Another reason why BP Adams might have defended (scofflaw nightclub) Woodland reflexively: his top aide's son had a DJ gig there.

There's a connect-the-dots passage in the New York Times's profile of Ingrid Lewis-Martin, perhaps the second most powerful person in city government, The ‘Fiercely Loyal’ Adams Adviser Agitating From Inside City Hall. (It was published online two days ago, and on the front page--of the New York edition--today.)

Lewis-Martin, the wife of Glenn Martin, who met Eric Adams in the police academy, has pushed ethical boundaries and has been well compensated.

And then there's her son:

Ms. Lewis-Martin’s family has benefited in other ways. Her son, Glenn Martin II, a professional D.J., has gotten exposure by performing at Borough Hall and Gracie Mansion, and at other events sponsored by Mr. Adams’s offices, including the Rise Up Concert Series last summer.

“Big Stage!!” he wrote on Instagram about the Rise Up concert. He tagged Mr. Adams.

Mr. Martin for years played a weekly brunch set at Woodland, a restaurant that was run by Johnny and Robert Petrosyants, brothers who are close friends of Mr. Adams and have raised money for him.

Ms. Lewis-Martin has often used her roles to personally help the Petrosyants brothers and Mr. Adams’s other supporters.

Screenshot from Instagram

That Woodland hyperlink leads to a YouTube video.

The Woodland connection

Unmentioned: Glenn Martin II, aka Suave Luciano, also--as shown in the Instagram post excerpted at right--also defended Woodland in 2019 when it was under fire for business practices that led overimbibing patrons to pee or puke on the street, ultimately leading to the loss of the club's liquor license, in part because of the role of the Petrosyants, who as felons couldn't have control of a liquor license.

As I've written, Adams's support for Woodland, claiming it was "well-managed" and blaming neighbors' criticism on racism, was notably reflexive. 

Part of that might have been friendship with the operators. Part of that might have been the club's connection to fundraising. Now there's another rationale for his loyalty.

The Times quoted an Adams spokesman as denying that Lewis-Martin did special favors for the Petrosyants and that the DJ was not paid at Adams-sponsored events.

While Robert Petrosyants told the Times that he didn't hire Suave Luciano as a favor to his mother, that doesn't preclude Adams and Lewis-Martin from feeling even more bounds of loyalty.

Speaking of loyalty, note the "get stuff done" support that Lewis-Martin got, in response to the article, from various political figures with ties to Adams.