In February 2022, Joseph Livreri and Mazzio had multiple conversations with the mayor’s chief adviser, who is unnamed, about getting Mazzio’s towing company authorized to remove cars from city highways during snowstorms, according to the indictment. Over the course of 2022, the Livreris and Mazzio had much to discuss with the Adams team. 13, 2023, in New York about the indictment of former City Councilmember Eric Ulrich. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a news conference on Wednesday, Sept. His integrity remains intact,” Ulrich’s attorney, Samuel Braverman, said in a statement. Ulrich has maintained his innocence, and today’s proceedings do nothing to change that. Mazzio’s arraignment was delayed because he had Covid-19, according to his attorney. Ulrich and the Livreri brothers pleaded not guilty in Manhattan state court Wednesday. Ulrich about this investigation.”īragg, at his press conference, broadly thanked City Hall for “strong cooperation … in terms of making folks available.” The spokesperson added: The mayor has not received any requests from the Manhattan DA surrounding this matter and has never spoken to Mr. While we don’t have any details about the indictment other than what has been made public so far, as we have previously stated, we will allow this investigation to run its course and will continue to assist the DA in any way needed,” a spokesperson said in a statement. “We always expect all our employees to adhere to the strictest ethical guidelines. I have a fundraising team and they are handling that.”Ĭity Hall said the administration is cooperating with the investigation. “So those who hosted events, I don’t know all the names, I don’t know all the faces. “Being the mayor, particularly a mayor that does not live in a bubble, I am constantly having people around me all day every day,” he said. When asked at a press conference last month, Adams did not directly address whether he knew the Livreri brothers, but said generally that he is often approached by people, and that he does not know everyone who threw him a fundraiser or donated to his campaign. Ulrich, the Livreri brothers and Mazzio co-hosted a fundraiser for Adams at a waterfront Queens restaurant in August 2021. “Certainly part of the monetization of the role was providing access.” “There are allegations of invitations to invite-only events,” Bragg said. He did, however, emphasize Ulrich was profiting off his access to the mayor. In February, the mayor again sat down with Ulrich and the Livreris, according to Bragg’s office, this time at Vetro Restaurant and Lounge in Howard Beach.Īnd in June, an unnamed chief adviser to the mayor supped with Ulrich, Joseph Livreri and Michael Mazzio at Philippe Chow, an upscale Chinese eatery in Midtown, according to court documents.īragg brushed away questions about Adams at a press conference Wednesday, saying that he didn’t want to talk about anything that wasn’t specifically included in the indictment. Public records show all three donated $2,000 each to Adams’ mayoral campaign - the maximum allowed by law.ĭays before Adams would officially begin his term, the group convened at Aldo’s, the Livreris’ pie joint, with the anticipation that Ulrich would join the administration - an expectation realized when the former Council member was named a senior adviser, the records showed.
Joseph Livreri, who worked for Ulrich in the Council as a part-time aide, is also alleged by prosecutors to be a part owner of an illegal gambling spot in Ozone Park. In December of 2021, for example, Adams sat down with Ulrich and three people named in Wednesday’s indictment: Michael Mazzio, who owns a towing company, and brothers Joseph and Anthony Livreri, who own a Queens pizzeria, according to the indictment. Former New York City's Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich is escorted into Supreme Court on Wednesday, Sept.
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