Top adviser to NYC Mayor Eric Adams abruptly resigns amid federal investigation


A supremacy assistant to Brandnew York Town Mayor Eric Adams hastily resigned on Sunday amid a federal investigation right into a corruption and bribery indictment in opposition to Adams.

The assistant, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, has had her telephones seized and her house searched as a part of the investigation. She issued a long observation referring to her leaving in tandem with Adams on Sunday, announcing she plans to spend extra day along with her population.

“To my political partner, brother, and friend, Mayor Eric Adams: I thank you for seeking me out, way back in 2004, and asking me to run your Senate campaign. I thank you for seeing in me things that I did not see in myself,” Lewis-Martin stated. 

“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,” she added.

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Brandnew York Town Mayor Eric Adams speaks to journalists then a information convention in Brandnew York on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024.  (AP Photograph/Seth Wenig, Report)

Adams’ observation echoed his aide’s pleasant sound.

“Ingrid has not been just a friend, a confidant, 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,” Adams stated.

“I, and every New Yorker, owe her a debt of gratitude for her decades of service to our city. While she gets to spend a lot more time with her granddaughter, I know Ingrid will still stay involved in moving our city forward from the sidelines as she continues to root for our administration and our city,” he added.

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The announcement comes simply days then Adams met with incoming border czar Tom Homan. Adams has followed a extra competitive immigration stance following President-elect Trump’s win in November.

Incoming border czar Tom Homan spoke with Dr. Phil concerning the Trump management’s plan to deport unlawful migrants. (The Dr. Phil Podcast YouTube channel)

“It went great,” Homan advised Sean Hannity on Thursday night time. “Look, I sat down with the mayor for well over an hour. He gets it. And today he proved that as the mayor in New York City, he’s more concerned with public safety than politics. I wish the mayor of Chicago and the San Diego City council mayor and Governor Pritzker, I wish they’d all take a page out of Mayor Eric Adams’ playbook.”

Homan recalled how the “ex-cop” got here out of Adams all through their closed-door assembly Thursday in Brandnew York.

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“He really cares about public safety, and he’s putting politics aside. He wants to help ICE take criminal threats off the street. He wants to help ICE look for national security threats. He wants to help ICE find over 340,000 missing children, which many are going to be in the city. So a great meeting.”

Incoming border czar Tom Homan met with Brandnew York Town Mayor Eric Adams within the Heavy Apple on Thursday the place they mentioned town’s ongoing migrant situation and tactics of deporting legal unlawful migrants who’ve been terrorizing town’s streets. (Invoice Clark/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Photographs, left and Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket by way of Getty Photographs, proper.)

“Hats off to the mayor for coming to the table and working with us,” credited Homan.

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Homan disclosed that since his assembly with the Brandnew York mayor, alternative leaders from around the aisle have reached out to him.


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