The crisis enveloping New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration deepened as an aide was charged with witness tampering and destruction of evidence and a former Fire Department official pleaded guilty to a bribery conspiracy charge.

A former New York City official was charged Tuesday with witness tampering and destroying evidence as a federal investigation led to Mayor Eric Adams’ bribery indictment.

A former New York City official, who until Monday worked in the Adams administration, has been arrested and charged with witness tampering and obstruction of justice, according to federal prosecutors.

Mohamed Bahi, who recently resigned from New York Mayor Eric Adams’s administration, faces federal charges in connection with Adams’s 2021 campaign.

According to officials, Bahi allegedly instructed witnesses to lie to federal investigators and deleted potentially incriminating messages in an effort to obstruct the investigation.

A former New York City official, who until Monday worked in the Adams administration, has been arrested and charged with witness tampering and obstruction of justice, according to federal prosecutors.

Former community affairs aide Mohamed Bahi is the first person other than Mayor Eric Adams to be charged in one of several ongoing corruption probes.

Mohamed Bahi, who worked in the mayor’s community affairs office, is accused of instructing multiple witnesses to lie to federal investigators about a fundraiser for Adams.

Mohamed Bahi, a staffer in Mayor Adams’ community affairs unit who resigned Monday, has been indicted on federal charges alleging he destroyed evidence and tampered with witnesses in the

The charges come as federal investigators have launched a multipronged probe into Eric Adams' administration and 2021 campaign.

Mohamed Bahi is accused of telling a businessman and campaign donors to lie to the FBI and deleting the messaging app Signal from his cellphone.