Now she’s in the spirit of giving.Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Mayor Eric Adams’ former chief advisor, hosted her annual toy drive in Brooklyn Friday night and belted out the lyrics to Beyoncé’s “Cuff It” during karaoke — one day after she was indicted for allegedly doling out favors to two New York City hoteliers in exchange for bribes.The longtime Adams confidant – his No.2 at City Hall until her sudden resignation on Sunday – was in a festive mood while wearing a white turtleneck with a gold chain and black pants as she collected hundreds of toys and celebrated the season of giving with more than 100 attendees at the Paerdegat Yacht Club.Toys, including Nerf Guns, plush snowman, basketballs, and dozens of board games were piled high near the center of the banquet room, with Black Santa Claus figurines and mini Christmas trees lining the red-clothed tables. Lewis-Martin took center stage during karaoke, singing and swaying to the Beyoncé track laden with expletives as others moved and grooved nearby.
Lyrics to the song include: “We gettin’ f–ked up tonight.We gon’ f–k up the night,” and “Come and cuff it, cuff it, cuff it, cuff it, baby.”The jovial evening for Lewis-Martin, 63, was a far cry from a day earlier when she was led into a Manhattan courtroom in cuffs to face bribery, conspiracy and money laundering charges.
The embattled ex-Adams aide allegedly traded favors to two real estate investors in exchange for more than $100,000 in bribes – which funded a Porsche for her DJ son and other luxuries, prosecutors said. The years-long scheme saw Lewis-Martin allegedly abuse her power as senior adviser to the mayor by recklessly fast-tracking city Department of Buildings permits for the rooftop bar Glass Ceiling in Koreatown and the 4-star Hotel on Rivington in the Lower East Side for hotelier Mayank Dwivedi and real estate investor Raizada Vaid, court papers state.Lewis-Martin’s son, Glenn Martin II, and the two developers were als...