A Brooklyn construction kingpin apologized to New York taxpayers Friday as he was handed a wrist-slap sentence for funneling illegal donations to Mayor Eric Adams’ 2021 campaign.

Erden Arkan, 76, the owner of KSK Construction Group in Williamsburg, had faced up to six months behind bars under federal sentencing guidelines, but prosecutors and a probation officer agreed no prison time was warranted.

“I’m simply sorry to the New York taxpayers,” said a rueful Arkan before he was sentenced to one year of probation in Manhattan federal court.

The Turkey native pleaded guilty in January to a wire fraud charge for illegally reimbursing his employees for roughly $18,000 of donations they made toward Adams’ successful 2021 campaign for mayor. 3

The Adams campaign then used those funds

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