Mayor Eric Adams’ longtime adviser and campaign confidant Ingrid Lewis-Martin is expected to face even more charges for allegedly accepting bougie handouts in exchange for political favors, The Post has learned.
Sources with knowledge of the fresh set of charges told The Post that prosecutors will accuse Lewis-Martin of accepting a series of high-end meals and other handouts in exchange for favorable treatment from the administration on redevelopment plans.
Authorities were also probing whether the businessmen picked up the tab for some of Lewis-Martin’s well-known karaoke parties.
The latest charges are part of a new criminal case that has yet to be made public and is not expected to be tacked onto her existing indictment.
The new indictment will also name Adams’ protégé and his Deputy Commissioner of Real Estate Services, Jesse Hamilton, and Lewis-Martin’s son, Glenn Martin II, as well as three others. Their roles in the alleged scheme were not immediately known.
“While the specifics remain unclear, Ingrid is certain of one thing—she has broken no laws, and she is not guilty,” said her attorney Arthur Aidala. “We will be requesting an expedited trial schedule.”
The former top Adams administration official had her home raided last year by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and her phones seized after returning from an overseas vacation.
She abruptly resigned from City Hall over a weekend in mid-December — weeks before she had planned to step down and days before charges against her were unsealed.
Lewis-Martin allegedly traded favors with a pair of hoteliers in exchange for $100,000 in bribes that were used to buy a Porsche for her son — who goes by DJ Suave Luciano.
The mother-son duo were named in the indictment, along with hotel magnates Mayank Dwivedi and real estate investor Raizada Vaid.
She has repeatedly maintained she has done nothing wrong. She did not return calls on Wednesday.
Lewis-Martin’s latest corruption case comes at one of the worst times for the sitting mayor, who is facing a steep challenge in his independent re-election bid after his first term was mired in corruption allegations.
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Adams has so far refused to move on from his longtime friend, who is working on the campaign as a volunteer, despite pressure from supporters.
A rep for the Manhattan DA declined to comment.
City Hall press secretary Kayla Mamelak noted that “Lewis-Martin no longer works for this administration.”
“Mayor Adams was not involved in this matter and has not been accused of or implicated in any wrongdoing,” she said. “He remains focused on what has always been his priority — serving the 8.5 million New Yorkers who call this city home and making their city safer and more affordable every single day.”
