Former Eric Adams Aide Faces Fresh New York Bribery Charges (3)

A former top adviser to Eric Adams faces new charges over allegations she accepted $75,000 in bribes, reigniting a corruption scandal with only a few months left in the embattled New York mayor’s longshot reelection campaign.

Ingrid Lewis-Martin allegedly accepted bribes, some of which were directed to her son’s bank account, while serving as chief adviser to Adams, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement Thursday. Lewis-Martin and her son were indicted on separate bribery charges in December last year.

The new charges included allegations that she steered city contracts for asylum seeker shelters to preferred property owners, ...