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New York Post
13 Sep 2023


NextImg:Ex-NYC Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich ran years-long bribery scheme, traded political favors for $150K in benefits – including Mets season tix and bespoke suit: DA

Ex-city Department of Buildings commissioner Eric Ulrich allegedly ran a years-long scheme doling out political favors in exchange for more than $150,000 in bribes – including a $10,000 Mets season tickets package and a bespoke suit, Manhattan prosecutors alleged Wednesday.

The charges against Ulrich, 38, span five indictments and relate to his time serving in three political posts – including his days as a Queens councilman and his stint as an advisor to Mayor Eric Adams, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said.

Ulrich “monetized each and every elected role that he held in government,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said at a press conference hours after the disgraced DOB head surrendered at the criminal courthouse.

“Rather than serve the public, he used his roles to benefit himself and his friends,” Bragg said.

Ulrich was charged alongside six other defendants, including Brooklyn real estate developer and top Adams donor Mark Caller and Queens pizza joint owners and brothers, Joseph and Anthony Livreri, who are alleged to have mafia ties.

The accused crooked pol used cash and gifts he received from his co-defendants to live large and to fund a gambling habit, as well as to make upgrades at his beachfront building in Queens, according to prosecutors.

“We allege that Eric Ulrich accepted or solicited more than $150,000 worth of bribes in less than two years by monetizing each elected and appointed role he held in New York City government,” Bragg said in a statement.

“At every possible turn, he allegedly used his taxpayer-funded positions as City Councilmember, then Senior Mayoral Advisor, and finally Department of Buildings Commissioner to line his pockets.”

Former New York City Department of Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich was charged in a sweeping years-long corruption scheme doling out political favor to pals in exchange for bribes, including Mets season tickets and a bespoke suit, prosecutors say.
David McGlynn

For the bribes, Ulrich helped push through a health inspection for Livreris’ Queens pizza shop called Aldo’s after it was shuttered for health violations, prosecutors allege.

He also allegedly lobbied the Department of Planning to pass favorable zoning for Caller.

Ulrich got a job for the daughter of another co-defendant, Michael Mazzio, in the Department of Correction that came with a $20,000 raise, prosecutors claimed.

The former Queens councilman — who was appointed by Adams to helm the DOB in May 2022 — resigned that November under a cloud of suspicion after a probe was launched into his part in illegal gambling.

He faces charges conspiracy, bribe receiving and offering a false instrument for filing, according to the indictments unsealed Wednesday.

The career politician is slated to be arraigned before a Manhattan Supreme Court judge at 2:15 p.m.

Eric Ulrich.

Ulrich allegedly used all three of his political offices — including as a Queens city councilmember and as a senior mayoral advisor to benefit himself and his friends.
Matthew McDermott

On Tuesday, Ulrich’s lawyer, Benjamin Brafman said his client “intends to plead not guilty and we anticipate that he will be fully exonerated.”

As of January a disgraced Ulrich resorted to selling insurance in order to make ends meet.

He also wrote a children’s book where dogs sit as judges and juries in the judicial system.

Ulrich made a failed bid for city public advocate in 2019 — in which he only managed to raise $159,000 but received $595,000 from city matching funds — allegedly spent $40,000 at food spots with prior mob ties.