A top adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned abruptly Sunday amid a federal investigation into a corruption and bribery indictment against Adams.
Councilor Ingrid Lewis Martin's phones were confiscated and her home was searched as part of the investigation. She issued a lengthy statement regarding her departure alongside with Adams on Sunday, saying she plans to spend more time with her family.
“To my political partner, brother, and friend, Mayor Eric Adams: Thank you for seeking me out, in 2004, and asking me to run your Senate campaign. Thank you for seeing things in me that I didn't see.” “In myself,” said Luis Martin.
“My humble gratitude to you for encouraging me to be my true self and for supporting me through some tough times. As you can tell, this has been a good journey; I will use my author's license and say this has been an amazing journey,” she added.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to reporters after a press conference in New York on Monday, September 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wing, File)
Adams' statement echoed his aide's friendly tone.
“Ingrid has been not only a friend, confidant and trusted advisor, but also a sister. We've always talked about when this day would come, and while we've planned it for a long time, it's still hard to know that Ingrid won't be next door every day,” Adams said.
“I and all New Yorkers owe her a debt of gratitude for her decades of service to our city. And while she spends a lot of time with her granddaughter, I know that Ingrid will remain engaged in moving our city forward from standing on the sidelines as she continues to support our administration and our city,” he added.
This announcement comes just days later He met Adams With the next Frontier Czar Tom Homan. Adams adopted a more aggressive stance on immigration after President-elect Trump's victory in November.
Incoming border czar Tom Homan spoke with Dr. Phil about the Trump administration's plan to deport illegal immigrants. (Dr. Phil Podcast channel on YouTube)
“It went great,” Homan told Sean Hannity on Thursday evening. “Look, I sat with the mayor for over an hour. He gets it. And today he proved that as the mayor of New York City, he's more concerned with public safety than he is with politics. I hope the mayor of Chicago and San Francisco, the mayor of Diego City Council, and Governor Pritzker, I hope they take All a page from Mayor Eric Adams' playbook.
Homan recalled how the “former cop” walked out on Adams during their closed-door meeting Thursday in New York.
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“He truly cares about public safety, and he puts politics aside. He wants to help ICE take criminal threats off the street. He wants to help ICE look for national security threats. He wants to help ICE find over 340,000 missing children,” That's a lot of them.” “There will be a great meeting in town.”
Incoming border czar Tom Homan met with New York City Mayor Eric Adams in the Big Apple on Thursday where they discussed the city's ongoing migrant crisis and ways to deport criminal illegal immigrants who have been terrorizing the city's streets. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, left, and Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images, right.)
“Hats off to the mayor for coming to the table and working with us,” Homan said.
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Homan revealed that since his meeting with the New York mayor, other leaders from across the aisle have reached out to him.
