The chief adviser to New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams resigned with out warning over the weekend as information broke of her impending indictment.
On Sunday (Dec. 15), Ingrid Lewis-Martin, the highest adviser to New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams, resigned from her place. The transfer comes three months after she was subpoenaed by federal investigators and amid stories {that a} grand jury is in search of to indict her. Lewis-Martin, 63, mentioned in an announcement that she is stepping right down to spend extra time together with her household.
“I thank God, at first, for permitting me to serve town that I like for near 35 years via volunteerism and employment,” she mentioned within the assertion. “Whereas I beforehand introduced my retirement, that is nonetheless a bittersweet second for me as authorities has been my life’s work.” Lewis-Martin has been a staunch ally of Mayor Adams for near 4 a long time, from his time as a New York Metropolis Police Division officer to holding the best place within the metropolis.
In a separate assertion, Mayor Adams wrote that she “has not been only a pal, a confidante and trusted adviser, but in addition a sister.” He continued: “We’ve at all times talked about when at the present time would come, and whereas we’ve lengthy deliberate for it, it’s nonetheless exhausting to know that Ingrid received’t be proper subsequent door every single day. I, and each New Yorker, owe her a debt of gratitude for her a long time of service to our metropolis.”
Based on stories, Manhattan prosecutors who’ve been investigating allegations of corruption by Lewis-Martin have offered proof to a grand jury, with the potential of an indictment being introduced this week. Federal brokers seized her telephones in September after she arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport from a trip to Japan with colleagues. Sources near the investigation state that the main target is on bribery and cash laundering being a part of town’s industrial leasing properties. Federal brokers additionally searched her Brooklyn residence and seized the telephones of her son and colleagues the identical day.
For Mayor Adams, his adviser’s resignation is a intestine punch. Lewis-Martin’s departure is the newest in a string of these in his administration who’ve resigned early and after Adams’ federal indictment in September. Mayor Adams is ready to go to trial on expenses of corruption in April 2025, months earlier than his reelection marketing campaign formally kicks off.
