A chief of staff to former New York City Mayor Eric Adams and several other people are arrested as part of a federal investigation into an alleged bribery scheme tied to a New York City contract, according to a person familiar with the matter cited by multiple outlets. The arrests are described as occurring in connection with a probe examining whether improper payments or other benefits were involved in relation to city contracting. The reports do not provide additional case details such as the specific contract, the nature of the alleged bribes, or the identities of those arrested beyond describing Adams’s role as former mayor and the arrested individual as a member of his former administration. The information is attributed to a source with knowledge of the matter, and further procedural details—such as whether charges have been formally filed, court locations, or attorneys’ comments—are not included in the excerpts provided. The accounts are consistent in stating that the investigation is federal and that the arrests involve multiple people linked to the alleged contract-related bribery scheme.