Lewis-Martin immediately resigned from her position as chief advisor to Mayor Adams on Sunday.
Investigators with the DA’s workplace have been probing Lewis-Martin since a minimum of September — after they seized her digital gadgets and raided her house after she stepped off a flight from Japan. Federal investigators had been additionally at JFK and served her with a subpoena to testify in a separate matter.
Jesse Hamilton, a former state senator now answerable for the town’s huge actual property portfolio, and Diana Boutross, a prime dealer on the Cushman & Wakefield actual property agency, had been each additionally on the journey to Japan and had their telephones seized. Boutross’ agency is considered one of two actual property corporations that function DCAS’ licensed brokers in dealings with personal property homeowners.
Neither Hamilton or Boutross have been accused of any wrongdoing.
It was unclear Sunday what prices Lewis-Martin would possibly face, however the indictment is predicted to be a minimum of partially associated to a probe into the town’s Division of Citywide Administrative Providers’ actual property offers, sources acquainted with the matter stated,
The DA has additionally been investigating allegations involving Lewis-Martin’s son, who’s a DJ and a hotelier, based on the New York Instances, which first reported {that a} grand jury was listening to proof in opposition to Martin.
“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.”
Adams, a longtime pal and confidant to Lewis-Martin, is himself going through a five-count federal corruption indictment and is predicted to go to trial in April. He has pleaded not responsible to all prices in opposition to him.
Within the look on the 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.”
This remark angered the mayor, the sources stated, because it implied there may need been some felony exercise. One of many sources stated the mayor and Lewis-Martin hadn’t spoken in weeks earlier than to Sunday’s announcement of her resignation.
Lewis-Martin’s departure follows a string of high-level resignations since September amid a number of investigations.
Practically all of Adams’ prime deputies, together with Sheena Wright, first deputy mayor, David Banks, Colleges chancellor, Edward Caban, police commissioner and Phil Banks, deputy mayor for public security, have left in current weeks. None have been accused of any wrongdoing.
Initially Printed: December 15, 2024 at 7:24 PM EST
