FBI agents raided the NYPD’s School Safety Division headquarters in Queens Thursday as part of a probe into city contracts, sources said.
The raids are the latest to target Mayor Eric Adams’ administration and appear linked to an investigation into Tim Pearson, a former senior aide and one of Hizzoner’s longtime friends under scrutiny for allegedly picking contractors in exchange for kickbacks.
Agents hit the HQ at Queens Plaza North in Long Island City Thursday afternoon and seized papers and records tied to a panic button contracts allegedly greenlit by Pearson, according to the sources.
Kevin Taylor, the up-and-coming former head of school safety agents, also had his phone taken by the feds, according to sources.
Terence Banks, the brother of outgoing schools David Banks, is also connected to the investigation behind the raids, sources said.
The feds are looking how Saferwatch, a tech firm that sold “panic button” apps for schools to use in active shooter emergencies that was one of Terence Banks’ clients, had scored high-level meetings with the chancellor, source said. Pearson allegedly later greenlit the contract.
Taylor had taken a prominent role in the school safety division, but transferred out earlier this year.
— Additional reporting by Tina Moore
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