Eric Adams Adviser Suspended After Giving Reporter Cash

A former top aide to Mayor Eric Adams — and current adviser to his re-election campaign — handed a Big Apple reporter a potato chip bag stuffed with cash Wednesday, according to a report and sources.

Winnie Greco gave the bag to Katie Honan, a reporter at The City, just steps away from Hizonner’s new campaign office in Harlem, The Post confirmed.

Neither Adams nor his re-election campaign are implicated in the incident.

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.

After an initial interview with the outlet, Greco called back with an attorney present, the report stated.

Greco’s volunteer status with the mayor’s re-election bid was immediately suspended, the campaign told The Post.

“We are shocked by these reports,” he added.

The City reported the incident to the Department of Investigation.