After Mamdani Cut-Off, Adams Aide Demands Payments for Sex Harassment Defense

After Mamdani Cut-Off, Adams Aide Demands Payments for Sex Harassment Defense

When Eric Adams was still mayor, the city agreed to pay the lawyers representing senior aide Timothy Pearson in four lawsuits alleging sexual harassment and retaliation. Soon after Adams left City Hall, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration abruptly reversed course, moving to cut off all city funding of Pearson’s defense. By then, the law firm Wilson Elser had racked up more than $760,000 in bills defending the retired police inspector. This wee…