Former FDNY chief Brian Cordasco is set to plead guilty to a bribery conspiracy charge connected to a nearly $200,000 scheme to expedite fire safety inspections in New York City. Cordasco and Anthony Saccavino, both high-ranking members of the FDNY’s Bureau of Fire Prevention, were indicted for accepting bribes in exchange for prioritizing certain projects between 2021 and 2023. The scheme involved dozens of projects and spanned the mayoralties of Eric Adams and Bill de Blasio. FBI and city investigators raided the homes of Cordasco and other officials earlier this year, although no charges have yet emerged against top city officials. Cordasco’s guilty plea marks the first formal admission of wrongdoing among those implicated in the wider federal probes surrounding Mayor Adams' administration. FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker stated the department is cooperating with the investigation, which did not compromise fire safety in the projects involved.