Top Eric Adams adviser Winnie Greco caught handing CITY reporter a bag of chips stuffed with cash

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

Winnie Greco handed 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 Mayor Adams nor his reelection campaign are implicated in the alleged 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 crumply 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.

In comments to The City on Wednesday evening, Greco apologized for the mix-up.

“I make a mistake,” she said. “I’m so sorry. It’s a culture thing. I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t understand. I’m so sorry. I feel so bad right now. I’m so sorry honey,” Greco told The City.

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

“Can we forget about this? I try to be a good person. Please. Please. Please don’t do in the news nothing about me.”

“I just wanted to be her friend,” Greco said, adding, “I just wanted to have one good friend. It’s nothing,” she told the outlet.

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

Greco, a former Asian Affairs adviser under Adams, resigned in October 2024, with speculation swirling that the one-time trusted aide could be indicted by the feds.

Her Bronx home was raided in February of that year after she faced a probe by the city’s Department of Investigation over allegations she improperly used her position to get perks.