The New York political world was abuzz following a report from The CITY Wednesday that Winnie Greco, a former adviser to Eric Adams , had attempted to give one of its reporters a potato chip bag containing more than $100 in cash. But new reporting suggests that such interactions between supporters of the mayor and members of the media have happened before.

New York Times journalists witnessed Adams supporters handing red envelopes full of cash to journalists with Chinese-language outlets at campaign events in the city in July. Per the outlet, the events took place in Flushing, Queens, Sunset Park in Brooklyn as well as Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood. According to the Times , Greco was in attendance at all three campaign rallies.

At the Queens event last month, Times report

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