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No reporter ever wants to BE the story — but sometimes the story is thrust upon you.
THE CITY’s Katie Honan takes a pivotal role in our lead article today, after an alarming incident following an otherwise uneventful campaign event for Mayor Eric Adams reelection effort.
On Wednesday, Honan spotted longtime Adams confidante Winnie Greco near the announcement of the opening of Adams' newest campaign office, in Harlem. Greco later texted Honan after the event when she spotted her again and asked her to meet across the street.
While inside the Whole Foods on 125th Street and Lenox Avenue, Greco handed Honan a seemingly half-eaten bag of chips with the top crumpled closed. Honan, thinking it was an offer of a light snack, said more than once she could not accept the chips, but Greco insisted that she keep them.
After parting ways, Honan examined the bag more closely and discovered a red envelope inside stuffed with cash, including at least one $100 bill and several $20 bills. She immediately called Greco and told her she could not accept the money and asked if she was still nearby so she could give it back. Greco said she'd left the area but said they could meet at some point in Chinatown.
The reporter then texted Greco, “I can’t take this, when can I give it back to you?” She did not get a response.
Later on Wednesday THE CITY asked Greco what her intention was: She said she'd made "a mistake.”
"I'm so sorry. It's a culture thing. I don't know. I don't understand. I'm so sorry,” she said.
After THE CITY informed the Adams campaign about the interaction with Greco, spokesperson Todd Shapiro said she was immediately suspended.
Greco has been a fixture of Adams’ political career for over a decade, during which time she helped him raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for his mayoral campaigns, connected him to influential members of the Chinese-American community, and accompanied him on multiple trips abroad to China.
She served for much of that time as an unpaid, volunteer “ambassador” to Brooklyn Borough Hall, while avoiding any official roles for his political campaigns despite her prolific fundraising.
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70.
MTA 🚇
No F Brooklyn-bound service at 21 St-Queensbridge, Roosevelt Island, Lexington Av/63 St and 57 St from 11:45 p.m. tonight to 5:00 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 22. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
THE CITY was along for the ride when an emergency crew scooped up a startlingly expensive pair of sunglasses from the 6 train tracks at 14th Street-Union Square last week. They were among the thousands of dropped-property calls transit workers respond to each year.
Things To Do
Here are some free and low-cost things to do around the city this week.
Thursday, Aug. 21: Watch shorts, features and documentaries by and featuring queer artists from Thursday through Sunday at the annual East Village Queer Film Festival. Movie tickets are $10.
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