New charges are expected against Ingrid Lewis-Martin related to scaling back the McGuinness Boulevard road safety project. Allegations assert Lewis-Martin accepted payoffs connected to campaign donors Gina and Tony Argento of Broadway Stages. The Argentos organized a Keep McGuinness Moving campaign that argued the plan would create traffic, endanger public safety by delaying emergency vehicles, and harm the local economy. City Hall, and Lewis-Martin in particular, voiced opposition and the administration reversed course two months after announcing the plan. Investigators previously seized phones belonging to Lewis-Martin and Gina Argento during an earlier probe. The seized evidence reportedly supported further charges.
Unlike the last time - when Lewis-Martin allegedly sought big money from real estate titans so she could buy her son a Porsche - this time it appears that the corruption involves Lewis-Martin's involvement (and alleged payoff for same) in the Adams administration's decision to scale back the road safety project on McGuinness Boulevard at the behest of campaign donors Gina and Tony Argento of the theatrical production company, Broadway Stages.
The Argentos began to push back [on the McGuinness safety project], helping mount an expansive campaign called Keep McGuinness Moving to stop the city's plan, which the group said would "create traffic," "endanger public safety by delaying emergency vehicles, and destroy the local economy, businesses and employees." City Hall, and Ms. Lewis-Martin in particular, appeared to pay heed, with Ms. Lewis-Martin repeatedly voicing opposition to the proposal, according to city officials. Just two months after announcing the road safety plan, the administration abruptly changed course.
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