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George Joseph in New York

‘Show me the money’: how Eric Adams made it to the top – and fell back down

a man in a suit and tie looks off to the side
Eric Adams is the first New York City mayor in history to be indicted on federal corruption charges. Photograph: Yuki Iwamura/AP

Last week, on a grey September morning, the New York City mayor, Eric Adams, was struggling to get ahead of federal prosecutors.

News had already leaked that Adams, a former police officer who won in 2021 with a law-and-order message, was about to become the first mayor in city history to be indicted on federal corruption charges.

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