Frank Carone, who served as the former chief of staff to Mayor Eric Adams, was taken into custody on Wednesday morning, sources familiar with the matter told Nexstar's WPIX.
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Frank Carone, who served as the former chief of staff to Mayor Eric Adams, was taken into custody on Wednesday morning, sources familiar with the matter told Nexstar's WPIX.
Frank Carone, who served as the former chief of staff to Mayor Eric Adams, was taken into custody on Wednesday morning, sources familiar with the matter told Nexstar's WPIX. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have charged Frank Carone, the former chief of staff to Mayor Eric Adams, his brother and two others in connection with an alleged bribery scheme as a long-running corruption scandal rumbles on months after Adams left office. According to a person familiar with the matter, a chief of staff to former New York City Mayor Eric Adams and several other people have been arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged bribery scheme involving a city contract.
The Hill reported the story as "Top aide to former Mayor Eric Adams arrested: sources." The Seattle Times reported the story as "Chief of staff to former NYC Mayor Eric Adams arrested in federal bribery probe, AP source says."
Coverage is split across the political spectrum: 2 left-leaning outlets, 2 center outlets. L1FE compares the framing across these sources rather than amplifying any single outlet's interpretation.
4 sources have covered this story, including The Hill, The Seattle Times, The Independent and Bloomberg. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 4 hours ago.
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