"Mayor Eric Adams jetted off to Albania for a four-day trip on Big Apple taxpayers' dime, shortly after he dropped his re-election bid, officials said Monday. The Albania excursion - first reported by NBC4 - isn't a personal trip for the infamously travel perk-happy Adams, but instead part of his role as mayor of an international city, insisted City Hall spokeswoman Kayla Mamelak."
"The official trip likely will be one of Adams' last during his first-and-only term - which was marked by an unprecedented federal indictment over him raking in $123,000 worth of lavish travel arrangements, including heavily discounted Turkish Airlines flights. Adams denied partaking in Turkish graft and had his case controversially dismissed by President Trump's Department of Justice. City Hall officials, when asked about Adams' Albania adventure, volunteered that he wouldn't be flying on Turkish Airlines."
Mayor Eric Adams traveled to Albania for a four-day taxpayer-funded trip shortly after ending his re-election campaign. City Hall described the excursion as official mayoral duties to meet the Albanian prime minister, business and tech leaders, tour factories, and seek opportunities to boost economic activity and tourism to New York City. The trip was at the behest of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama; lodging and ground transportation for Adams and his security detail will be covered by the Albanian government. The trip follows rumors tying Adams to a possible ambassadorship and a federal indictment over $123,000 in lavish travel, including discounted Turkish Airlines flights, later dismissed by the Department of Justice. Adams flew Lufthansa to Albania.
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