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    Read the Allegations Against Ingrid Lewis-Martin and Other Associates of Eric Adams

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    For example, on July 12, 2023, LEWIS-MARTIN pressured the Deputy Mayor to leave a meeting with Mayor Adams – regarding hate crimes in New York City – to attend a meeting with LANDAU and HPD about the Red Hook Project. At approximately 11:32 AM, LEWIS- MARTIN texted the Deputy Mayor stating, “I know the mayor is major priority, but if you could skip out for second. They had been bugging the stuffings out of me.” Two minutes later, at approximately 11:34 AM, LEWIS-MARTIN sent a Signal message to MARTIN II and LANDAU stating, “Good morning: [the Deputy Mayor] is in a meeting with the mayor about hate crimes. She had [the Deputy Mayor’s Chief of Staff], her number one (1) join the call. I promise you that your project is priority. I need more.” At approximately 11:42 AM, LANDAU sent a Signal message to LEWIS-MARTIN and MARTIN II informing them that HPD “was giving push back and saying [the Red Hook Project] won’t close in December [2023].” At approximately 1:38 PM, MARTIN II replied, “Fuck him we make it close,” and at approximately 4:09 PM, LEWIS-MARTIN responded, “Ok. I agree with Glennie.” Within the same minute, LEWIS-MARTIN sent a text message to the Deputy Mayor stating, “Please give me a call when you have a chance.”

    LEWIS-MARTIN exerted similar pressure on the HPD Commissioner. For example, on July 28, 2023, from approximately 9:53 AM to approximately 12:13 PM, LEWIS-MARTIN sent multiple text messages to the HPD Commissioner directing him, in sum and substance, to “text me what is missing from the project that we discussed. I need to have a conversation with them,” and stating that she was awaiting the HPD Commissioner’s response. Later that afternoon, LEWIS-MARTIN called LANDAU using Signal. The next day, on July 29, 2023, LEWIS-MARTIN sent two follow-up text messages to the HPD Commissioner stating, “I have dates when all of the above was originally sent. More like months but [sic] weeks. We need to get it done,” and then adding, “December,” referring to LANDAU’s desired closing date for the Red Hook Project.

    In or about February 2024, HPD completed its background review of the project’s ownership structure and site acquisition allowing it into HPD’s “pipeline,” a list of projects slated to close. At any given time, hundreds of projects are in the pipeline, but only a few are able to close each calendar year. As a result, many projects wait multiple years before closing. But LANDAU would not wait his turn and LEWIS-MARTIN continued to push.

    LEWIS-MARTIN went so far as to engage directly with LANDAU’s representatives on the Red Hook Project by attending private meetings and phone calls without HPD or other City Hall officials present. For example, on April 10, 2024, at approximately 10:36 AM, LEWIS-MARTIN had a three-way conversation with LANDAU and his private consultant on the Red Hook Project. She stated, “We’re gonna, we gotta get that place [HPD] under control, so when we fucking tell them something, we expect them to make that shit move… I’m gonna speak to the Mayor, and then that’s it, so we’re just gonna push for December [2024] and we’re gonna keep it going.” The next day, on April 11, 2024, LEWIS-MARTIN confirmed a meeting with LANDAU and an attorney representing the Red Hook Project. HPD was not a party to these calls or meetings.

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      Dropping Charges Against Adams Wouldn’t Affect Case Against Ingrid Lewis-Martin

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      The criminal case against Mayor Eric Adams’s former chief adviser, who is charged with participating in a long-running bribery and money-laundering scheme, will proceed despite a request by the Justice Department to drop corruption charges against Mr. Adams.The case against the adviser, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, and her son, Glenn Martin II, was brought by Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, who accused the two of intervening with city regulators on behalf of two businessmen in exchange for $100,000 in bribes.Mr. Trump has no authority to intervene in the case against Ms. Lewis-Martin and Mr. Martin, which was brought in state criminal court in December. The president’s jurisdiction is limited to federal cases, like the one against Mr. Adams.Elizabeth Glazer, a former federal prosecutor who led the mayor’s office of criminal justice under Mr. Adams’s predecessor, Bill de Blasio, said it was “worth considering whether or not Bragg may have charges that he may be thinking of bringing” against Mr. Adams.In the case involving Ms. Lewis-Martin and her son, the indictment against them says, the businessmen, Mayank Dwivedi and Raizada Vaid, were seeking help pushing construction projects through the city’s Buildings Department.Ms. Lewis-Martin and Mr. Martin received the bribes in the form of checks that Mr. Martin cashed and used to buy a Porsche, according to prosecutors. Ms. Lewis-Martin, the indictment says, used her official position to “illegally influence Department of Buildings and other city decisions” in exchange for the cash and other benefits for herself and her son.Both are scheduled to appear in court on Thursday. More

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      If Adams Is Cleared, Other Inquiries in His Orbit Would Face Uncertainty

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      The Justice Department has asked prosecutors to drop the criminal charges that had loomed over Mayor Eric Adams, but what about all of the continuing investigations involving his close associates?The short answer: Many of the cases have been thrown into uncertainty, and the next steps will largely be decided by prosecutors.The Adams administration has been engulfed by at least five separate federal corruption inquiries. Over the past six months, several City Hall officials have resigned or have had their phones seized by federal agents, destabilizing the highest echelons of New York City’s government.For the people in the mayor’s orbit who may be cooperating against him in hopes of reducing their own criminal exposure, prosecutors could decide to drop any charges against them as well, to avoid any claims of unfair treatment, legal experts said.“Now that the main guy is gone, there will be some level of pressure to reconsider the less-culpable people and decide whether it makes sense to continue to prosecute them,” said Mark Chutkow, a former federal prosecutor in Detroit who supervised corruption cases against local officials.Rana Abbasova, the mayor’s former liaison to the Turkish community, has been cooperating with prosecutors after federal agents searched her home, The New York Times has reported.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More