Adams Ally in Charge of City Leasing Demanded Lucrative City Gig …
4 days ago · Jesse Hamilton, a deputy commissioner at the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), told Cushman & Wakefield, the brokerage that serves as tenant representative for DCAS on millions of dollars in leases, that it would lose that work if it didn’t appoint a specific C&W broker, Diana Boutross, to handle all its city leases, the complaint filed against Cushman & Wakefield in ...
Adams administration official pressed real estate firm to hire friend ...
4 days ago · The suit was brought by the competitor, JRT Realty, which alleges Cushman & Wakefield executive Diana Boutross was picked at Hamilton’s “behest” in late 2023 to take over running Cushman ...
JRT Realty Sues Cushman Over Diana Boutross Appointment
3 days ago · Jodi Pulice’s JRT Realty filed a lawsuit against Cushman & Wakefield on Monday, the New York Daily News reported, accusing Cushman of defamation and tortious interference in business relations ...
Lawsuit: Eric Adams aide handpicked broker caught up in federal ...
4 days ago · “Cushman & Wakefield selected Boutross for the position at the behest of Jesse Hamilton, the head of real estate at DCAS and a longtime protégé of Mayor Eric Adams,” the 42-page lawsuit states.
City pauses questionable lease deal that went to mayoral donor
Nov 13, 2024 · Upon returning from that trip, agents from the Manhattan district attorney’s office seized Hamilton’s phone, as well as that of a top mayoral aide and the private broker, Diana Boutross. The...
Manhattan DA opens probe into Adams admin's leasing of …
Oct 10, 2024 · Investigators also seized the phones of four others in addition to Adams’ chief advisor including a top city real estate official, Jesse Hamilton, and a private broker involved in city leases,...
Adams Real Estate Chief OKed Leases Brokered by Japan Travel …
Oct 29, 2024 · Jesse Hamilton personally approved multimillion-dollar deals with Cushman and Wakefield broker Diana Boutross — and shilled for a Bronx warehouse owner, a City Council hearing revealed.
New Adams-world bribery probe eyes city leases and a top real …
Oct 10, 2024 · Diana Boutross, who has worked at Cushman & Wakefield since 2015 and has risen to the top job of vice chair, has mostly focused on retail deals on behalf of major New York landlords such as the...
This billionaire got a lucrative NYC contract despite losing the bid ...
Oct 23, 2024 · NEW YORK — A top New York City official overruled the results of a formal bidding process at his agency earlier this year, steering a lucrative contract to one of Mayor Eric Adams’ donors,...
New Adams Administration Inquiry Focuses on City Leases
Oct 9, 2024 · Ms. Lewis-Martin and Ms. Boutross, who works for the commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, are close friends, according to people who know them both. But Ms. Boutross also...
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