Among the allegations is that she expedited Department of Building permits in exchange for financial bribes in excess of $100K and benefits for her son, according to an indictment filed in New York State Supreme Court. “The property involved in one or more financial transactions represented the proceeds of criminal conduct,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg wrote in the indictment, which charges Lewis-Martin with two counts of first-degree bribery and one count of third-degree money laundering. Real estate investors Mayank Dwivedi and Raizada Vaid, also known as Pinky, were each charged with one count of bribery. They allegedly paid more than $100K in exchange for help expediting permits on Manhattan CRE projects. Lewis-Martin's attorney, Arthur Aidala, said in a statement that the facts laid out in the indictment “will make no sense to any New York jury.” The indictment comes months after Adams was charged with five felonies, including wire fraud, bribery and receiving and soliciting campaign contributions from a foreign national. It makes Lewis-Martin the highest-ranking member of the Adams administration to be charged with a crime aside from the mayor himself. Read the full story here. —Sasha Jones and Ciara Long | 
