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NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 A chief of staff to former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged with accepting more than $100,000 in bribes to steer a city contract for emergency housing for migrants to a Queens hotel, according a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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The indictment lodges multiple charges of bribery, wire fraud, money laundering and other crimes against Frank Carone, along with his brother Anthony Carone as well as a Queens hotel owner Yan Po Zhu and Crystal Chen, an employee of the hotel.<\/p>\n

They were expected to appear in federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said Frank Carone, in his capacity as Adams\u2019 chief of staff, accepted a series of bribes from Zhu and Chen in order to steer a multimillion dollar shelter contract to their hotel.<\/p>\n

The contract was awarded as a result of the migrant crisis in 2022 in which southern state governors were sending undocumented people to New York by bus.<\/p>\n

Frank Carone played a key role in Adams\u2019 campaign for mayor in 2021 and served as Adams\u2019 chief of staff in 2022. In 2023, he formed a political consulting firm. He also was a one-time lawyer for the Brooklyn Democratic Party.<\/p>\n

Frank Carone\u2019s lawyer, Arthur Aidala, called the indictment \u201cweak\u201d and \u201cbased on purely circumstantial evidence that\u2019s not worth the paper upon which it is printed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s indictment is a sad day for our criminal justice system,\u201d Aidala said in a statement. \u201cIt epitomizes the government first finding a target and then spending three years and enormous taxpayer resources to find a crime.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a separate statement, Todd Shapiro, a spokesperson for Adams, said Frank Carone \u201cdedicated decades of his life to public service, the legal profession, and helping countless individuals, businesses, and charitable organizations throughout New York.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an ongoing legal matter and my prayers are with his family,\u201d Shapiro’s statement said.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear if Anthony Carone, Zhu and Chen had lawyers who could respond to the allegations.<\/p>\n

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In total, Frank Carone was paid around $120,000 by Zhu and Che for the emergency shelter contract, prosecutors said. The money was passed through a law firm owned by his brother, Anthony Carone, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s Social Services Department had initially rejected the hotel\u2019s application to house migrants due to growing resistance to the high number of shelters already operating in the neighborhood, the indictment said.<\/p>\n

Carone then interceded on the hotel\u2019s behalf, prosecutors allege. In one text exchange in September 2022, Zhu wrote: \u201cThank you my big guy,\u201d according to the indictment.<\/p>\n

The Carones and Zhu socialized frequently and attended gatherings at Zhu\u2019s Long Island home, the indictment said.<\/p>\n

Separately Wednesday, federal agents searched the homes of current and former New York Police Department leaders as part of a bribery investigation that grew out of an inquiry into Jeffrey Maddrey, the chief of department under Adams, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the searches.<\/p>\n

As part of that inquiry, the FBI and the NYPD executed warrants on the home of NYPD Chief of Manhattan South James McCarthy and former Deputy Commissioner Tarik Sheppard, according to the person, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation.<\/p>\n

Maddrey\u2019s home was also searched by federal agents, the person said.<\/p>\n

The searches were not related to the arrest of Frank Carone, according to another person familiar with the matter who also spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss details of the case. There is no public indication of any arrests as part of those searches.<\/p>\n

Once the highest-ranking uniformed officer in the department, Maddrey resigned in late 2024 over allegations that he demanded sex from a subordinate in exchange for opportunities to earn extra pay.<\/p>\n

An inquiry to his attorney was not immediately returned. Attorney information for Sheppard and McCarthy was not immediately available.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Collins reported from Hartford, Connecticut, and Durkin Richer reported from Washington.<\/p>\n

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