NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted in sprawling federal corruption investigation

Eric Adams has been indicted following a federal corruption investigation, a new report has revealed.

The indictment remained sealed Wednesday night, insiders told The New York Times - as its contents still remain unknown.

When the charges are made public, however, Adams will become the first New York City mayor to be charged criminally while still in office.

The retired police captain previously campaigned on being tough-on-crime, and in a statement released shortly after the Times report was published, he remained defiant.

The Times, meanwhile, was the first to report on the indictment's existence, confirmed by 'people with knowledge of the matter'. The paper also said feds had declined to comment, days after some of the mayor's major allies were targeted by federal authorities.

'I always knew that If I stood my ground for New Yorkers that I would be a target—and a target I became,' Adams said in a statement Wednesday. 

'If I am charged, I am innocent and I will fight this with every ounce of my strength and spirit.' 

Earlier this month, agents stormed the homes of First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks, in a series of raids that for now remain under wraps.

Both reportedly had their electronic devices taken, as was the case with Adams back in November, when he had his phone snatched following a raid of the home of his campaign treasurer, Brianna Suggs.

That operation, feds said, was part of a probe into the mayor's campaign finances, after which the former chief fundraiser for Adams' 2021 mayoral bid found herself with a job focused on filing paperwork.

the mayor spoke about her reassignment in interview at the time, insisting she was no longer raising money for him without sharing specifics.

'She's going to do — there's so much administrative paperwork, documentation,' the mayor told PIX11 in the sit-down interview that aired in December. 

 'All of that documentation, she knows it well and she's going to be part of that processing,' he added.

More federal investigations and resignations have ensued since, spurring Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to call on Adams to resign on Wednesday, prior to the Times report.

'The flood of resignations and vacancies are threatening government function,' Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X. 'Nonstop investigations will make it impossible to recruit and retain a qualified administration.'

She had been referring to the resumed raids that started earlier this month, which came in tandem with the sudden resignation of Police Commissioner Edward Caban, who had been tapped to head the New York Police Department just months before.

This is a developing story; please check back for updates.