Mayor Eric Adams’ top adviser bragged to investigators that the New York City Department of Correction “will take care of me,” court papers reveal — as the ex-aide stares down the barrel of a swath of corruption charges.Ingrid Lewis-Martin is accused of trading favors with two Big Apple hoteliers in exchange for more than $100,000 in bribes — which prosecutors say funded a Porsche for her DJ son and other luxuries.“I’m not afraid.I know what I did and didn’t do.
This is wrong.I have God and Faith.
I’ll tell the judge myself.I’m not guilty,” Lewis-Martin told three investigators according to a letter from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office to her attorney, Arthur Aidala.“Corrections will take care of me.
I’ve been good to them,” Lewis-Martin allegedly added.Bragg’s office said it plans to introduce evidence of Lewis-Martin’s statements at her trial, according to the Dec.30 letter — which is one of four signed by Assistant District Attorney Guy Tardanico and sent to the attorneys repping those accused in the case.Lewis-Martin also apologized while in custody to her co-defendants, son Glenn Martin II, hotelier Mayank Dwivedi and real estate investor Raizada Vaid, who are all named alongside the longtime Adams confidant in the staggering indictment.“I’m sorry you’re both there because of me, because of who I am,” she told the trio, according to the letter.Another letter details the moment Lewis-Martin was stopped at the airport by authorities in September and had her phone seized as she arrived home from vacation in Japan.At the time, Lewis-Martin admitted that her exchange had become heated saying the interaction had “annoyed” her.“So you’re the ones that have been listening to my phone.
This is crazy.Who am I bribing? What is money laundering? Check my banks’ records,” she told investigators, according to new information about the exchange detailed in the letters.Meanwhi...