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Yup, while attending a campaign event for Mayor Adams in Harlem on Wednesday, Katie Honan, a reporter for THE CITY, received a potato chip bag full of cash from Adams Aide Winnie Greco, who met her across the street for the exchange.
This is some of the strangest reporting I've ever come across:
Greco, 62, ran into Honan outside the Harlem campaign office, and the reporter later received a text asking her to meet across the street at a nearby TD Bank, according to the report.
Honan met Greco at the bank, then was brought to a nearby Whole Foods, where Greco handed her a crumpled bag of Herr's sour cream and onion rippled potato chips.
Thinking she was being offered a snack, Honan told Greco more than once that she could not accept the chips, but Greco insisted, according to the report.
After the two parted ways, Honan opened the bag and discovered a red envelope containing at least one $100 bill and several $20 bills, The City reported.
The outlet referred to the exchange as a 'failed payoff,' but Greco claimed that she 'accidentally' handed the reporter the cash, according to sources.
Accidentally handing a reporter cash?
The reporter had some thoughts.
🤣🤣🤣
Here's what the bag looked like:
Apparently this whole thing was a "cultural misunderstanding." Greco's attorney says, "I can see how this looks strange ... But I assure you that Winnie's intent was purely innocent. In the Chinese culture, money is often given to others in a gesture of friendship and gratitude."
Alrighty then!
Despite this "cultural misunderstanding," Greco has been suspended from the Adams campaign. Also note that Eric Adams and his campaign are not implicated in this incident.
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