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Mohamed Bahi
Mohamed Bahi exiting federal court, October 2024
Born1983 or 1984 (age 40–41)[1]
Algeria
CitizenshipAmerican-Algerian
EmployerNew York City
TitleChief Liaison of NYC Mayor Eric Adams to the Muslim community (2022-24)

Mohamed Bahi (also spelled "Bahe"; born 1983/1984) is an American-Algerian community activist, and the former Chief Liaison of New York City Mayor Eric Adams to the Muslim community in the mayor's community affairs office.[2][1][3] On October 8, 2024, as part of the investigations into the NYC Mayor Eric Adams administration, he was arrested and charged with federal witness tampering and destruction of evidence in connection with an investigation of alleged illegal contributions made to Adams’s 2021 mayoral campaign.

Early and personal life

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Bahi was born in Algeria, and is Muslim.[4] In 1993, he came to the United States with his family, at the age of nine.[4] He said that: "September 11 ... connected me to my belief, and made me the person I am today."[4] He now lives in Staten Island, New York.[5]

Non-profit activity

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Bahi took over the non-profit Muslims Giving Back, providing Islamic community programming and meals, and it originally operated from a mosque in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.[4] After a New York Police Department informant at the mosque engaged in surveillance of the center, the mosque kicked it out.[4][6] Muslims Giving Back worked with the ACLU to file a lawsuit against the New York Police Department for its surveillance of the group, and Bahi said: "to think that there was a whole force out there monitoring us, following us, reading our texts; that was madness."[4] The center has subsequently operated in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.[7][3][8]

Bahi also founded the Asiyah Women’s Center in Brooklyn, providing shelter support.[3][7][4] In 2018 he said that the center planned to apply for grants through then-Brooklyn Borough President Adams’s office.[8]

NYC Chief Liaison to the Muslim Community

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In 2022, Bahi became the Chief Liaison of New York City Mayor Eric Adams to the Muslim community in the mayor's community affairs office, at a salary of $80,000.[9][10][1][11] As part of his duties, in July 2023 he and Mayor Adams met with members of the Uzbek community in New York City to discuss issues pertaining to the community.[12] In January 2024, he was honored at the 8th Annual Recognition Event of the Bait-ul Jamaat House of Community in Staten Island.[13] On October 7, 2024, Bahi resigned.[1]

Indictment

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On October 8, 2024, as part of the investigations into the NYC Mayor Eric Adams administration, he was arrested and charged with federal witness tampering -- encouraging four witnesses to lie to the FBI -- and destruction of evidence by the FBI in a criminal complaint in connection with an investigation of alleged illegal contributions made to Adams’s 2021 mayoral campaign.[14][1] In the six hours before federal agents seized his phone, he had abruptly deleted the encrypted messaging app called Signal from his phone, according to the complaint against him.[1][15][16]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f William K. Rashbaum, Michael Rothfeld, Dana Rubinstein, and Bianca Pallaro (October 8, 2024). "City Hall Official Charged With Witness Tampering in Adams Inquiry; Mohamed Bahi, who resigned Monday from the mayor’s office of community affairs, was accused of instructing witnesses to lie to federal authorities." The New York Times.
  2. ^ Michelle Fleury (October 31, 2020). "'My parents had hearts of gold, they didn't deserve it'; The community organiser," BBC.
  3. ^ a b c Adriana Carranca (April 12, 2019). "She Was Forced to Marry in Bangladesh. In Brooklyn, She Made Her Escape," The New York Times.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Zainab Iqbal (March 1, 2019). "An Extraordinary Neighbor: Mohamed Bahi Is A Muslim Giving Back," Bklyner.
  5. ^ "Former Aide To Eric Adams Charged With Witness Tampering, Destroying Evidence; Federal prosecutors allege that Mohamed Bahi told a businessman and campaign donors to lie to the FBI in June," The Huffington Post.
  6. ^ Joseph Gedeon (September 7, 2021). "How The NYPD Infiltrated A Muslim Charity In The Years After 9/11," Gothamist.
  7. ^ a b "2023 Power of Diversity: Middle Eastern & North African 50," City & State New York, August 28, 2023 .
  8. ^ a b Julianne McShane (October 18, 2019). "Safe haven: City’s first shelter for Muslim women and children fleeing abuse opens in Southern Brooklyn," Brooklyn Paper.
  9. ^ "Ex-Adams official charged with witness tampering, destroying evidence," The Washington Post, October 9, 2024.
  10. ^ Edward Helmore (October 8, 2024). "Former aide to Eric Adams arrested on charges of witness tampering; Mohamed Bahi allegedly deleted Signal, app he used to communicate with New York mayor, amid FBI investigation," The Guardian.
  11. ^ Sile Moloney (October 8, 2024). "Former City Hall Official Mohamed Bahi Charged with Witness Tampering, Destruction of Evidence," Norwood News.
  12. ^ "NYC Mayor hosts a roundtable with the Silk Road Foundation,Uzbek community leaders," Voice of South Asia, July 19, 2023.
  13. ^ Gracelyn Santos (January 20, 2024). "Staten Island’s Best Dressed: Bait-ul Jamaat House of Community’s Awards at Snug Harbor Cultural Center," Slive.com.
  14. ^ "Former City Hall official arrested, accused of obstructing investigation into Mayor Eric Adams," ABC, October 8, 2024.
  15. ^ Jon Campbell and David Brand (October 8, 2024). "Mayor Adams adviser charged with witness tampering, destroying evidence in straw donor probe," Gothamist.
  16. ^ "Former Adams aide charged with obstructing federal probe," Crain's, October 8, 2024.
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Category:Living people Category:Algerian emigrants to the United States Category:Muslims from New York (state) Category:People from Staten Island Category:20th-century Algerian people

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