Frank Carone

Frank Carone (born 1969) is an American political figure and lawyer. Known for serving as

Born in Canarsie, Brooklyn^[7] in 1969, Carone grew up in the Canarsie neighborhood. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1993 to 1995, and received his Juris Doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School.^[1]

Career

He first became involved in Brooklyn politics through the Thomas Jefferson Club in Canarsie, where he met Frank Seddio, his future business partner.^[8] In 2008 they formed a firm that merged with the New York law firm Abrams Fensterman in 2011.^[1] In 2011, Carone was named counsel^[8] to the Brooklyn Democratic Party,^[8][3] serving as their "top lawyer", according to the New York Times.^[2]   By 2019, he was known in the press as a "longtime ally" of then Brooklyn Mayor Bill de Blasio. That year, an eminent domain deal between de Blasio's administration and the Podolsky family came under scrutiny for potential conflicts of interest, as Carone was assisting the Podolsky family as counsel.^[10] de Blasio and Carone denied discussing the real estate deal together.^[1]

Chief of Staff for Mayor Eric Adams

As Chief of Staff, Carone continued to be scrutinized for possible breaches of ethics. For example, Carone's practice of holding official meetings at private clubs and high-end restaurants attracted criticism in the press.[11]^[3] In May 2022 it was reported that Carone had held investments in Wrap Technologies between 2017 and 2021, and that Adams had praised Wrap Technologies' policing products during that same period. In response to arguments that Carone should have revealed his investments publicly, both Carone and Adams denied they'd conversed about the company together.^[2]

Stating that he planned on serving as a chairman on Adams' 2025 re-election campaign,^[11] he left his post as Chief of Staff in December 2022.^[12][9] Upon retiring from Adams' administration, city law prevented Carone from directly lobbying City Hall for one year.^[7] Shortly after Carone retired, New York City Council member Lincoln Restler proposed legislation to extend the one year ban to two years, with Politico writing that among lawmakers, the bill was "widely viewed as a way to limit Carone's influence."^[13]

Oaktree

In January 2023

Carone was a member of the Riseboro Community Partnership board from 2011 through 2019^[5] and a board appointee to the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission in 2011^[8] until 2016.^[5]

He was previously on the boards of the

Carone and his wife Diana live in Brooklyn, New York.[8]

In February 2022, he was subpoenaed for documents in a federal civil racketeering suit filed by

• One Astor Plaza

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