“There are some very clear rules that the city has in place on if someone is going to be employed if the mayor of the City of New York is related to that person,” he added. “We comply with those rules.Critics have hounded the Adams administration since its earliest days over the mayor’s repeated decisions to hire his close allies, friends and family members into high-ranking government positions — or award those already on the city payroll with raises and prestigious new titles.
Sharon Adams was promoted in March to the role of ‘strategic initiative specialist’ in New York City’s DOE administration.This comes shortly after Sharon’s husband, Bernard Adams, stepped down from his controversial post as the head of the mayor’s security detail.