Sheena Wright, who has been in her role since Jan. 2023, was among multiple senior New York City officials, including the mayor himself, to have her phone…
First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright's resignation follows that of her husband, NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks, and her brother-in-law, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil BanksSheena Wright, Mayor Eric Adams ' top deputy mayor and one of several senior officials to have her home searched and phone seized as part of ongoing federal investigations, resigned on Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Wright has denied any wrongdoing, but she also faces questions about a vote to grant a city contract to her brother-in-law's former security firm. Banks and Wright were married over the final weekend of September in a private ceremony on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. He told TV station Fox 5 on Wednesday that neither he nor Wright were “targets” of any investigation. He denied that they wed so they could invoke spousal privilege, a legal concept that protects communications between married couples and shields them from having to testify about anything happening during their marriage.
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