Winnie Greco, a longtime adviser to Mayor Eric Adams who resigned while under FBI scrutiny, pressed a potato chip bag into a reporter's hands containing a red envelope with a $100 bill and several $20 bills after a campaign event. The reporter, Katie Honan, initially thought the bag was a snack and declined before Greco insisted. Greco later apologized, describing the action as a culture-related mistake and expressing remorse. Greco's lawyer said the gesture reflected Chinese cultural practices of giving money as friendship and gratitude and denied any bribery intent. Adams' reelection campaign suspended Greco from volunteer work and said Adams had no prior knowledge.
This was not a bag of cash,
In the Chinese culture, money is often given to others in a gesture of friendship and gratitude. And that's all that was done here. Winnie's intention was born purely out of kindness.
I'm so sorry. It's a culture thing. I don't know. I don't understand. I'm so sorry. I feel so bad right now,
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