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NYC Mayor Blocked From Giving Six-Figure Job to Brother—But Hands One to His Sister-in-Law Charles Hilu June 8, 2023New York City mayor Eric Adams (D.) gave a job paying a six-figure salary to his sister-in-law after an ethics office stopped him from giving one to his brother. Sharon Adams, wife of the mayor's brother Bernard Adams, stepped into the role of "strategic initiative specialist" in the city's Department of Education on March 5, a job that pays as much as $150,000 a year, according to the City. That is more than a 100 percent increase from the job she previously held in the Richmond Public Schools system that paid her less than $73,000 annually.This is not the first time Adams has tried to fill public-sector positions through nepotism.The mayor had previously attempted to pay his brother $210,000 as the NYPD's deputy commissioner, but the city's ethics board thwarted him, ruling Adams's brother must work in an advisory role instead for $1 a year. Bernard Adams left that role on Feb. 28, a week before Sharon Adams began her job. ...
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