Agents Search NYC Mayor Adams House as He Denies Charges [Video]

Federal agents searched New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s home at 6 AM ET:

At about 6 a.m. on Thursday, nearly a dozen men and women dressed in business attire arrived in S.U.V.s outside the entrance of Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s official residence, on the Upper East Side. At least one vehicle had a federal law enforcement parking placard on its dashboard. They carried briefcases, backpacks and bags.

A lawyer for Mr. Adams, Alex Spiro, issued a statement on Thursday saying that the agents had come for the mayor’s phone, even though investigators had taken some electronic devices from him last year.

In a statement sent by email, Mr. Spiro said: “Federal agents appeared this morning at Gracie Mansion in an effort to create a spectacle (again) and take Mayor Adams phone (again). He has not been arrested and looks forward to his day in court. They send a dozen agents to pick …