Mr. Banks, the deputy mayor for public safety and a close friend of Mayor Eric Adams, is among the administration officials whose phones were seized by investigators.

The city's deputy mayor for public safety quit, becoming the sixth top official to do so in the past month as Mayor Adams navigates federal indictment.

Philip Banks III, a lieutenant of New York Mayor Eric Adams, has resigned, becoming the latest Adams aide to step aside since the mayor was charged with corruption offenses. Banks, the deputy mayor for public safety,