Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s legal team has notified city officials that the city is cutting off payment of legal fees for Tim Pearson, the former City Hall public safety adviser who was sued last year by four current and former NYPD employees alleging sexual harassment and retaliation. The same move covers former NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey and marks a clear break from the previous administration’s approach to defending some high-profile aides.
City Pulls the Plug on Taxpayer-Funded Defense
Corporation Counsel nominee Steve Banks informed city leaders that the city will no longer pay for Pearson’s legal defense, and that the same withdrawal of indemnification applies to Jeffrey Maddrey, as reported by New York Daily News. That reporting says…..