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You're listening to The Political Scene, a show about current events and the political forces driving them.

I'm Tyler Foggin, and I'm a senior editor at The New Yorker.

A few days before Christmas, New York City pastor Lamar Whitehead, who's sometimes known as the Bling Bishop,

was federally indicted for a number of alleged crimes.

Among the charges was that he tried to extort a businessman

by claiming that he had poll with City Hall. Bishop Whitehead is a close friend of New York Mayor,

Eric Adams. This is not the first time that the mayor's friends have found themselves in legal

trouble, or that Adams has faced questions about potential corruption. My colleague, Eric Latch,

writes a regular column about New York City politics, and over the weekend, he published a bombshell report on the long history between the mayor and Whitehead.

Thanks so much for being here, Eric.

Thanks for having me.

So Eric Adams has become almost notorious for his thriving social life.

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