Feds subpoena PAC connected to Adams-allied pastor, embattled campaign fundraiser

The feds subpoenaed a shadowy political fund connected to one of Eric Adams’ allies and to the mayor’s embattled top fundraiser, The Post has learned.

The Rev. Alfred L. Cockfield’s political action committee, Striving for a Better New York, was slapped with the subpoena in early November, sources close to the matter told The Post.

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Investigators with the Eastern District of New York sought financi꧅al records , which has previously drawn scrutiny from the state Board of Elections, according to t♛he sources.

The thrust of the investigation was not immediately cl🐻ear.

The PAC has ties to Brianna Suggs — the mayor’s chief fundraiser whose Brooklyn home was raided by the feds in November 2023.

Suggs served as the PAC’s treasurer and was paid $100,000 into early 2023, records show. 

Cockfield established the committee during Adams’ 2021 mayoral run, with the then-candidate pointing his supporters to the PAC once his campaign war chest hit the legal limit.

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The vast majority of the funds were raised from va♏rious real estate, construction and other donors in the final months of 2021 in the lead-up to Adams being sworn in on Jan. 1꧟, 2022.

The PAC raised eyebrows for giving out little of the $1.3 mཧillion it raiseꦍd to political activities, while generously compensating Cockfield with more than $144,000 salary in 2022, . 

Cockfield, the founder and chairman, found himself on the radar of the BOE’s Division of Election Law Enforcement following  revealing that the PAC had donated $60,000 to a charter school he founded that year.

Another BOE  the PAC had received nearly $100,000 from “various LLC/PLLCs that did not have the statutorily required attribution,” causing it to return the funds. 

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It again drew scrutiny earlier this year when it doled out donations to races far from the Big Apple, including local races in Texas and Kansas City — despite its mission statement to “give a voice to the issues that impact the lives of everyday New Yorkers.” 

The perpl𒐪exing, but not illegal, contributionsby Politico in Ju🤪ly. 

Suggs’ home was raided as part of a federal probe into Adams’ 2021 campaign funding, according to sources. Despite her connection to Cockfield’s PAC, the subpoena served earlier this month appears to be part of a separate investigation.

🅰The emergence of another federal probe encircling an Adams ally comes as the mayor is fending off a historic corruption indictment out of the Southern District of New York.

Adams, who has vehemently denied all wrongdoing, is accused of accepting bribes in the form of luxury trave🎀l i𓄧n exchange for doing favors for foreign governments. 

Suggs, who has not been accused of wrongdoing, is now employed by Adams’ re-election campaign but no longer has a role with the PAC.

Cockfield didn’t return 🃏a request for comment Tuesday, nor did Suggs’ attorney.

A spokesperson for the EDNY declined to comment.