Ma does his ‘ho’ work

City worker takes over for ‘pimp’ son

A city employee took supporting her sons’ career choices to a criminal level, authorities said.

Department of Social Services employee Ann Marie Huggins helped her sons run a prostitution business — collecting proceeds, paying rent on the operation’s Harlem brothel and maintaining a car to ferry hookers to appointments, according to prosecutors.

Huggins, a 24-year staffer at the agency, took the reins of son Christopher Richards’ illicit enterprise after he was pinched on an unrelated robbery rap, officials alleged.

Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Erin Reid said witnesses in the case heard Huggins say “that she wanted to keep her hands clean” because “she works for the city government.”

One witness allegedly saw Huggins demand payment from a pair of trafficked prostitutes.

When one hesitated, her other son, Triston Richards, who is also charged, grabbed and shook the woman until she produced the cash, according to prosecutors.

Huggins, 55, also regularly called Christopher on Rikers Island to keep him apprised of the venture’s financial health, authorities said.

In some of the calls, she reminded the 26-year-old, who also goes by Chris Cain, to be careful about what he says over the phone, the prosecutor told Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon.

“She updates him that the girls are working, followed by calls where she tells these individuals I will violate you, I will expunge you,” Reid said at Huggins’ arraignment on one count each of promoting prostitution and criminal facilitation.

At one point during a Rikers call facilitated by Huggins, Christopher told his brother Triston “to beat those bitches,” the prosecutor said.

Court papers allege Christopher is a vicious pimp who kept at least four sex workers docile through physical abuse, psychological manipulation and threats.

The sex-trafficking operation, which started in March 2015, advertised on Backpage.com.

Huggins only allegedly came aboard the business last April after Christopher’s arrest. Both Christopher and Triston, 30, were hit with charges of sex trafficking, promoting prostitution and other raps.

The judge ordered Christopher held without bail, set $100,000 bond on Triston and $20,000 on Huggins.

Their attorneys did not immediately return a call for comment. A city spokesman didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.