Mayor Adams’ reelection marketing campaign late Wednesday disclosed greater than $113,000 in new funds to Brianna Suggs, his longtime political fundraiser whose actual position on his group has not been publicly disclosed.
Suggs —the 2025 marketing campaign’s highest paid vendor up to now — was faraway from her fundraising job after her residence was raided in late 2023 as a part of the federal investigation into Adams’ Turkish authorities ties. The brand new funds are described as being for consulting work, although it stays unclear what her actual duties on the marketing campaign are since her position shift.
Certainly one of of the funds to Suggs — within the quantity of $33,249 and described as compensation for a fundraiser — is dated Feb. 9, 2023, however has not been publicly disclosed till now as a part of Adams’ newest marketing campaign finance submitting. Candidates are alleged to report expenditures for the disclosure durations during which they’re incurred.
The remainder of the Suggs funds, totaling $80,000, are from 2024, after she switched out of the fundraising position.
A few of the 2024 funds are additionally dated outdoors of the most recent reporting interval, together with a number of from August 2024 — simply earlier than Adams was indicted on prison fees alleging he took bribes and unlawful marketing campaign money from Turkish authorities operatives in trade for political favors.
Adams has pleaded not responsible.
Adams’ marketing campaign lawyer, Vito Pitta, didn’t return a request for remark late Wednesday.
FBI brokers raid the Brooklyn residence of Mayor Adams’ marketing campaign marketing consultant, Brianna Suggs, in accordance with a supply and printed reviews. Suggs raised cash for Adams throughout his 2021 marketing campaign. (Obtained by Each day Information)
An lawyer for Suggs didn’t return a request for remark, both. Her lawyer has beforehand acknowledged she’s not cooperating within the investigation into Adams’ Turkey ties, which the feds say stays ongoing. No fees have been filed towards Suggs.
Accounting for the most recent funds, Adams’ reelection marketing campaign has since March 2022 paid Suggs $430,160 — virtually 10% of the $4.5 million it has raised in whole up to now. No different vendor or staffer has been paid as a lot by Adams’ 2025 marketing campaign, in accordance with a overview of his filings.
Adams’ 2021 marketing campaign paid Suggs one other $51,500, filings present.
The November 2023 raid at Suggs’ Brooklyn residence was the primary public regulation enforcement motion taken as a part of the Adams-Turkey investigation. It catapulted the probe into the general public highlight and created a significant controversy for Adams, who’s now anticipated to go on trial in April on the prison fees that got here out of the Turkey investigation.
After the raid, Adams mentioned Suggs would now not work as his major political fundraising coordinator. He did say he would keep on his marketing campaign in one other publish, the precise duties of which have since not been spelled out.
Suggs has labored for Adams for years, beginning as an intern at Brooklyn Borough Corridor when he was borough president. She’s personally shut with Adams’ indicted ex-chief adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who calls Suggs her “goddaughter.”
FBI brokers raid the Brooklyn residence of Mayor Adams’ marketing campaign marketing consultant, Brianna Suggs, in accordance with a supply and printed reviews. Suggs raised cash for Adams throughout his 2021 marketing campaign. (Obtained by Each day Information)
As a part of his newest marketing campaign submitting, Adams additionally disclosed he obtained a $2,100 donation, the authorized max, from “Madison Square Garden New York,” with none particular person listed within the paperwork as having made the contribution. Campaigns can’t legally settle for contributions from companies, and Pitta didn’t return a request for touch upon that matter, both.
Additionally within the newest reporting interval, the mayor’s 2025 marketing campaign doled out $2,400 to the Riverdale Yacht Membership and $419 to Zero Bond, the members-only SoHo membership he frequents, the most recent filings present. The funds have been each issued on Nov. 26 and are listed as being for fundraisers.
With Josephine Stratman
