Mayor Adams again insists 'we follow the rules' in light of latest reported straw donations to his campaign

Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday said he “follow(s) the rules” in response to a news report that his campaign accepted several new straw donations shortly after a federal judge dismissed his corruption case, which included allegations that his 2021 campaign used similar donations to conceal foreign contributions, at the behest of President Trump’s Justice Department.

Following an unrelated Thursday press conference, Hizzoner gave a brief response to the news site THE CITY’s reporting that his 2025 reelection campaign submitted 17 contributions suspected to have come from straw donors in May for public matching funds.

Two of the alleged donors told the news outlet that they did not contribute to any candidate. Another paid for the contribution via a credit card connected to their employer, while three more do not appear to live at their listed addresses. The news site kept the names of the alleged straw donors anonymous.

However, when reporters asked about the latest instance of Adams’ campaign accepting straw donations on Thursday, he said, “We follow all rules.” Adams has long insisted that his campaign does not knowingly accept straw donations, even though multiple instances of it doing so have been reported in recent years. They played a central role in his now-dismissed federal case.




https://www.amny.com/politics/mayor-adams-straw-donations-2025/