A state senator who was legal adviser to Eric Adams when he allegedly accepted lavish trips and other gifts from Turkish nationals is a “hypocrite” for now demanding Hizzoner step down, sources close to the mayor told The Post.
Sen. Andrew Gounardes, (D-Brooklyn), worked as Adams’ general counsel and senior policy adviser from 2014 through 2019, when Adams was Brooklyn borough president.
Gounardes put out a statement Thursday — mere hours after the 57-page indictment for federal bribery and fraud charges was unsealed — insisting, “Mayor Adams must step down.”
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