Former state senator and current Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), Jesse Hamilton, is reportedly under investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. This development comes in the wake of a series of federal inquiries into Mayor Eric Adams and several key figures within his administration. Recently, authorities confiscated the phones of Hamilton and Chief Advisor Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who manage the city’s property investment portfolio.

In an exclusive report by the Daily News, sources revealed that Hamilton and Lewis-Martin were intercepted by investigators from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office upon their return from a trip to Japan on September 27 at Kennedy Airport, where their phones were seized. On that same day, federal agents conducted a search of Lewis-Martin’s home, confiscated her electronic devices, and issued her a grand jury subpoena.

Lewis-Martin later addressed the situation during a radio interview, confirming that she is under investigation by both federal and local prosecutors, but she maintains that her actions do not justify such a probe. As of now, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office has not commented on the airport incident, and the specific reasons for the investigations into Hamilton and Lewis-Martin remain unclear.

Hamilton, who has a background in the Department of Finance, was elected as a state senator in 2014, taking over the seat vacated by Adams. He has kept a close relationship with the mayor and is considered one of his political allies. In 2023, Adams appointed Hamilton as the Deputy Commissioner overseeing real estate at DCAS, with an annual salary exceeding $200,000. His department is tasked with managing over 380 leasing projects, amounting to approximately 3,700 square feet of city-owned properties.