Mayor Eric Adams has appointed a former New York City police official and close confidant as a paid senior adviser — while allowing him to keep his job as an executive at the Resorts World New York City casino in Queens, according to city officials and a person close to Resorts World.
Since May 31, the adviser, Timothy Pearson, a retired police inspector, has served as both a city official and the vice president responsible for overseeing security at the casino, which is seeking state approval to expand its gambling offerings in Queens. City support for its bid could prove pivotal.
On top of what he earns from the casino job, Mr. Pearson receives a city-funded salary through the nonprofit New York City Economic Development Corporation under an unusual arrangement that allows him to continue collecting his $124,000 annual Police Department pension.
State law prohibits city officials from simultaneously receiving a salary and a pension from the city. Mr. Pearson is able to do so because he is being paid by the development corporation, a nonprofit controlled by the mayor.
Initially, Mr. Pearson had worked on Mr. Adams’s behalf without pay during his mayoral transition last fall, and for the first five months of his administration before he was put on the public payroll as a senior adviser to the mayor for public safety and Covid recovery, said Fabien Levy, a spokesman for Mr. Adams.
Mr. Adams’s administration has declined to answer other questions about the arrangement, including how much the city is paying Mr. Pearson. According to Mr. Levy, the Economic Development Corporation reached out to the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board on Mr. Pearson’s behalf. He said Mr. Pearson is following all applicable laws.
As of Tuesday, the board had issued no waivers of the conflicts of interest law to Mr. Pearson, records show.
“New Yorkers are lucky to have such a knowledgeable and experienced individual agree to serve and bring his expertise to the greatest city in the world, especially after he did the job without being paid a single dollar for months,” Mr. Levy said in a statement.
Mr. Levy said Mr. Pearson’s municipal job responsibilities had no overlap with casino policy, and instead included working with law enforcement to help improve the city’s public safety, the centerpiece of Mr. Adams’s mayoral agenda. Mr. Levy also said Mr. Pearson would recuse himself should any interaction between the casino and the development corporation arise.
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I don't know what the hell that headline means. Get with the program QC.
A black mayor of any city has one job: getting high-paying, do-nothing jobs for other blacks. That's it. They don't care about running the city, stopping crime, whatever. It's just virtue signaling, photo ops and grift, grift, grift. This has been proven over and over and over in America. Yet we're still stupid enough to elect black Mayors in non-majority black cities. Thanks, stupid white Liberals!
Look at that imbecile in Chicago. Look at the imbecile in New York. Look at the imbecile in San Francisco. Look at the imbecile in Washington, DC. On and on it goes.
If Kennedy became president because of legalized liquor, Trump because of legalized casinos, who will be president because of legalized drugs and prostitution?
Can't wait until they issue betting money on the EBT cards. It's racist not to have money to gamble away.
Reason Number 9,347 not to live in NYC.
Where is the tipping point ? What does it take to get a Democrat to change his/her way of voting?
NY Times? Fake news. Unless of course we like what they say. Then it’s real news.
More Swagger Shenanigans by a empty suit.
His secret tricks and dishonest maneuvering must be exposed.
I don't know what the hell that headline means. Get with the program QC.
Try it sober, son.
@“ I don't know what the hell that headline means. Get with the program QC.”
You don’t need to know. As long as you are suitably angry and outraged and blame it all on democrats, you’ll be just fine.
The aftermath of the NYC Machine Democrat policies!
@"outraged and blame it all on democrats"
Democrat polices are a big problem but that their sheeple voters are worse.
Democrats go low and keep playing blame game for Joe Hiden.
Wake up buddy you are brainwashed !
@You don’t need to know. As long as you are suitably angry and outraged and blame it all on democrats, you’ll be just fine.
Or as long as you are the one and the same poster...... you are pathetic TA commie.
@"Blame it all on democrats, you’ll be just fine"
Now you got it !
@"Blame it all on democrats
You're damn right but add the Sheeple who vote blue no matter who!
I don't know what the hell that headline means. Get with the program QC.
Do you not know what "shooting craps" means?
Democrat voters love voting for criminals they think they'll get a few crumbs from the thieves in public office.
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