You know, there’s been so much corruption in the Eric Adams administration, I’ve kind of lost track myself.<\/p>\n
But being as this is possibly the most corrupt administration in the history of New York City, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: do I feel like doing two flaming hyenas in one day?<\/p>\n
Well, do I, punk?<\/p>\n
Ingrid Lewis-Martin, the former top aide to Mayor Adams, was officially indicted today, along with her son and two “businessmen”<\/a>.<\/p>\n Allegedly, they were getting paid by check, “which her son cashed and used to buy a Porsche and other luxury items”.<\/p>\n Ms. Lewis-Martin, her son, Glenn Martin II, and the businessmen were charged in a four-count indictment with participating in \u201ca long-running bribery, money-laundering and conspiracy scheme.\u201d The indictment accuses Ms. Lewis-Martin of using her official position to \u201cillegally influence Department of Buildings and other city decisions\u201d in exchange for the cash and other benefits for her and her son.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n …<\/p>\n Prosecutors also accused Ms. Lewis-Martin and her son of accepting financial support from the two businessmen for a clothing line and a Chick-fil-A franchise in exchange for her using her city position to assist with their projects.<\/a> …<\/p>\n The businessmen charged alongside her were pursing construction projects that included work on a rooftop bar, the Glass Ceiling, and a hotel, both in Manhattan, and they had asked her to help move the projects through the city\u2019s tangled bureaucracy.<\/a> …<\/p>\n Prosecutors, in their narrative, included as an exhibit a picture of Mr. Martin in sunglasses, grinning in front of a gleaming black 2023 Porsche Panamera, a big red bow affixed to the hood. He paid $113,000 for the car, \u201csomething neither he nor Lewis-Martin could have funded without the bribe money,\u201d the prosecutors wrote.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n …<\/p>\n Prosecutors said Ms. Lewis-Martin used her son as an intermediary in an attempt to cover up her actions. Mr. Martin, 38, a professional D.J. who uses the name \u201cSuave Luciano,\u201d has worked at city events overseen by Mr. Adams\u2019s administration, both when Mr. Adams was mayor and Brooklyn borough president.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Noted:<\/p>\n
\nAs evidence, prosecutors quoted from telephone conversations involving Ms. Lewis-Martin, her son and others, suggesting they may have wiretapped one or more of the defendants\u2019 phones.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nAfter Mr. Dwivedi and Mr. Vaid paid Mr. Martin $100,000 in August 2023, he deposited the money into a joint account he shared with Ms. Lewis-Martin, prosecutors said. Each businessman made a $50,000 payment to Mr. Martin; one had the words \u201cpersonal loan\u201d written in the check memo, according to prosecutors, who called that an attempt to conceal a bribe and said the defendants had not provided any evidence that loan payments were ever made.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n