A long-time adviser to New York Mayor Eric Adams gave a local journalist a wad of cash stuffed inside a bag of potato chips in what she said was a gesture of “friendship” and “gratitude.” Reporter Katie Honan of news site THE CITY had seen Winnie Greco,

A reporter for The City became part of a larger story when Winnie Greco, a long-time staffer of Mayor Eric Adams, handed the writer a red envelope filled with cash. The Chinese custom was dubbed as a cultural gesture.

A campaign aide for New York Mayor Eric Adams attempted to give a reporter a wad of cash inside a crumpled-up bag of potato chips on Wednesday for some reason.