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New York Times reporters witnessed supporters of Mayor Eric Adams handing out cash-filled envelopes. Sometimes, that money went to reporters from Chinese-language outlets.
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Eric Adams adviser who gave reporter potato chip bag stuffed with cash is suspended from campaign
Winnie Greco, who previously served as Adams' director of Asian affairs, attempted to give a local reporter a stack of cash hidden inside of a potato chip bag.
Winnie Greco, who resigned from City Hall amid controversy, gave a journalist cash stuffed into an empty bag of sour cream and onion potato chips.
Ingrid Lewis-Martin will be indicted again Thursday, her lawyer said, eight months after pleading not guilty to bribery charges.
Katie Honan, a hard-nosed City Hall reporter for the nonprofit newsroom The City, was there to cover the opening of a new campaign office for Adams’s independent, desperate, long-shot bid to win reëlection.
Ingrid Lewis-Martin will face charges in four separate criminal indictments, which were unsealed by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office on Thursday.
Winnie Greco, an adviser to New York Mayor Eric Adams, has been suspended from his re-election effort after attempting to hand a journalist a potato chip bag stuffed with cash. NBC News' Tom Winter has details on the incident and Greco's initial response.
Mayor Eric Adams of New York has sought to argue that his first-term wins have earned him the right to serve a second. But he cannot shake the stench of corruption around his administration.