In an interview that aired Friday, Bernard Adams announced that he was leaving his volunteer post as a mayoral security adviser.
Mayor Eric Adams takes questions after a press conference at the Queens DA's office in relation to a gang takedown Tuesday, Feb.14, 2023 in The Bronx, New York. New York City 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.
"When it comes to protecting my life, there was no one I trusted more than my baby brother," the mayor said in a statement tweeted by a spokesperson. Days after being sworn in, Eric Adams appointed his brother as a deputy police commissioner, a move that stirred questions about how much authority the NYPD's then-new commissioner would have. Next, the mayor proposed making his brother the $210,000-a-year head of the mayoral security detail, a team staffed by police officers and housed under the NYPD.
While seeking such a waiver, Adams' administration decided instead to have Bernard Adams serve as a senior security adviser for $1 a year. Prior mayors also have appointed relatives to volunteer posts.
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