Red Envelopes With Cash Are Changing Hands at Adams Campaign Rallies

Few New York City politicians have had a tighter bond with the Chinese American community than Mayor Eric Adams.

This week, a new layer to the relationship emerged: red envelopes filled with cash.

The news that an adviser to Mr. Adams, Winnie Greco, had attempted to pay a reporter from an online news outlet, The City, stood out as a bold departure from political norms. Ms. Greco had put a red envelope stuffed with cash inside a potato chip bag and slipped it to the reporter after a campaign event.

But the episode was not an isolated incident in Chinese-language media circles.




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