Phillip Banks III, New York City’s deputy mayor and lieutenant to Mayor Eric Adams, is the latest aide to step down since the mayor’s federal indictment and investigation. Adams was charged with bribery and wire fraud last month,

Philip Banks III, a lieutenant of New York Mayor Eric Adams, has resigned, becoming the latest Adams aide to step aside since the mayor was charged with corruption offenses. Banks, the deputy mayor for public safety,

Adams isn't the first public official to be accused of taking free trips from a foreign government looking to gain favor.