The Manhattan district attorney’s office is presenting evidence about Lewis-Martin to a grand jury and is expected to be nearing asking the panel to vote on an indictment.

Martin, a longtime aide and confidant of mayor Eric Adams, expects to be indicted this week over accepting improper gifts, her lawyer said Monday. Attorney Arthur Aidala organized a news conference with Lewis-Martin at his midtown office Monday morning,

Ingrid Lewis-Martin expects to be indicted this week on charges that she took improper gifts during her three years as chief advisor to Mayor Eric Adams, her attorney said Monday. But, mirroring the mayor’s own legal strategy, Lewis-Martin’s lawyer claimed — without supplying evidence — that the forthcoming charges were politically motivated.

Multiple sources close to Ingrid Lewis-Martin said Sunday that she and her legal team were bracing for the criminal charges to emerge this week, leading to a sudden departure from the

Mayor Eric Adams’ former chief adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin said Monday that she expects to be indicted in the coming days. “I am being falsely accused,” Lewis-Martin said at a cramped press conference at her lawyer Arthur Aidala’s Midtown office. “I’ve worked in government for over 35 years. … I have never taken any gifts, money, anything.”

Ingrid Lewis-Martin and her attorney confirmed they expect an indictment, and attempted to head off allegations before charges are unsealed.

She has been fiercely loyal to the mayor, while sparring with other staff, and recently had her phone seized by investigators.

Lewis-Martin’s decision to leave office comes as Adams faces federal corruption charges and several members of his administration have come under investigation.