Mayor Eric Adams’ former buildings commissioner is expected to turn himself into Manhattan prosecutors Wednesday, his attorney confirmed to Gothamist.
Eric Ulrich, a former city council member from Queens, stepped down as the Department of Buildings commissioner in November amid reports that he was under investigation over illegal gambling.
Samuel Braverman, Ulrich’s attorney, told Gothamist Tuesday afternoon that Ulrich is expected to surrender to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office on Wednesday, although he did not yet know the specifics of the charges leveled against his client.
“They haven’t sent me anything. I have no idea what the charges are and it doesn’t benefit anyone for me to guess,” Braverman said in a phone interview.
Ulrich did not respond to a call or text seeking comment.
News that the former buildings commissioner, appointed by the mayor last spring to lead the agency, is expected to surrender was first reported by Politico and the New York Times.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the city’s Department of Investigation Commissioner Jocelyn Straube are expected to hold a press conference Wednesday afternoon, according to an advisory sent out by Bragg’s office, though they have not publicly shared the subject matter.
Four other defendants are also expected to face charges, the Times and Politico reported. Braverman said he did not know any information about the other defendants.
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