NYC Mayor Adams suggests he’ll defer to conflicts board on NYPD’s hiring of his brother

Banks, like brother Bernard, is poised to play an important role in the coming months for Hizzoner. But the mayor has taken heat over the hire because Banks, who once served as the NYPD’s chief of department, faced probes that included allegations he might be linked to an illegal liquor distribution ring and that he earned money from rentals listed in the names of relatives.