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Three others, including Frank Carone’s brother, Anthony Carone, a hotel owner named Yan Po Zhu and one of Zhu’s employees, were also charged in the alleged scheme.
Federal prosecutors accused Carone of accepting $120,000 in bribes from Zhu in exchange for pushing a $6.8 million migrant shelter contract for his hotel in Long Island City.
City officials had repeatedly rebuffed Zhu’s efforts to score a contract, but were eventually pressured by Carone, then Adams’ chief of staff, to ink a deal in October 2022, prosecutors alleged.
Carone arranged to have the bribes funneled through his brother and used the cash to pay for travel, dining, gym memberships and clothes, according to the indictment.
A sunny day with a high near 83, but a stormy night.
MTA 🚇
Midday in Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound D trains skip 20th Avenue, 18th Avenue, 79th Street and 71st Street. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, June 25.
By the way…
The Hudson River’s artificial Little Island has announced its summer schedule. All tickets are $25 for the Island’s line-up of 56 shows, featuring more than 200 artists, from July to September. Find the full calendar here.
Our Other Top Stories
More law enforcement action on big names from the Adams era: The NYPD and FBI raided the homes of former NYPD Deputy Commissioner Tarik Sheppard and officer James McCarthy as part of a bribery investigation involving Jeffrey Maddrey, the former NYPD Chief of Department under Adams. Separately, federal agents also raided Maddrey’s house Wednesday morning and seized his phone and other devices, a source familiar with the operation told The City Reporter.
A left-leaning group with a three-letter acronym, fueled by rank-and-file organizing, just helped deliver back-to-back primary upsets to install democratic socialists in City Hall and send two of their own to the U.S. Congress — and it’s not the Democratic Socialists of America. Find out who it is.
Wielding a little-used power that previous commissioners employed more sparingly, the new boss of Rikers Island has freed 14 incarcerated people from Rikers Island, four of them in the past week alone.
Those pervasive “Museum of Sex” ads on the side of buses are riling up some New Yorkers who told the MTA they want them removed.
Reporter’s Notebook
Sudden World Cup Surge Fills Hotels
Last-minute bookings for the first World Cup match in New York sent hotel occupancy in the city soaring over 90%, the highest level of any host city, according to new data from CoStar, a commercial real estate analytics firm.
Guests booked almost a quarter of the rooms the week of the match, held Saturday, June 13. Average daily room rates also jumped 38% over last year, giving credence to the statements of tourism officials that a last-minute surge could turn the event from what appeared to be an economic bust into a boom.
New York may see similar surges in the final weeks of the tournament, but the teams playing in the knockout rounds beginning next week will become clear only in the next few days. Three knockout round matches will be held at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey including the final on July 19.
—Greg David
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
Thursday, June 25: A full-day celebration of feminist film is coming to Chelsea. Honor the late video artist and activist Joan Braderman with showings of her work. Free, SVA Theatre, doors open at noon.
THE KICKER: Chinatown Nights is back. The summer night market will set up shop in Forsyth Plaza from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. on June 26 and July 10, bringing local food and live music.
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