WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ingrid Lewis-Martin, former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, is expected to surrender on Thursday on bribery charges, the New York Times reported, citing several people with knowledge of the matter.
The Times reported on Wednesday that Lewis-Martin, her son and two businessmen were expected to be arraigned on Thursday on bribery charges being brought by the office of the Manhattan district attorney in connection to a $100,000 loan Lewis-Martin’s son obtained to buy a luxury car.
Lewis-Martin resigned from her post this past weekend. A lawyer for Lewis-Martin did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Adams himself was hit with an unrelated five-count federal corruption indictment in September. The mayor allegedly accepted illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel from Turkish nationals seeking to influence him. Adams has denied wrongdoing and says he will fight the charges in court.
In the Lewis-Martin case, the charges are based on accusations that the businessmen gave a loan to Lewis-Martin’s son after she helped them resolve issues with the city’s Department of Buildings and a construction project in one of their hotels, the Times reported, adding that it was not clear if the son had made any payments on the loan.
(Reporting by Eric Beech in Washington and Brad Brooks in Colorado; editing by Costas Pitas and Alistair Bell)
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