Tim Pearson, a shadowy confidante and top aide to Mayor Eric Adams, resigned on Monday amid an escalating federal corruption probe, sources told The Post.
Pearson is among a raft of top Adams administration officials and allies who had their devices seized in a spate of dramatic federal raids Sept. 4.
Sources have said Pearson, who oversees security deals for migrant shelters, is under scrutiny for allegedly interfering with picking contractors in exchange for kickbacks.
Feds have questioned cops in Pearson’s obscure city unit, the Municipal Services Assessment, about city contracting, sources said.
The accusations dovetailed with an account detailed in an April lawsuit that contended Pearson told workers in the office that he was looking to line his own pockets.
“People are doing very well on these contracts,” Pearson said, according to the lawsuit.
“I have to get mine. Where are my crumbs?”
Adams has been under pressure to oust Pearson, among other officials such as Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks, being eyed by the feds.
But Adams defended Pearson as recently as Tuesday, arguing the embattled ally and longtime friend saved the city beaucoup bucks in his role.
“We asked him to go in and look in and we saved hundreds of millions of dollars by bringing down the costs, everything from security contracts to other contracts,” Hizzoner said.
Besides being under federal scrutiny, Pearson has drawn unwelcome attention for a raft of sexual harassment accusations against him, a controversial brawl at a city migrant shelter and remaining on a casino’s payroll while working for the city.