Mayor Adams’ legal defense trust received less than $100,000 in donations over the past three months, a sharp downturn in fundraising that raises questions about how he’ll be able to afford his high-priced team of lawyers as he faces a federal corruption indictment.

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The New York City Department of Investigation’s staffing levels are so low that employees can’t go on vacation without “significant disruptions” to the agency’s work — a problem that’s becoming especially dire amid various corruption probes into Mayor Adams’ administration, according to a letter obtained by the Daily News.

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul said Monday she is satisfied with the avalanche of high-level resignations from Mayor Adams’ senior ranks after she urged him to clean house, the strongest endorsement she’s given Adams since the a federal corruption indictment against him dropped late last month.

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A real estate developer who calls himself “Turkish Trump” was among a group of businessmen who gave money to Mayor Adams’ reelection campaign as part of a 2023 fundraiser that’s emerging as a focus in the federal corruption case against the mayor, the Daily News has learned.

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Embattled NYPD Commissioner Tom Donlon is expected to vacate his post as early as Friday after his background check hit a snag — and the city’s current Sanitation Department boss, Jessica Tisch, is seen as the top contender to replace him, the Daily News has learned.

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New York City families are suing the nation’s largest school district for failing to help their children who struggle to find the will to attend school.

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Serious crime dipped 3% in September, the ninth straight month with a decrease, the NYPD said Monday.

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Phil Banks, Mayor Adams’ top public safety deputy and longtime friend, resigned over the weekend, the latest senior City Hall official to step down after becoming embroiled in federal corruption investigations that are rocking the administration.

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A new high school is coming to southeast Queens where students can earn credits through an early college program — for the first time in New York City’s history, offered by a historically Black university.

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Jesse Hamilton, a former state senator now in charge of the city’s massive real estate portfolio, had his cellphone taken last week by state investigators at Kennedy Airport at the same time as they seized devices from Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Mayor Adams’ chief adviser, three sources familiar with the matter told the Daily News.

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Mayor Adams may face more charges in his historic federal corruption case for allegedly selling his political influence to Turkish powerbrokers in a years-long conspiracy — along with several others in his orbit “likely” to be indicted, prosecutors divulged in court Wednesday.

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