Carone took efforts to conceal his actions by funneling the bribery payments through a law firm bank account owned by his brother, Anthony.

“All four defendants used the plight of migrants for their own profit, resulting in the inefficient use and approval of a shelter location that could house fewer people than more appropriate locations and required the City to expend additional resources to make up the difference,” said DOI Commissioner Nadia Shihata in a press release. 

This is the second criminal indictment into the improper dispensation of migrant shelter contracts during the Adams administration.

Jasmine Ray, a daycare operator at the Cornerstone Day Care Center in Brooklyn and former romantic partner of Eric Adams, is also finding herself in hot water. Officials at the New York City Department of Education have declined to renew Cornerstone’s annual contract due to the discovery that Ray continued to receive payment from the day care, including an $80,000 consulting fee, at the same time that she held a publicly-funded position as the director of the Mayor’s Office of Sports, Wellness and Recreation, violating a conflict of interest waiver. The Education Department has declined to pursue further legal action.

Eric Adams’ former top cops aren’t faring much better. On Wednesday, the same day Carone went to court, authorities with the NYPD and FBI searched the homes of Jeffrey Maddrey — Adams’ NYPD Chief of Department who resigned in 2024 amid sexual misconduct allegations — as well as high-ranking officials Tarik Sheppard and James McCarthy as part of a larger investigation into widespread corruption and bribery within the prior administration’s police department.

“When I became Police Commissioner, I promised New Yorkers that under my leadership the NYPD would conduct itself with integrity and that there would be a thorough investigation of any claim that members of service failed to meet that standard,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch wrote on X.

“This investigation and our actions this morning are part of the ongoing effort to fulfill that commitment and hold the Department to its highest ideals.”

North Brooklyn Angels, a volunteer-run nonprofit in Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick, celebrated its ninth year and honored two community leaders at its annual Neighbors Helping Neighbors Luncheon on Tuesday, June 16.

NBK Angels’ ethos of neighborly support was evident during the luncheon, where donors, family and volunteers alike celebrated the work of the organization. 

Co-Founders Neil Sheehan and Rev. John Merz dreamt up NBK Angels over a cup of coffee over a decade ago. They wanted to do something to address the affordability crisis for residents of Brooklyn neighborhoods deeply affected by gentrification.

“We’re not going to change the world. We don’t see gentrification as a micro issue, we see it as a macro issue. A lot of our volunteers will come in and say they feel bad about feeding only those in our local communities. We’re like, we don’t want to motivate you by saying you’re bad, we want you to be part of the community,” Sheehan said.

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