NEW YORK — New York City will pay three shelter guards $350,000 to settle a lawsuit they brought alleging they were assaulted by Tim Pearson, a former top adviser and longtime confidant to Mayor Eric Adams, during an infamous 2023 incident at a migrant shelter, according to paperwork obtained by the Daily News.

The taxpayer-funded settlement won’t be divided evenly between the three guards, Terrence Rosenthal, Leesha Bell and Angelica Weldon.

Rather, Rosenthal — who was allegedly assaulted by Pearson and then held in custody at an NYPD precinct for nearly 24 hours after the Oct. 17, 2023 scuffle at the Midtown shelter — will get $150,000, while Weldon is receiving $125,000 and Bell $75,000, the paperwork dated March 26 confirms.

The trio’s lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, named Adams, the NYPD and two police officers as defendants, in addition to Pearson.

Notably, Pearson — who resigned as Adams’ public safety adviser last fall after he came under scrutiny in an unrelated federal corruption investigation — isn’t party to the settlement, meaning the guards could continue their case solely against him in his personal capacity. All the other defendants are party to the settlement, including the mayor, meaning they are dismissed from the case without admitting wrongdoing, the paperwork says.

Pearson has not been charged in the unrelated corruption probe.

Jason Steinberger, an attorney representing Rosenthal, Bell and Weldon, declined to comment Tuesday when asked if his clients will continue their case against Pearson.

Hugh Mo, Pearson’s personal attorney representing him in the federal probe, didn’t return a request for comment.

“It was in the city’s best interest to settle this case,” said Nick Paolucci, a spokesman for Adams’ Law Department, which represented all defendants but Pearson against the shelter scuffle lawsuit.

The News first reported last month that Adams’ administration had reached a settlement with the guards, though the exact dollar amount wasn’t known then.

Like Rosenthal, Weldon and Bell also allege they were assaulted by Pearson.

Bell, according to the lawsuit, was subjected to an especially disturbing episode in which Pearson wrapped his hands around her neck and then shoved her with such force that she fell backwards onto a counter, causing her eyeglasses to fly off her face.

The melee erupted when the guards denied Pearson entry to the shelter because he refused to show identification. He showed up at the shelter to perform a surprise safety inspection.

The settlement comes after the city Department of Investigation released a scathing report concluding that Pearson abused his authority and lied to responding NYPD officers in connection with the incident.

The report, citing body cam footage and eyewitness testimony, alleged Pearson cursed at the guards and threatened to get them fired if they didn’t let him in, even as they repeatedly told him they by protocol had to see his ID in order to provide him access.

Besides the shelter scuffle suit, Pearson faces four lawsuits filed by current and former members of the NYPD alleging that he subjected them to sexual harassment and professional retaliation. In those four lawsuits, the Law Department is providing Pearson, a former NYPD inspector who has been a close friend to the mayor for decades, with taxpayer-funded legal representation.

Adams, whose own federal corruption indictment was dismissed in a highly controversial way by President Trump’s administration this month, has only defended Pearson, even since his resignation.

“I know Tim to be an optimal professional,” Adams said in February after the release of the DOI report.

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