Looks like the feds just got New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ attention.
Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided a house in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn on Thursday, Nov. 2 belonging to Brianna Suggs, perhaps Adams’ most essential campaign consultant because of the money she has raised for his 2025 reelection efforts.
Adams, who with Suggs’ help in 2021 became only the second Black person in New York City’s history to win the mayor’s office, was in Washington, D.C., at the time. He was there to engage the White House and Congress about an influx of nearly 60,000 migrants who have stretched city resources to their breaking point.
But immediately after the raid on Suggs’ house, Adams’ abruptly returned to New York, while a meeting that included the mayors of Denver and Chicago continued in Adams’ absence. A spokesman for Adams would only say it was “to deal with a matter.”
The timing is curious, considering that Adams lashed out at President Biden by name about the migrant crisis back in April, delivering perhaps his harshest criticism after initially blaming the Republican governors of Arizona, Florida and Texas, who bused the migrants from their states. As the cost to house and feed the migrants escalated, Adams said, “The president and the White House have failed New York City on this issue.”
An FBI spokesman confirmed that the agency was at Suggs’ house “carrying out law enforcement action” but would not elaborate.
Suggs Solutions, a company owned by Suggs, has helped the mayor raise some $2.5 million for the 2025 election — for which Suggs herself has been paid more than $100K, according to city records. She has worked with Adams since 2017, when he served as Brooklyn Borough president. Since then, according to her LinkedIn profile, Suggs has helped raise more than $18.4 million for his elections.
The New York Times cited an unidentified source to report that the FBI agents were from the one of the bureau’s “public corruption squads” in its New York office. The newspaper also said that agents questioned Suggs during the search. Vito Pitta, an attorney for Adams, released a statement saying that the mayor’s campaign “has always held itself to the highest standards” and will cooperate with any inquiries. Pitta later added that “Mayor Adams has not been contacted as part of this inquiry.”
