Former adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin faces new indictments as pressure on Mayor Eric Adams grows during election season.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office in the United States has unveiled four indictments against a high-level associate of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, adding to the legal jeopardy his administration faces during a tight election season.
Ingrid Lewis-Martin, her son Glenn Martin II and seven other co-defendants were charged on Thursday for what the prosecutor’s office called a “wide-ranging series of bribery conspiracies”.
Nicknamed the “Lioness of City Hall”, Lewis-Martin formerly served as a chief adviser to Adams. But she resigned in December amid a corruption investigation.
In a statement, District Attorney Alvin Bragg accused Lewis-Martin of putting her personal profit over the needs of New York City residents.
