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Now, Mayor Eric Adams' chief advisor and longtime aide, Ingrid Lewis Martin, is leaving her post.

It comes as she faces an investigation on corruption allegations and a possible indictment that could come as soon as this week.

Eyewitness News reporter Sonia Rincon with the latest, Sonia.

For the record, I had planned to retire the second week in January.

That was the plan.

And that was what Ingrid Lewis Martin told a radio show back in September, saying she might stay on longer because of the mayor's legal trouble.

But now it looks like her own legal trouble may be the reason Adam's chief advisor and loyal confidant since 2004 announced her retirement effective immediately.

Investigators with the Manhattan DA's office searched Lewis Martin's home in September

and seized her phones at the time she defended herself and the mayor.

None of us are perfect. We are far from perfect because we're human beings. We are imperfect,

but we're not thieves. And I do believe that in the end that the New York City public will see

that we have not done anything

illegal to the magnitude or scale that requires the federal government and the DA's office

to investigate us.

Sources familiar with the investigation say the case has been presented to a grand jury,

which could make a decision this week on an indictment.

Her attorney, Arthur Idala, tells eyewitness news he's not aware of that, saying the only thing

of which we are certain is that Ingrid Lewis Martin has served this city admirably for decades

in an ethical, moral, and law-abiding manner.

Lewis Martin, who is 63, made no mention of any legal issues thanking the mayor and saying,

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