{"id":505800,"date":"2022-11-03T00:13:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T21:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-building-commish-eric-ulrich-speaks-to-investigators\/"},"modified":"2022-11-03T00:13:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T21:13:23","slug":"nyc-building-commish-eric-ulrich-speaks-to-investigators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-building-commish-eric-ulrich-speaks-to-investigators\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC building commish Eric Ulrich speaks to investigators"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36ed4e0e2bd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36ed4e0e2bd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-building-commish-eric-ulrich-speaks-to-investigators\/#%E2%80%9CNYC_building_commish_Eric_Ulrich_speaks_to_investigators%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NYC building commish Eric Ulrich speaks to investigators&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNYC_building_commish_Eric_Ulrich_speaks_to_investigators%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NYC building commish Eric Ulrich speaks to investigators&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>New York City\u2019s building commissioner is under investigation for his conduct dating back to when he was a city councilman \u2014 and not his current role, sources told The Post Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Eric Ulrich, 37, was questioned by investigators with the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office for more than two hours on Tuesday, as part of the criminal gambling probe, the sources confirmed. It came as a search warrant was served on his home in Queens and his cell phone seized.<\/p>\n<p>Ulrich \u2014 a Republican who represented the\u00a0borough\u2019s 32nd District from 2009 until last year \u2014 has not been charged with a crime.<\/p>\n<p>Sources said the year-long investigation, which initially focused on organized crime, doesn\u2019t pertain to Ulrich\u2019s current role as head of the Department of Buildings, a position he was <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointed to in May by Mayor Eric Adams.<\/p>\n<p>Ulrich, who previously served as Senior Advisor to the mayor, possibly racked up debts during backroom Ozone Park card <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s with mob associates, according to the sources.<\/p>\n<p>During his time on the City Council, he once wrote a letter to a federal judge asking for leniency for a reputed mob affiliate, though it\u2019s not clear if that plea is related to the investigation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ulrich-questioned-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Building Commissioner Eric Ulrich, pictured in 2020, is under investigation for conduct during the time he served on the New York City Council, sources said.\" class=\"wp-image-24500470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ulrich-questioned-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ulrich-questioned-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ulrich-questioned-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Building Commissioner Eric Ulrich, pictured in 2020, is under investigation for conduct during the time he served on the New York City Council, sources said.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Dennis A. Clark<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 2018 letter, printed on official City Council letterhead, referred to Bonanno family associate Robert Pisani as \u201ca personal friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Pisani is a kind person, devoted family man and a selfless individual,\u201d Ulrich wrote on behalf of Pisani, who had pleaded guilty to a RICO charge of conspiracy to collect an illegal debt.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed Pisani sent bagels and food to nurses at Jamaica Hospital, where Ulrich\u2019s 3-year-old daughter was being treated after she was \u201cseverely injured in a shopping cart accident.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ulrich-questioned-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Ulrich was questioned for over two hours related to the probe, sources with knowledge of the investigation said.\" class=\"wp-image-24500468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ulrich-questioned-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ulrich-questioned-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ulrich-questioned-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ulrich was questioned for over two hours related to the probe, sources with knowledge of the investigation said.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kevin C. Downs<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI found about his kind deed after the fact,\u201d Ulrich wrote to Judge Dora Irizarry. \u201cWhen I insisted on paying for the food, he told me to donate the money to charity. He really is a good guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mayor told reporters at City Hall on Wednesday he had no im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te plans to remove Ulrich from his $243,171-a-year post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEric is still the commissioner there,\u201d Adams said. \u201cNumber 2, this is really so early for us to be saying we should, we should, we should\u2026 The DA\u2019s office is going to do their review, that review will determine how we move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adams said he hadn\u2019t spoken with Ulrich since <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> of the probe surfaced on Tuesday, but chief counsel Brendan McGuire had. McGuire told reporters that Ulrich passed a background check required of senior leaders in the administration prior to his appointment at the DOB.<\/p>\n<p>Ulrich and the DA office have not commented on the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Gavin Wax, president of the New York Young Republican Club, blasted the building commissioner in a statement calling the former city councilman a \u201cnever-Trump Republican.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMayor Adams was repeatedly advised not to include Ulrich in his administration,\u201d Wax said. \u201cNow we see why those words of advice were warranted. I, along with all other New Yorkers who value sound, honest government, hope for the immediate removal of Ulrich from public office as this investigation runs its course. City government should not be tainted by mafia debts and mob apologists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Bernadette Hogan and Carl Campanile<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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