The Adams admin's motto was ‘Get stuff done.’ Prosecutors say that came with a price

Mayor Eric Adams has repeatedly touted a core motto during his nearly four years in office: His administration is one that can “Get Stuff Done.”

But in instance after instance, according to state and federal prosecutors, “getting stuff done” with the Adams administration often meant paying a bribe to an administration official.

The latest accusations come in four indictments handed up against two members of Adams’ inner circle: his former longtime adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin and Jesse Hamilton, a friend and former state senator whom Adams installed as deputy commissioner at the Department of Citywide Administrative Services. Lewis-Martin’s son, two developers and the owners of a Brooklyn stage company were also indicted.

Like numerous other crimes allegedly committed by the Adams admi