Timeline of Resignations and the Federal Investigation Into Mayor Eric Adams:

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Timeline of Resignations and the Federal Investigation Into Mayor Eric Adams:

November 2, 2023: FBI agents search the Brooklyn home of Brianna Suggs, a top fundraiser for Mayor Eric Adams.

FBI also search the home of Rana Abbasova, the mayor's international affairs aid.

November 6, 2023: The FBI seizes Mayor Adam's electronic devices, including iPad and cell phone as part of the federal probe.

November 15, 2023: Mayor Adams launches a legal defense fund to pay for expenses in connection with inquiries by the U.S. Attorney's office into his 2021 mayoral campaign.

February 29, 2024: The FBI searches Bronx home of Winnie Greco, the director of Asian Affairs for Adam's administration.

April 5, 2024: ABC News reports the FBI is investigating whether Adams received free upgrades on Turkish Airlines.

July 2024: Federal prosecutors serve Adams grand jury subpoenas as part of what sources say is an ongoing corruption investigation involving whether his campaign sought illegal donations from Turkey.

September 4, 2024: FBI searches the homes of two of mayor's closest aids: the upper Manhattan home of First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, engaged to Schools Chancellor David Banks who had his personal and work phone seized.

FBI also searched the Queen's home of Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks, and Terence Banks, a business consultant. Seized evidence, electronics.

September 5, 2024: Federal investigators subpoenaed the cell phones of four high ranking NYPD officials, including then NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban and his twin brother James Caban. Tim Pearson, a close advisor to Adams also had his cell phone seized.

September 12, 2024: Commissioner Caban resigns, telling officers that he didn't want the investigations "to create a distraction."

September 14, 2024: Lisa Zornberg, City Hall Chief Counsel, resigns after a year on the job. She had advised Adams and other city officials on legal strategy.

September 16, 2024: Two retired FDNY chiefs, Brian Cordasco and Anthony Saccavino, are arrested following a year-long corruption investigation.

September 20, 2024: Federal prosecutors subpoena the director overseeing New York City's Office for Asylum Seekers, Molly Schaeffer.

September 21, 2024: Federal agents search the home of the interim NYPD Commissioner Thomas Donlon.

September 23, 2024: New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan announces that he will resign.

September 24, 2024: New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks announces his retirement.

September 25, 2024: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes the most prominent name to call for Adams to resign.

September 25, 2024: Eric Adams becomes the first sitting mayor of NYC to be indicted by a Grand Jury.

September 26, 2024: US federal agents raid the official residence of Mayor Eric Adams and seize his cellphone

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