The chief of staff of former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged with accepting $120,000 in bribes in exchange for directing a city homeless shelter contract to a Queens hotel owner, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday.
Frank Carone worked as Adams’s chief of staff during his first year in office and was a close adviser who helped fundraise for the mayor’s failed reelection bid last year.
The indictment charges Carone, his brother Anthony Carone, as well as the Queens hotel owner, Yan Po Zhu, and Crystal Chen, Zhu’s assistant. They are charged with several offenses, including bribery, wire fraud, and money laundering. …