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   Manhattan prosecutors investigating corruption allegations against Ingrid   
   Lewis-Martin, the chief adviser to Mayor Eric Adams, have presented   
   evidence to a grand jury and could seek an indictment as soon as this   
   week, people with knowledge of the matter said.   
      
   Ms. Lewis-Martin, 63, abruptly resigned from city government on Sunday.   
      
   She has been under investigation at least since September, when   
   investigators from the district attorney’s office seized her phones at   
   Kennedy International Airport as she and a group of colleagues and friends   
   were returning from a vacation to Japan. The inquiry has examined possible   
   bribery and money laundering in the city’s leasing of commercial   
   properties, several people said in September.   
      
   But the district attorney’s office has also been examining other possible   
   crimes, some of the people said. They include allegations that involve Ms.   
   Lewis-Martin’s son, Glenn Martin II, a professional D.J.; Mayank Dwivedi,   
   a hotelier who owns and operates several properties in New York City and   
   the Hamptons; and one of his business associates. Those allegations appear   
   to be the focus of the possible charges this week, the people said. Their   
   precise nature was unclear, but that aspect of the investigation has   
   focused on possible bribery and official misconduct, the people said.   
      
   The investigation appears to be continuing, and there is no indication   
   that it is focused on Mr. Adams, who is facing trial in April on unrelated   
   federal charges including bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud.   
      
   Ms. Lewis-Martin’s lawyer, Arthur L. Aidala, said in a statement that he   
   and his client have been aware of the investigation since her phones were   
   seized.   
      
   “The only thing of which we are certain is that Ingrid Lewis-Martin has   
   served this city admirably for decades in an ethical, moral and law   
   abiding manner,” the statement said.   
      
   Lawyers for Mr. Martin and Mr. Dwivedi did not immediately respond to   
   requests for comment. A lawyer for Mr. Dwivedi’s associate declined to   
   comment.   
      
   Ms. Lewis-Martin said in her statement announcing her resignation that she   
   planned to spend more time with her family. The statement, which was   
   issued before The New York Times reported the possible charges against   
   her, did not address the investigation. Her resignation from the post,   
   where she was paid approximately $287,000, was first reported by Politico   
   New York.   
      
   Addressing the mayor, she said: “I extend humble gratitude to you for   
   encouraging me to be my authentic self and for having my back during some   
   trying times. As you would say, this has been a good ride; I will use   
   author’s license and say that this has been an amazing ride.”   
      
   Viewed as the second most powerful person at City Hall, Ms. Lewis-Martin   
   has been part of Mr. Adams’s inner circle for decades, becoming known as a   
   fiercely loyal lieutenant who could make deals and fend off threats from   
   opponents.   
      
   In a statement on Sunday in response to her resignation, Mr. Adams said   
   Ms. Lewis-Martin “has not been just a friend, a confidante and trusted   
   adviser, but also a sister.”   
      
   “We’ve always talked about when this day would come, and while we’ve long   
   planned for it, it is still hard to know that Ingrid won’t be right next   
   door every day,” he said. “I, and every New Yorker, owe her a debt of   
   gratitude for her decades of service to our city.”   
      
   The presentation of evidence to a grand jury and the possibility of   
   criminal charges against Ms. Lewis-Martin, the mayor’s closest confidant   
   who has worked with him for decades, could hardly come at a worse time for   
   Mr. Adams.   
      
   The first-term mayor’s trial in April, will come just months before he   
   will seek a second term in the 2025 mayoral election. Three other federal   
   corruption investigations focused on some of his most senior aides — all   
   of whom resigned after those inquiries became public — appear to be   
   grinding along.   
      
   Grand juries like the one focused on Ms. Lewis-Martin conduct their work   
   in secret, and little is publicly known about the evidence that   
   prosecutors put before the panel. They can ask its 23 members to vote to   
   indict, but that does not ensure that charges will be brought. The jurors   
   could determine that the evidence is insufficient to support criminal   
   charges.   
      
   Spokeswomen for the office of the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, and   
   the city’s Department of Investigation, which is conducting the   
   investigation with the prosecutors, both declined to comment.   
      
   Ms. Lewis-Martin’s conduct has come under some scrutiny in connection with   
   several other investigations involving Mr. Adams and members of his inner   
   circle, according to records and people with knowledge of those inquires.   
      
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   https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/nyregion/ingrid-lewis-martin-resigns-   
   eric-adams.html   
      
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