Open the Books Adams’ chief adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin and chief of staff Camille Joseph Varlack both got the same pay raises Adams also hired David Banks’ girlfriend, Sheena Wright, as a deputy mayor.
OpenTheBooks previously reported that the city spent $13.3 million from 2014 to 2023 paying salary to Adams and the 13 others who have been questioned and searched by the FBI.
The salary of Schools Chancellor David Banks, a longtime Adams friend, reached $414,799 this year before he stepped down, the Daily News reported.
Search all federal, state and local government salaries and vendor spending with the AI search bot, Benjamin, at OpenTheBooks.com. Summary: Public servants are employed to help their city, not to boost their own pay to increasingly eye-popping amounts year after year.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams instituted a hiring freeze last year to cut costs amid a migrant crisis he said would “destroy” the city.
That didn’t stop him from giving large pay raises to many of his senior officials, many of whom have resigned or been questioned as the FBI investigates Adams’ alleged bribery scandal.
Six deputy mayors — including Banks younger brother and Deputy Mayor Phillip Banks III — saw their pay rise from $251,982 to $287,663, until he resigned once the FBI raided his house.
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