A federal probe is investigating whether New York City Mayor Eric Adams improperly pressured city fire officials into approving a new Turkish government building in Manhattan despite safety issues, The New York Times reports.

This probe into the Turkish consulate’s building is part of a broader public corruption investigation into illegally funneling foreign money to Adams’ mayoral campaign. FBI agents have seized Adams’ phones and raided his chief fundraiser’s home.

Adams, his campaign and top fundraiser denied knowledge of any impropriety and defended the campaign’s fund-raising.

Adams contacted then-Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro in late summer of 2021 and asked the commission to authorize the temporary occupation of the building, even though inspectors found fire safety concerns.

At the time, Adams was finishing his term as Brooklyn borough president. He had just won a competitive Democratic primary and was poised to win the general election in the heavily Democratic city.

Adams has ties to Turkish officials and Turkish immigrants in the United States.

In 2015, the Turkish consulate general in Manhattan paid for part of Adams’ trip to Turkey in 2015, which included the then-borough president’s airfare, hotel and ground transportation. Adams has also courted wealthy donors in Brooklyn’s Turkish community.

An FBI search warrant for the home of Adams’ fundraiser, Brianna Suggs, indicated that agents looked for information about a 2021 fundraising event organized by KSK Construction, a company owned by Turkish immigrants.

Donors contributed $43,600 to Adams’ mayoral campaign, which ballooned to $92,000 with the city’s generous public funds matching system.

The agents seized computers, cellphones and other evidence from Suggs’ Brooklyn home in a search focused on finding out if the campaign had a motive or intent to help the Turkish government, its national or the construction firm in exchange for contributions.

The Turkish embassy, FBI and federal prosecutors declined to comment on the investigation.