A New York construction company threw a fundraising party for Eric Adams in 2021 that appears to violate city campaign laws requiring the company to register with the city’s Campaign Finance Board.
KSK, a Brooklyn-based construction company with strong Turkish ties, is believed to be at the center of a federal inquiry into campaign donations for the mayor. The company came under scrutiny after FBI agents raided the home of Adams’ top fundraiser Brianna Suggs and the New York Times obtained a warrant suggesting foreign nationals associated with KSK may have donated through a straw donor scheme.
According to interviews and campaign finance data, KSK and the Turkish American Business Network invited some two dozen people to a fundraising event at KSK’s Williamsburg office in May 2021. According to election lawyers, the company should have registered as a campaign “intermediary” but there’s no record of it having done so.
It’s unclear whether this party is related to the FBI’s search. KSK did not return multiple requests for comment.
The May event yielded nearly $75,000 with matching funds, according to Campaign Finance Board records, but the campaign didn’t file the required paperwork identifying the fundraisers as bundlers — people who collect individual donations and bundle them together.
“It was at KSK’s offices,” said Tahir Demircioglu, an architect who attended the fundraiser. “It’s not a big office, between 30 and 50 people, I would say.”
Attendees said people of Turkish descent make up much of the company’s staff.
According to election law, when someone “solicits contributions to a candidate” that person is required to fill out an intermediary statement declaring the donations they helped bundle.
According to Campaign Finance Board records, the Adams campaign lists four intermediaries, none of whom bundled donations in May 2021.
“In my opinion, it is a fundraiser,” said Sara Steiner, an election lawyer who specializes in city…
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