City Councilmember Lincoln Restler said the city should consider working with new brokerages after a lawsuit accusing its top real estate official of favoritism.

pressured Cushman to put his alleged friend and executive Diana Boutross in charge of the company’s business dealings with the city. Hamilton allegedly threatened that Cushman would lose its ...

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 ...

Hamilton sought to install Cushman broker Diana Boutross at the helm of the “extremely profitable” $1.5B account, telling Cushman that its “account would be taken away” if Boutross was not ...

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

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 ...

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

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