Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Mayor Adams’ prime advisor and confidante, has resigned from Metropolis Corridor.
Her final day is Sunday, Fabien Levy, Deputy Mayor for Communications, stated.
“Ingrid has not been just a friend, a confidant, and trusted advisor, but also a sister,” Mayor Adams stated in a press release. “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. I, and every New Yorker, owe her a debt of gratitude for her decades of service to our city.”
Mayor Eric Adams subsequent to his Chief Advisor, Ingrid Lewis-Martin at Metropolis Corridor on June 11. (Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Each day Information)
The sudden resignation comes after investigators from Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin Bragg’s workplace and the Southern District of New York seized Lewis-Martin’s telephones and raided her residence in September, proper after she acquired off a flight again to New York from a visit to Japan with metropolis officers and a lobbyist.
It additionally comes as Adams is headed right into a a battle for reelection and a trial for his five-count federal indictment in April.
In a press release, Lewis-Martin thanked Adams and stated she is retiring and can deal with her household.
“I thank you for seeing in me things that I did not see in myself,” she wrote. “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.”
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Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Chief Advisor to the Mayor, at Metropolis Corridor on July 2. (Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Each day Information)
Lewis-Martin’s departure, which was first reported by Politico, comes after two sources acquainted with the matter stated tensions emerged between her and the mayor when she went on her lawyer’s radio present within the wake of the raid at her residence.
Within the look on Arthur Aidala’s present, Lewis-Martin stated she believes the general public will see “we have not done anything illegal to the magnitude or scale that requires the federal government and the DA’s office to investigate us,” a remark that angered the mayor because it intimated there might need been some felony exercise, in line with the sources.
One of many sources stated the mayor and Lewis-Martin hadn’t spoken in weeks previous to Sunday’s announcement.
Initially Printed: December 15, 2024 at 12:19 PM EST
