Former New York mayor adviser gave reporter cash in chip bag at campaign event [View all]

Source: The Guardian

A former longtime adviser to the mayor of New York City who resigned while under FBI scrutiny gave a reporter a potato chip bag filled with cash Wednesday after a campaign event.

A lawyer for Winnie Greco, the former adviser, insisted the cash was not an attempted bribe.

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The local news site The City reported the incident hours after one of its reporters said Greco had pressed a bag of potato chips into her hands containing a red envelope with a $100 bill and several $20 bills.

The reporter, Katie Honan, had scrutinized Greco’s conduct in the past as a significant fundraiser for Adams in the Chinese American community.


Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/21/former-new-york-mayor-eric-adams-adviser-winnie-greco-gave-reporter-cash-in-chip-bag-at-campaign-event