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 former City Hall aide who has been advising Adams on his re-election campaign, near the opening ceremony for Adams’ newest campaign office in Harlem on Wednesday.

After the event, Greco spotted Honan again and sent her a text message asking her to meet across the street from the campaign office, next to a TD Bank. The two then walked to the Whole Foods next door, THE CITY reported.

At the Whole Foods, Greco—who last year resigned from her position as the mayor’s liaison to the Asian community in response to multiple investigations—ga

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