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ForgoTheConsequence

(5,070 posts)
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 09:14 AM Aug 21

Former New York mayor adviser gave reporter cash in chip bag at campaign event

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.



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

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Former New York mayor adviser gave reporter cash in chip bag at campaign event (Original Post) ForgoTheConsequence Aug 21 OP
Adams is a crook. yardwork Aug 21 #1
Bribes typically don't arrive as signed cheques. Why the subterfuge if not for a bribe? Bernardo de La Paz Aug 21 #2
That's a pretty pathetic bribe PatSeg Aug 21 #3
Leverage. yardwork Aug 21 #4
Yes, very stupid and amateurish PatSeg Aug 21 #7
Reading her history, she's been a stupid crook for a while. yardwork Aug 21 #9
Ah, that explains it then PatSeg Aug 21 #10
Adams is dirty as the day is long...Cuomo is a sex pest...Sliwa is a both a fascist and a fool Prairie Gates Aug 21 #5
AIPAC wolfie001 Aug 21 #6
As much as I hate crooked republican politicians, PatSeg Aug 21 #8

yardwork

(67,779 posts)
1. Adams is a crook.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 09:17 AM
Aug 21

He's surrounded by crooks. He'd be in prison if Trump hadn't intervened to save him.

Cuomo running in this race gives cover to Adams and makes Democrats look bad. Cuomo needs to drop out.

yardwork

(67,779 posts)
4. Leverage.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:28 AM
Aug 21

The next time Adams wanted a story with a particular slant they could pressure the journalist, threatening to expose the previous bribe.

I have no doubt that an accomplice filmed the journalist taking the bag of potato chips.

It's still pathetic and poorly done, though. Not clever. Just stupid and criminal.

PatSeg

(50,844 posts)
7. Yes, very stupid and amateurish
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 12:09 PM
Aug 21

Geez, if you want to be a criminal, you have do better than that. I wonder if someone directed her to offer a bribe or if she came up with the idea on her own. Or maybe she should have just gone to work for an honest politician.

Prairie Gates

(6,017 posts)
5. Adams is dirty as the day is long...Cuomo is a sex pest...Sliwa is a both a fascist and a fool
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:29 AM
Aug 21

It helps that Mamdani is actually good, but honestly, who could vote for any of the other cretins? Had Trump not been elected, Adams would literally be in the federal penitentiary along with most of his staff. It's shocking that he's even running, and the New York Times is blathering on about Mamdani?

PatSeg

(50,844 posts)
8. As much as I hate crooked republican politicians,
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 12:12 PM
Aug 21

I tend to hate crooked Democrats more. They make a lot of really good people look bad and it undermines everything we stand for.

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