New York Mayor Eric Adams has appointed to a top city job an executive with ties to businesses and officials who have come under legal scrutiny, including the Trump Organization and Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, who has been sanctioned by the U.S. government.
Edward Mermelstein attends the LLIMF 10th Anniversary Gala Dinner at Cipriani 25 Broadway on October 10, 2018 in New York City.New York Mayor Eric Adams has appointed to a top city job a veteran real estate executive with ties to influential businesses and officials who have come under legal scrutiny, including the Trump Organization and Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, who has been sanctioned by the U.S. government.
Mermelstein is a Russian-American foreign investment attorney who has given "expert help navigating the complex foreign investment process in the United States," according to his still-active personal website. The mayor's officeIn an interview with CNBC, Mermelstein, who donated just over $5,000 to Adams' political operation after the November election, did not discuss the details of his previous clients, or how he got the position.
Mermelstein did not provide many details on the process of completing any type of financial disclosure. Yet he noted that the application he filled out was "about two and a half inches thick" and required him to disclose "anything and everything." In February, the mayor's office "sends a list to the Conflict of Interest Board naming all of the people and positions with substantial policymaking authority," Kaehny said. "We'll see if this person or position are listed."
A person with direct knowledge of their relationship says that Mermelstein was once a client of Torossian's. The twoTorossian had nothing to do with Adams hiring Mermelstein, according to a person familiar with the matter who declined to be named.
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