HAIL TO THE CHIEF: Eric Adams Will Name Brooklyn Power Broker as Chief of Staff

NEW YORK TIMES: Mayor-elect Eric Adams plans on Thursday to name Frank Carone, a prominent power broker in the Brooklyn Democratic Party who helped fuel Mr. Adams’s rise in politics, as chief of staff in his new administration.

Mr. Adams, who takes office on Saturday, is known to value loyalty, and Mr. Carone has been his trusted friend and adviser for years. But some of Mr. Carone’s business dealings have drawn scrutiny, including his representation of landlords involved in an affordable housing deal with the city while he was fund-raising for Mayor Bill de Blasio.

In preparation for joining the Adams administration, Mr. Carone resigned from the Kings County Democratic Committee and from Hanover Bank, where he served on the board. He is putting his assets in a blind trust, according to his spokesman, George Arzt. The law firm Abrams Fensterman, where Mr. Carone served as an executive partner and had a 9 percent share, is buying him out.

Mr. Carone, 52, is expected to play a role that will be similar to the one that Emma Wolfe, Mr. de Blasio’s chief of staff and one of his most trusted advisers, has played in the current administration. Ms. Wolfe, who stayed for all eight years of Mr. de Blasio’s tenure, worked on key priorities like universal prekindergarten and the pandemic response.

She described Mr. Carone as a friend who brought “compassion and energy” to every project he worked on.

“He clearly has an incredibly close relationship with the mayor-elect, which will serve him well,” Ms. Wolfe said. “That bond and the tether they have will be critical in 2022 and beyond.”

Mr. Carone, who has been closely involved in filling key appointments in the Adams administration, said in an interview that he believed in Mr. Adams and wanted to help him succeed.....

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