Posted 4/15/2024, 8:48:15 PM
Mayor's Ties to Donor Probed After Lavish Birthday Bash
- Mayor Adams celebrated 60th birthday in 2020 at luxury Plaza Hotel penthouse owned by Chinese billionaire Hui Qin, who recently pleaded guilty to illegal straw donor scheme
- Qin's ex-wife Emma Duo Liu tapped to serve on Adams' Asian Affairs Advisory Council; Adams aide Winnie Greco also attended birthday party
- Federal prosecutors probing ties between Adams campaign and illegal straw donors; raids conducted on homes of Adams associates
- Video shows Adams giving speech at birthday party about taking back New York City
- Qin pleaded guilty to making $11K in illegal straw donations to unnamed political candidates, one of which sources say was Adams' 2021 mayoral campaign