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FBI probes Bronx home of Mayor Adams aide Winnie Greco
Mayor Eric Adams and Winnie Greco. (New York Daily News/NYC Mayor’s Office)
By Michael Gartland | [email protected] | New York Daily News and Chris Sommerfeldt | [email protected] |
New York Daily News
PUBLISHED: February 29, 2024 at 1:42 p.m. | UPDATED: February 29, 2024 at 3:39 p.m.
The FBI carried out “court-authorized law enforcement activity” on Thursday at the Bronx home of
Mayor Adams’ aide Winnie Greco — a law enforcement source confirmed to the Daily News.
Greco Adams’ director of Asian Affairs is already the subject of a city Department of Investigation
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probe examining whether she attempted to milk perks out of her government job. It was not
immediately clear if the FBI’s activity Thursday is related to that investigation.
The law enforcement source who spoke to The News declined to comment when asked if a search
warrant had been executed at Greco’s address.
The activity at Gillespie Ave., first reported by News12 The Bronx, involved blocking off a Bronx
intersection and multiple government vehicles and agents, according to that outlet.
Mayor Eric Adams and Director of Asian Affairs Winnie Greco are pictured at the 21st Autumn Moon Festival and 12th China Day
Festival on Sunday, October 1, 2023. (Violet Mendelsund / Mayoral Photography Office)
Late last year, the news outlet The City first reported Greco was being probed by the city Department
of Investigation based on a referral from the mayor’s office, but a DOI spokesperson would not divulge
what that investigation’s focus was at the time. A spokesperson for that agency also declined
comment Thursday.
FBI agents carried out “court-authorized law enforcement activity” at the Bronx home of Mayor Eric Adams’ Director of Asian
Affairs Winnie Greco on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (Sheetal Banchariya for New York Daily News)
The DOI probe came on the heels of The City’s reporting that Greco asked a volunteer for Adams’
2021 mayoral campaign to do renovations on her Bronx home for free before getting a job in the
Adams’ administration.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Director of Asian Affairs Winnie Greco are pictured at a celebration recognizing the Mid-
Moon Festival at Gracie Mansion on Friday, September 9, 2022. (Michael Appleton / Mayoral Photography Office)
That outlet also reported that after that campaign volunteer was hired by the city, Greco continued to
demand he perform work on her home while on the city’s time.
When asked about the fed’s activity at Greco’s address, Adams’ spokesman Fabien Levy said that “our
administration will always follow the law.”
“We always expect all our employees to adhere to the strictest ethical guidelines. As we have
repeatedly said, we don’t comment on matters that are under review, but will fully cooperate with any
review underway,” Levy added. “The mayor has not been accused of any wrongdoing.”
Mayor Eric Adams’ Director of Asian Affairs, Winnie Greco, is pictured at a Lunar New Year Celebration at Gracie Mansion on
Tuesday, February 8, 2022. (Michael Appleton / Mayoral Photography Office)
Property records show Greco bought the one-family home in Pelham Bay for $850,000 this past Oct.
16. She holds a $680,000 mortgage on the property, records show.
Greco reportedly earns $100,000 annually in her city job.
Inpaperwork for the mortgage, Greco identified herself as residing at another one-family home just
across the street from her other property. Property records show Greco owns the property with
Nickolas Greco, her husband.
It’s unclear which of the two buildings Greco permanently resides in.
The feds’ interest in Greco comes as the mayor himself faces a federal probe into his ties to Turkey. As
part of that investigation, the FBI raided the homes of Brianna Suggs a top fundraiser for Adams, and
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City Hall staffer Rana Abbasova The FBI also seized the mayor’s electronic devices as part of their
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investigation.
An Adams administration official confirmed that Greco has been placed on leave, but would not say
whether or not she’s still drawing a salary while away from her post. The official noted that the
mayor’s office hasn’t been contacted by either the FBI or federal prosecutors about the matter.
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