NYC Mayor Aide's Private Schedule Reveals Glimpse Into Adams's Priorities

Chief of Staff Frank Carone’s first month filled with meetings at lavish restaurants and apartments.

New York Mayor Eric Adams

Photographer: Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg

To win the mayor’s support in a quest to bring casinos to New York City, the head of Las Vegas Sands invited one of Eric Adams’s closest advisers to his Park Avenue pied-a-terre: Chief of Staff Frank Carone.

The casino mogul talked to Carone about building a gaming complex on the land surrounding the Mets stadium. It was a controversial idea billionaire Steve Cohen extolled eight days earlier when he hosted Carone and Adams at the Mets owner’s executive suite at Citi Field.