Dear New Yorkers,
A month after supporters of Mayor Eric Adams were indicted over illegal donations, a CITY investigation has turned up other instances of questionable contributions that his campaign submitted for public matching funds. One woman said her boss asked her to bring her checkbook to work. The next day, she was told to sign a check for $249, unaware it was for the campaign of then mayoral candidate Eric Adams. Immediately afterwards, she said, a stranger reimbursed her with cash — making the “contribution” an illegal donation. Another woman listed as an Adams contributor said she never made out a $245 check that was submitted to the Campaign Finance Board by the Adams campaign in 2021. And, a recent college graduate told THE CITY his signature was forged on a $250 money order submitted by the Adams campaign in October 2019. He also said his now-deceased father was not an Adams donor either, even though he was listed in official contribution records. Two clusters of contributions involving at least 127 people — and totaling at least $39,938 to Adams’ 2021 mayoral campaign — have been identified by THE CITY through a review of thousands of campaign finance records and dozens of interviews. They contain signs that campaign finance experts say should have been obvious red flags to the Adams campaign and the city’s Campaign Finance Board. Evan Thies, Adams’ 2021 campaign spokesperson, denied any wrongdoing. “The campaign always diligently follows all laws and rules on the collection of contributions, and also explicitly instructs campaign staff, volunteers, and contributors how to follow the laws,” Thies said. “But it is impossible to respond to unverifiable claims attributed to anonymous sources.”
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