A high advisor to New York City Mayor Eric Adams abruptly resigned on Sunday amid a federal investigation right into a corruption and bribery indictment in opposition to Adams.
The advisor, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, has had her telephones seized and her residence searched as a part of the investigation. She issued a prolonged assertion concerning her departure in tandem with Adams on Sunday, saying she plans to spend extra time along with her household.
“To my political associate, brother, and buddy, Mayor Eric Adams: I thanks for searching for me out, method again in 2004, and asking me to run your Senate marketing campaign. I thanks for seeing in me issues that I didn’t see in myself,” Lewis-Martin stated.
“I prolong humble gratitude to you for encouraging me to be my genuine self and for having my again throughout some making an attempt occasions. As you’d say, this has been a great experience; I’ll use creator’s license and say that this has been a tremendous experience,” she added.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to reporters after a information convention in New York on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Adams’ assertion echoed his aide’s pleasant tone.
“Ingrid has not been only a buddy, a confidant, and trusted advisor, but in addition a sister. We’ve all the time talked about when today would come, and whereas we’ve lengthy deliberate for it, it’s nonetheless laborious to know that Ingrid received’t be proper subsequent door on daily basis,” Adams stated.
“I, and each New Yorker, owe her a debt of gratitude for her many years of service to our metropolis. While she will get to spend so much extra time along with her granddaughter, I do know Ingrid will nonetheless keep concerned in transferring our metropolis ahead from the sidelines as she continues to root for our administration and our metropolis,” he added.
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The announcement comes simply days after Adams met with incoming border czar Tom Homan. Adams has adopted a extra aggressive immigration stance following President-elect Trump’s win in November.
Incoming border czar Tom Homan spoke with Dr. Phil concerning the Trump administration’s plan to deport unlawful migrants. (The Dr. Phil Podcast YouTube channel)
“It went nice,” Homan advised Sean Hannity on Thursday evening. “Look, I sat down with the mayor for properly over an hour. He will get it. And at present he proved that because the mayor in New York City, he is extra involved with public security than politics. I want the mayor of Chicago and the San Diego City council mayor and Governor Pritzker, I want they’d all take a web page out of Mayor Eric Adams’ playbook.”
Homan recalled how the “ex-cop” got here out of Adams throughout their closed-door assembly Thursday in New York.
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“He actually cares about public security, and he is placing politics apart. He needs to assist ICE take legal threats off the road. He needs to assist ICE search for nationwide safety threats. He needs to assist ICE discover over 340,000 lacking kids, which many are going to be within the metropolis. So an excellent assembly.”
Incoming border czar Tom Homan met with New York City Mayor Eric Adams within the Big Apple on Thursday the place they mentioned town’s ongoing migrant disaster and methods of deporting legal unlawful migrants who’ve been terrorizing town’s streets. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc through Getty Images, left and Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket through Getty Images, proper.)
“Hats off to the mayor for coming to the desk and dealing with us,” credited Homan.
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Homan disclosed that since his assembly with the New York mayor, different leaders from throughout the aisle have reached out to him.
