(Reuters) -Ingrid Lewis-Martin, a former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, has been indicted on bribery charges, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said on Thursday.
"We allege that Ingrid Lewis-Martin engaged in a long-running bribery, money laundering, and conspiracy scheme by using her position and authority as the Chief Advisor to the Mayor of the City of New York," Bragg said in a statement.
Lewis-Martin resigned from her post this past weekend. Her lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Adams himself was hit with an unrelated five-count federal corruption indictment in September. The mayor allegedly accepted illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel from Turkish nationals seeking to influence him. Adams has denied wrongdoing and says he will fight the charges in court.
(Reporting by Costas Pitas and Ismail Shakil; Editing by Caitlin Webber and Franklin Paul)
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