(ANSA) - WASHINGTON, 12 JAN - New York mayor Eric Adams partially backtracked, after accusations of inotism for having appointed his brother Bernard as deputy head of the police. But now administration executives, quoted by the New York Times, have reported that Bernard Adams' title will be executive director of security for the mayor, without explaining why the position has apparently been downsized. In any case, he will always be paid, with $ 210,000 a year, a circumstance that continues to raise criticisms and doubts under the city's ethical laws, which prohibit any public official from using or attempting to use his position "to obtain any gains. financial "for himself or his close associates, including brothers.
The move also appears as a sign of distrust of the police department.
Among the first controversial moves of the mayor also the nomination as deputy mayor of his friend Philip Banks III, investigated (but not yet indicted) in a case of public corruption.
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