NYC indictments allege corruption in Adams’ City Hall
The former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged in four separate bribery schemes, according to indictments released this morning by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.
Former chief adviser to the mayor Ingrid Lewis-Martin “overrode other City officials’ expertise and decision making to ensure that certain required actions were accomplished for the benefit of her co-conspirators,” according to a summary of the indictments.
Another longtime Adams ally Jesse Hamilton, a deputy commissioner at the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, is being charged with Lewis-Martin in one case where the pair is accused of promoting a real estate developer’s projects in exchange for more than $5,000 worth of home renovations.
Lewis-Martin resigned from City Hall in December before being indicted on separate corruption charges to which she pleaded not guilty.
Adams, who is facing long odds as he runs for reelection as an independent, was not accused of wrongdoing in any of the cases.