In Sept. 2021, a Turkish official told Eric Adams that it was his turn to repay the Turkish official by pressuring the New York City Fire Department to facilitate the opening of a new Turkish consular building - a 36-story skyscraper - without a fire inspection, in time for a high profile visit by Turkey's president.
Because of Adams' pressure on the FDNY, the FDNY official responsible for the FDNY's assessment of the skyscraper's fire safety was told he would lose his job if he failed to acquiesce, and after Adams intervened, the skyscraper was opened as requested.
This new building will be a place worthy of our growing and developing country whose reputation is increasing in every field," Erdogan said at the ceremony, according to Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency.
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