Eric Adams stood alone in City Hall on Tuesday and tried to project confidence in his imperiled mayoralty as he answered in-depth questions for the first time since his federal corruption indictment.Adams was not seated at a table surrounded by his usual phalanx of deputy mayors, and instead stood by himself in the City Hall rotunda in a change from previous weekly press conferences. Some administration officials have subtly distanced themselves from Adams in recent days by publicly emphasizing their own work separate from the mayor’s legal troubles; Adams said Tuesday that he wanted to let them focus "on running the city" while he fielded questions about the four known federal probes affecting City Hall.“As the case unfolds, some people are going to say, 'You know what? We may have jumped the gun on Eric Adams,’” the mayor predicted. Adams’ attorney Alex Spiro filed a motion hours earlier on Tuesday requesting sanctions against Manhattan prosecutors based on his claim that they had illegally leaked confidential grand jury information to news media in the months leading up to Adams’ indictment.Adams mostly declined to respond to specific questions about the indictment by the Southern District of New York, citing the pending legal case. The SDNY is alleging that the mayor accepted years of free travel from Turkish officials in exchange for future favors and that he knowingly took illegal foreign donations to his 2021 campaign.Before Adams hired Spiro and his colleagues at... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 06/10/2011 - 08:50 The launch of World Book Night 2012 has been delayed, and is being moved from Frankfurt next week to Waterstone's Piccadilly on 24th October. The announcement of the 25 titles chosen by WBN's editorial selection ... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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At a press conference this morning, Time Inc. announced it is launching an "all access" digital subscription plan in an effort to offer their brands to readers on any platform. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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