Overview

• The outgoing mayor is on a four-day visit to Albania from Monday to Thursday to meet Prime Minister Edi Rama and business and tech leaders to promote economic activity and tourism to New York City.
• New York City is paying for flights and staff security while the Albanian government covers the mayor’s lodging and ground transportation, which officials said totals under $300 per day.
• City Hall said Adams flew Lufthansa, is accompanied by his NYPD detail and senior adviser Gladys Miranda, and framed the trip as official municipal business.
• Reform group Reinvent Albany criticized accepting foreign-funded accommodations, citing limited economic ties and the optics given Adams’s past travel-related indictment that was later dismissed.
• In Tirana on Wednesday, Adams said he is pushing for a direct New York–Albania flight, with a spokesperson noting airline talks are preliminary, and he is set to return Thursday.