Top Eric Adams administration official Jesse Hamilton pressured the city government’s top real estate broker to put one of his friends in charge of its dealings with the city, who in turn used that ...

Jesse Hamilton pushed a real estate brokerage to hire a friend of the administration, who then worked on city deals.

JRT claims it was shunted aside by Diana Boutross, a Cushman & Wakefield vice chair who was put in charge of the firm’s account with DCAS in August 2023 despite lacking experience with city leases.

The suit was brought by the competitor, JRT Realty, which alleges Cushman & Wakefield executive Diana Boutross was picked at Hamilton’s “behest” in late 2023 to take over running Cushman ...