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Mayor Eric Adams’ closest longtime advisor, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, sold off her influence to a wide variety of interests, taking free catering, cash, home renovations and other gifts in exchange for her help eliminating bureaucratic hurdles for developers and steering lucrative contracts to select vendors, prosecutors charged Thursday. The breadth of her alleged perfidy was breathtaking: funneling contracts for migrant shelter …

NEW YORK (AP) — A former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams was hit Thursday with a second wave of bribery charges in a swirling corruption investigation of City Hall, with prosecutors alleging she exchanged political favors for cash, home renovations and a speaking role on a TV show. Sen. Jesse Hamilton, D-Brooklyn, right, stands in the …

A longtime ally, adviser and fundraiser for New York Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his re-election effort after she attempted to hand a local journalist a cash-stuffed potato chip bag. Winnie Greco was outed by a local news organization, The City, for trying to give cash surreptitiously tucked inside a Herr’s Sour Cream & Onion ripple potato chip bag …

A former top City Hall advisor and current campaign confidante to Mayor Eric Adams attempted to give money to a reporter from THE CITY following a campaign event in Harlem Wednesday. The failed payoff — a wad of cash in a red envelope stuffed inside an opened bag of Herr’s Sour Cream & Onion ripple potato chips — was made …

Eric Adams’ former top aide to face new charges  Politico More Adams Associates and Supporters Are Said to Face Corruption Charges  The New York Times NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ former chief advisor Ingrid Lewis-Martin, others expected to face new charges  ABC7 New York Exclusive | Mayor Adams’ longtime confidant Ingrid Lewis-Martin to face fresh corruption charges: sources  New York Post Mayor Adams’ former chief …

House Democrats convened a virtual call Wednesday amid an escalating national redistricting controversy that could have widespread implications on next year’s midterm elections. The call, hosted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, featured former Attorney General Eric Holder, chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York was also on the call. A …

Ex-Governor Switches Back to Eric Adams in NYC Mayor’s Race  The New York Times NYC mayor’s race: Former Governor David Paterson to endorse Eric Adams; new poll shows Mamdani with commanding lead  ABC7 New York NYC Mayor Eric Adams picks up former Democratic governor’s endorsement  Fox News Ex-Gov. David Paterson backing Eric Adams for NYC mayor— after endorsing Andrew Cuomo in Dem primary  New …

Screenwriter Eric Pearson once spent an entire week watching Captain America: The First Avenger in five-minute increments. His mission: find split-second moments in which star Chris Evans could add lines such as “head to the base!” during ADR to help tie the movie together. Massaging dialogue into a movie that’s essentially completed is considered grunt work for a screenwriter. There’s …

NYC campaign finance board denies Mayor Eric Adams millions in matching funds  Politico NYC Mayor Adams denied $3M in matching funds as finance board calls his responses ‘misleading’  New York Daily News Campaign Finance Board Rejects Adams Bid for Matching Funds  THE CITY – NYC News Eric Adams denied campaign matching funds again as board claims lawbreaking  Crain’s New York Business Campaign finance dustup …

Eric Holder on Why He Reversed Course on Gerrymandering  The New York Times Democratic governors throw support behind Newsom, back partisan redistricting  ABC News Eric Holder endorses Democrats’ plans to combat GOP gerrymandering  MSNBC News Tony Evers, other Democratic governors call on states to ‘respond in kind’ to Trump’s Texas redistricting push  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Democratic governors advise strong counteroffensive on redistricting  Politico Source link