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A day after a local news outlet, an associate of Eric Adams allegedly exposed a reporter to hand over a part of the stuffed cash inside a bag of potato chips, including a handful of people of the interior circle of Adams, including his former top advisors, included in his own alleged bribery scam.
The Manhattan District Attorney Office on Thursday announced four new prosecutions, including a pay-to-play scheme and other allegations against many adams’ colleagues, reporting one of his former chief advisors and his sons, local business owners and political donors of two Edams.
Meanwhile, in the light of the news, Adams’s opponent in the upcoming race for the mayor of New York City, Andrew Cumo took a jab in Adams on Thursday when he handed over chips bags to journalists at a press conference.
“Sometimes a bag of chips is a bag of chips,” Cumo told them in appearance.
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“Clearly, it is embarrassing for the city of New York,” Cumo, who is no stranger for scams, added on Thursday.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and former New York village. Andrew Kuoomo (Left: Andrea Renault/Star Max/GC Image, Right: Alex Kent/Getty Image)
Allegations related to fresh corruption follow an incident on Wednesday, when according to the local New York City Paper The City, one of Adams’ colleagues, who have been suspended, allegedly tried to pay money to one of their reporters hidden inside a bag of potato chips. Now the Adams Advisor, Winnie Greek, later called the move “mistake” according to the city.
On Thursday, signs on Thursday resigned $ 75,000 in bribe between March 2022 and November 2024, a former Chief Advisor to Adams, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who resigned in 2024 amidst other allegations related to a separate pay-to-play scheme.
According to the office of Manhattan District Attorney, the alleged bribe had a cash payment of $ 50,000 “removed from a city contract and other benefits”, directed to his son’s bank account. Other allegations made among the prosecutions include policy decisions inspired by improper steering and monetary incentives of government contracts.
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District Attorney Alvin Brag said, “We allege that Ingrid Lewis-Martin was engaged in conspiracies of classic bribery, which had a profound and widespread impact on the city government.”, “As alleged, Lewis-Martin constantly eliminates the expertise of folk servants to make his pockets.”
In New York City Mahor Eric Adams, an former chief advisor, New York City, New York City, comes to the state Supreme Court in December 2024 for his prosecution on bribery charges. (Through Angela Weis/AFP Getty Image)
On Thursday, after the reports of the prosecution, an adams spokesman, Tod Shapiro said that the mayor “is not accused of any wrongdoing.”
“While Ingrid Lewis-Martin no longer works for this administration, he has been a friend and colleague of the mayor for 40 years, and he knows him as a dedicated public servant; he has declared his innocence, and is with him and his family,” said Shapirro.
“Mayor Adams also believes that Jessie Hamilton has requested not to be guilty, and someone, like an accused, deserves an innocence estimate. His commitment to New Yorkers is unwavering. Any distraction will never take his eyes with balls or we call their dedication to this great city.”
Despite the claims of Shapiro that adams were not involved, the mayor’s opponents to capitalize on the incident in their upcoming race to maintain their position.
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The Democratic Party candidate for New York City Mayor, self-known socialist Zoharan Mamdani said on Thursday, “While New Yorkers struggle to bear the most expensive city expenses in the US, Eric Adams and his administration are very busy with corruption charges to come to their defense.”
“Corruption is not just about the benefit of a politician, it is about what the public loses. And right now, the New Yorker is paying the price because another striking of prosecuts continues to destroy its faith in our democracy and distracts from the ability to seek action and urgency.”
New York City Mayor candidates Zoharan Mamdani, Eric Adams, Andrew Kuomo, Curtis Sliva. (Getty image)
Kuoomo, who himself has not been the subject of any major bribery scams, resigned from his position in 2021 amid allegations of several sexual assaults. He called the latest events “shameful” and “disappointing” to incorporate Adams and his confidant.
“We were talking about how people feel disappointed with the government, and have separated from the government and the government is not working for them. And then, it seems that this is the never -ending series of government corruption that is still going on,” Cumo said on Thursday.
“And it’s sad. It’s shameful. It is disappointing. And then you wonder why people do not believe in the government.”
