Ingrid Lewis-Martin, former chief advisor to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, was indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges along with her son and two real estate investors.
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City mayor's former chief adviser, her son and two real estate investors were indicted on Thursday on bribery and conspiracy charges, a case that comes as the mayor himself fights a separate corruption case and a series of criminal investigations roils City Hall. Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who until recently was one of the most powerful people in city government, was brought into a Manhattan courtroom in handcuffs. She, her son Glenn D.
Martin II — a DJ who once performed at City Hall — and real estate investors Raizada Vaid and Mayank Dwivedi pleaded not guilty as prosecutors accused the four of engaging in a blatant pay-to-play scheme. “This was an unfettered, on-call, quid pro quo arrangement” in which Lewis-Martin and her son raked in over $100,000 in cash and other help in exchange for her speeding approvals for construction projects, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said at a news conference. He said the scheme went on during much of Lewis-Martin's nearly three-year tenure as Mayor Eric Adams' chief adviser — a post she left only last weekend. Lewis-Martin's lawyer, Arthur Aidala, described his client as “a model citizen to the city of New York.” But prosecutors said in a court document that she “abused her position and sold her influence to enrich herself and her family.” Prosecutors wrote that the developers repeatedly asked Lewis-Martin for help getting approvals for such projects as a rooftop bar and a hotel, and she in turn pressed officials in the city's Department of Buildings to take action, which they did. “Again and again, she delivered for them,' said Bragg. In return, the developers paid $100,000 to Lewis-Martin's son, who put the money in an account he shared with her, and used some of it to buy a $113,000 Porsche last year, prosecutors said in the court document. They said the son also got help from the businessmen with some of his own venture
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