Eric Ulrich, the advisor and top commissioner to Mayor Eric Adams charged with pocketing $150,000 in bribes in part to settle his gambling debts, did not complete his required background forms until late September 2022 nine months after he began working for the mayor.
As a result, Ulrichs background check was still underway on Nov. 2, the day he resigned as commissioner of the Department of Buildings after word surfaced that hed been questioned by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in a corruption investigation.
At the time Ulrich stepped down, the city Department of Investigation (DOI) was still wrapping up Ulrichs background check a standard review investigators perform for all high-level City Hall officials.
According to DOI, U…
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