Public Safety & Justice Active Updated Oct 28, 2026
The Ulrich bribery trial
Eric Ulrich, Eric Adams' former buildings commissioner, is the first Adams-era corruption case to reach trial, three years after his arrest. Prosecutors say he took more than $150,000 in cash and gifts, including Mets tickets, in exchange for favors such as lifting a vacate order on a bakery. His defense says the money fed a gambling habit and was not bribery.
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Oct 27, 2026 Latest
Recordings played at the trial showed Eric Ulrich getting Aldo's, an Ozone Park pizzeria, reopened within a week of a health shutdown over mouse droppings, Gothamist reported. His lawyer says he was helping constituents, not trading favors.
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Oct 21, 2026
On the third day of testimony, Manhattan prosecutors played phone calls of Eric Ulrich discussing city jobs for co-defendants' relatives, including the line "I can probably put her in like quick," City & State reported.
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Oct 19, 2026
Ulrich's bench trial opened before Manhattan Judge Daniel Conviser on charges he traded favors, including lifting a vacate order on Fortunato Brothers bakery and speeding a reinspection of Aldo's pizzeria in Ozone Park, for cash and Mets season tickets. His lawyer David Jason Cohen conceded he took money from friends but said it fed gambling at Resorts World, and he faces up to 15 years if convicted.
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