NYC Investigating Nonprofit Run by Brooklyn Leader’s Aide

New York City contracting officials are investigating a nonprofit organization led by an aide to Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams following a news report on the city-funded group’s spending, local news website Capital NY writes.

The Mayor’s Office of Contract Services launched an investigation of the Neighborhood Technical Assistance Clinic after the New York Post reported last month that the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board was reviewing Valerie Oliver-Durrah’s dual role running the charity and advising the Brooklyn leader.

Ms. Oliver-Durrah earns a salary of nearly $83,000 as Mr. Adams’s part-time senior adviser for strategic alliances. Her charity, which assists other nonprofits with fundraising, has received $79,000 in earmarks from City Council members. According to the Post, Ms. Oliver-Durrah collects a $57,000 salary from the clinic and has used its funds to travel overseas for conferences, collect a car allowance, and hire her son as a computer consultant.