A brand new grand jury is reviewing the case of Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who’s already going through affect peddling costs, as a part of an ongoing investigation into the previous chief advisor to the mayor and her associates, legal professionals with the Manhattan District Lawyer’s workplace mentioned Thursday.
Prosecutors are pursuing the presumably of extra costs, with ongoing probes that reach past the bribery costs Lewis-Martin, the previous chief advisor to the mayor, her son and different associates have been hit have been in December.
Assistant District Lawyer Kenneth Moore mentioned he doesn’t anticipate the grand jury shall be “finished with anything” in potential associated issues involving Lewis-Martin and her co-defendants at the very least within the subsequent two months.
Lewis-Martin, a longtime confidant to the mayor, was indicted late final yr on costs she used her affect to hurry up development initiatives on behalf of the 2 businessmen, who in alternate for her efforts gave her skilled DJ son, Glen Martin II, $100,000 for a Porsche and promised to put money into his enterprise ventures, in accordance with the indictment.
She was charged with conspiracy, bribery, bribe receiving and cash laundering. Lewis-Martin was charged alongside along with her grownup son, who’s often known as “Suave Luciano,” Dwivedi, a hotelier, and Vaid, a enterprise companion of Dwivedi. All pleaded not responsible.
Mayor Eric Adams seated subsequent to his then Chief Advisor, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, throughout a press convention in June 2024. (Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Day by day Information)
Lewis-Martin beforehand had her telephone seized by brokers with the DA’s workplace instantly after she landed at JFK Airport from a visit to Japan.
The court docket has continued to serve grand jury subpoenas, together with to corporations of two actual property honcho co-defendants, Pinky Vaid and Mayank Dwivedi, and to American Specific, Moore mentioned a Thursday standing convention earlier than Manhattan Supreme Court docket Justice Daniel Conviser.
The legal professional additionally outlined the troves of proof associated to ongoing investigations, together with paperwork associated to Ulrich’s case for “attorney’s eyes only” in order to stop the defendants within the case from sharing the supplies or data with others who may also be beneath investigation.
Lewis-Martin was additionally referenced to in paperwork related to ex-Buildings Division head Eric Ulrich’s corruption case. She met with Ulrich and his co-defendants, in accordance with his indictment. She was not accused of any wrongdoing on this case.
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