Brooklynite Bertha Lewis is trying to make New York into ACORN’s power base.

Lewis, CEO of the controversial community-outreach group, is looking to move central operations from New Orleans to the Empire State, former ACORN members say.

“They want to relocate to New York, where Bertha can consolidate her power,” said Marcel Reid, an ACORN whistleblower who has asked the Department of Justice to investigate the group’s mysterious finances.