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A national fuel oil firm accuses Mayor Adams' administration of bid-rigging by favoring a Brooklyn firm that hired Adams' campaign lawyers and donated to his campaign. Approved Oil's exclusive contract was awarded over another bidder after donations to Adams' campaign. Concerns are raised about loopholes in the campaign finance system amidst a probe into Mayor Adams' campaign. Mayor Adams' top advisor faces a lawsuit for allegedly not paying a broker fee. The administration awarded a $33 million no-bid contract to a Rikers Island food concessionaire accused of overcharging incarcerated individuals and their families.
"Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has awarded a no-bid $33 million contract to a Rikers Island food concessionaire that has charged incarcerated people and their families prices twice as high as those at local stores." https://t.co/EH68lWCcMt
First @THECITYNY @ReuvenBlau @biancapallaro find vendor has been price-gouging #Rikers inmates on commissary goods. Then @NYCComptroller Lander rejects the vendor's contract for "procedural failures." Now here is @NYCMayor hiring the vendor anyway. https://t.co/Zqp5FhK3PE
In June, @THECITYNY detailed how @CorrectionNYC newly privatized commissary was charging detainees as much as double at local stores. @NYCComptroller refused to ok a new no-bid deal. @NYCMayor just overrode that rejection. https://t.co/p5RxmDO5YA
