Mayor Eric Adams declined to say Monday whether or not his lately indicted former high aide, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, remains to be volunteering on his reelection marketing campaign. Monday, Aug. 25, 2025.
Photograph by Ethan Stark-Miller
Mayor Eric Adams on Monday declined to say whether or not his ex-chief adviser, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, remains to be volunteering on his long-shot reelection marketing campaign simply days after she was indicted on a slew of contemporary bribery and conspiracy costs.
Lewis-Martin was charged final week in 4 separate indictments introduced by Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin Bragg’s workplace. She is accused of allegedly accepting lavish presents from a number of people in change for utilizing her high metropolis authorities put up to present them favorable remedy.
Ingrid Lewis-Martin, a former senior aide to Mayor Eric Adams, is escorted by detectives in handcuffs at New York County Prison Court docket on Aug. 21, 2025.Photograph by Dean Moses
But on Monday, Mayor Adams wouldn’t clarify whether or not Lewis-Martin will keep her function amid the brand new costs.
First requested by NY1 whether or not Lewis-Martin remains to be a volunteer and if Adams would settle for her assist, he responded, “I welcome support from all New Yorkers,” however didn’t tackle her standing on the marketing campaign.
NY1 adopted up once more whereas Adams was taking footage with supporters, asking why he wouldn’t reply the query.
“Last week I spoke about the case,” Adams informed the reporter, referencing a Friday press convention the place he didn’t condemn Lewis-Martin’s alleged graft.
“That’s a wrap, I got a campaign to run. Speak to her attorney. Speak to her,” he added, referring to Lewis-Martin.
“It’s over,” Adams closed, implying he received’t communicate concerning the matter once more.
Mayor Eric Adams stated he isn’t stepping down, following the most recent costs in opposition to his former high aides. Friday, Aug. 22, 2025.Photograph by Lloyd Mitchell
“Ingrid is not a City Hall staffer or campaign employee—what she does on her own time is her business,” Shapiro stated in an announcement. “The mayor has already addressed ALL HE WILL BE SAYING REGARDING questions about Ingrid, Winnie, and Jessie [sic].”
By Jessie, Shapiro appeared to imply Jesse Hamilton, who oversaw the town’s actual property portfolio and resigned final week after being indicted alongside Lewis-Martin.
The mayor’s refusal to reveal Lewis-Martin’s present place on the marketing campaign sharply contrasts with different latest alleged misconduct by Winnie Greco, one other former aide-turned marketing campaign volunteer. Greco was suspended as a volunteer final week after allegedly attempting to present THE CITY reporter Katie Honan over $100 in money hid inside a bag of potato chips.
Greco grew to become a marketing campaign volunteer regardless of her leaving the administration final 12 months on account of her houses being raided by federal brokers in reference to an investigation into her fundraising for Adams’ 2021 marketing campaign. She resigned quickly after Adams was charged together with his personal now-dismissed federal case.
Greco has been a longtime ally of Adams, relationship again to his tenure as Brooklyn borough presidentPhoto by Lloyd Mitchell
Earlier Monday morning, Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani held his personal press convention responding to a few of the costs in opposition to Lewis-Martin.
Particularly, he rallied with avenue security advocates in opposition to Lewis-Martin allegedly halting a avenue security redesign of Brooklyn’s notoriously harmful McGuiness Boulevard in change for a cameo within the Hulu present “Harlem Godfathers” and a $2,500 money cost.
Mamdani charged that Adams’ continued involvement with each Lewis-Martin and Greco speaks to broader problems with corruption inside his administration.
“The mayor has had countless opportunities to rid his administration of those who have been alleged time and again to engage in corruption, and yet at seemingly every opportunity, he chooses to keep them close, and that says something about the style of leadership that he wants to practice at this city,” Mamdani stated. “It says something that you would still have Winnie Greco on your campaign, that you would still have Ingrid Lewis-Martin as one of your close advisors. It has gotten to the absurd.”
