Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Mayor Adams’ top advisor and confidante, has resigned from City Hall.
His last day is Sunday, said Fabien Lévy, deputy mayor in charge of communications.
“Ingrid has not only been a friend, confidante and trusted advisor, but also a sister,” Mayor Adams said in a statement. “We always talked about when this day would come, and even though we’ve been planning it for a long time, it’s still hard knowing that Ingrid won’t be right there every day. I and all New Yorkers owe him a debt of gratitude for his decades of service to our city.
The sudden resignation comes after investigators from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office and the Southern District of New York seized Lewis-Martin’s phones and searched her home in September, just after she was got off a flight back to New York after a trip to Japan with the city. civil servants and a lobbyist.
It also comes as Adams heads into a re-election battle and trial for his five-count federal indictment in April.
In a statement, Lewis-Martin thanked Adams and said she was retiring and would focus on her family.
“Thank you for seeing things in me that I didn’t see in myself,” she wrote. “I humbly thank you for encouraging me to be my authentic self and supporting me during these difficult times. As you would say, it’s been a good adventure; I will use author license and say that this has been an incredible adventure.
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Ingrid Lewis-Martin, senior advisor to the mayor, at city hall on July 2. (Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Daily News)
Lewis-Martin’s departure, which was first reported by Politico, comes after two sources familiar with the matter said tensions arose between her and the mayor when she appeared on Lewis-Martin’s radio show. his lawyer following the search of his home.
During her appearance on Arthur Aidala’s show, Lewis-Martin said she thought the public would see “we haven’t done anything illegal of a scale or scale that would require the government federal and the prosecutor’s office are investigating us,” a comment that irritated the mayor. as this suggests there may have been criminal activity, according to sources.
One of the sources said the mayor and Lewis-Martin had not spoken in weeks before Sunday’s announcement.
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