Adams adviser Lewis-Martin after arrest touted ‘Corrections’ connection: court filings

Ingrid Lewis-Martin told investigators she was innocent and the Department of Correction would “take care” of her aft her apprehension past month, according to tribunal filings from past month.

“Corrections volition instrumentality attraction of me,” Lewis-Martin told investigators during her apprehension processing, according to prosecutors. “I’ve been bully to them.”

“I’m not afraid. I cognize what I did and didn’t do,” she added, according to a filing, which didn’t marque wide the discourse successful which she spoke. “This is wrong. I person God and faith. I’ll archer the justice myself — I’m not guilty.”

Lewis-Martin, former main adviser to the mayor, was indicted successful Manhattan Criminal Court successful December connected charges she orchestrated a $100,000 bribery scheme successful which she sped up operation permits for 2 existent property businessmen successful speech for $100,000 successful currency and checks to beryllium spent connected a Porsche and promises to put successful her son’s concern ventures.

Lewis-Martin’s son, Glenn Martin II, overheard her talking to investigators and told her to “cállate la boca,” oregon unopen your mouth, according to a abstracted filing. 

Prosecutors mean to usage the statements arsenic proceedings evidence, Assistant District Attorney Guy Tardanico wrote successful a missive to Arthur Aidala, Lewis-Martin’s attorney, connected Dec. 30.

Neither Aidala nor Michael Cibella, an lawyer for Martin II, instantly responded to a petition for comment.

Lewis-Martin besides apologized to her son, arsenic good arsenic to Raizada Vaid and Mayank Dwivedi, the existent property moguls, arsenic she turned herself in.

“I’m atrocious you’re some determination due to the fact that of me, due to the fact that of who I am,” Lewis-Martin said, according to the filings, which were first reported by Politico.

The indictment came aft months of probe into the erstwhile apical Adams official. In September, investigators with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office seized her phones and searched her Brooklyn location close aft she returned to JFK Airport from a travel to Japan.

Also astatine the airport, national agents besides served her with a expansive assemblage subpoena that required her grounds and documents successful the probe that led to Adams’ indictment.

After being presented with the hunt warrant by the DA’s investigators, Lewis-Martin said: “So you’re the ones that person been listening to my phone. This is crazy. Who americium I bribing? What is wealth laundering? Check my slope records.”

Lewis-Martin besides stated that she would inactive beryllium “going to the mayor’s arraignment,” according to the filings, though adding, “I don’t cognize however I’m going to get there.”

The mayor’s arraignment connected corruption charges occurred the aforesaid time her phones were seized.

She besides apologized to her question companions who, similar her, had their phones seized, including Cushman & Wakefield enforcement Diana Boutross and Jesse Hamilton, the city’s apical existent property official. 

“They’re lone looking into you due to the fact that of maine and the mayor,” Lewis-Martin said, according to a filing.

As investigators carried retired a hunt warrant astatine the location of Raizada “Pinky” Vaid, the businessman said to his woman that this was astir “the pistillate and the mayor.” 

Vaid besides told an researcher his begetter utilized to archer him that “whenever you shingle hands with a politician, it volition outgo you money,” according to a filing.