NY Attorney David Schwartz Talking About NYC Mayor Eric Adams Being Indicted @CBSNewYork

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as Ali mentioned prosecutors say Adams
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let Turkish officials buy his influence
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yeah just to review here one part of
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that indictment centers around this
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building the Turkish Consulate in
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Manhattan Adams alleged allegedly
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pressuring the FDNY to open that
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building despite safety concerns dick
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Brennan joins us now live from City Hall
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with more on that part of the story
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dick well Christine marce here it is
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that 57 page indictment we've all been
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talking about filled with allegations of
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corrupt ion against the mayor of the
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city of New York but the big question is
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does this add up to a
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conviction the US attorney says Eric
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Adams was being showered with gifts some
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$100,000 in travel benefits from
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officials in turkey and in exchange even
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pressured to get a consulate open before
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it was ready he intervened in the New
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York City fire department's inspection
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process for a building owned and
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operated by the Turkish government
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allowing it to open even though it had
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not passed the fire inspection the 35 St
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consulate stands across the street from
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the United Nations Headquarters it's
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common that the fire department is
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actually in some cases the last agency
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to to do final inspections of the
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building before it opens and of course
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all the pressure of opening falls on the
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Fire Department fire protection engineer
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Glenn Corbett says some buildings can
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open with outstanding issues but only if
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they're not major ones at the end of the
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day the fire department has that
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responsibility of making sure that if
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they do allow the building to open with
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for example a temporary CFO that there's
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a fundamental acceptable level of Fire
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Protection in the building Adams now has
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to defend himself against charges of
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bribery and soliciting illegal campaign
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contributions he allegedly took steps to
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conceal those illegal contributions and
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personal benefits and involved city
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employees and campaign staff in that
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concealment are these cases hard to
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prove these cases are extremely hard to
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prove defense attorney David Schwarz
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says recent US Supreme Court rulings
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have made public corruption cases more
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difficult to prove for prosecutors we
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certainly have upgrades on flights we
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have hotel rooms which May challenge
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certain ethical obligations but that
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does that cross into the criminal Arena
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Eric Adams didn't take gold bricks he
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didn't take jewelry he didn't take he
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didn't have cash in his freezer this is
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a campaign that was benefiting
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now the mayor says he's going to leave
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his legal case up to his lawyers to run
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in the meantime he says he will continue
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to run the city of New York we're live
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at City Hall dick Brennan CBS News New
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York dick thank you now