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Breaking News: Top aide to Eric Adams indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges

Top aide to Eric Adams indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges
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Top aide to Eric Adams indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges

NEW YORK — Prosecutors charged New York City Mayor Eric Adams' closest confidante in a conspiracy, bribery and money laundering case Thursday.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg released an indictment alleging Ingrid Lewis-Martin — Adams' long-serving, formidable chief adviser who abruptly resigned on Sunday — gave special treatment to a pair of real estate developers when their construction project ran into a bureaucratic hurdle. In exchange for her help, the duo provided Lewis-Martin and her son with more than $100,000 in checks and cash, which Lewis-Martin's son used to buy a Porsche, the complaint alleged.

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