A longtime ally, adviser and fundraiser for New York Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his reelection effort after being accused of attempting to hand a local journalist a cash-stuffed potato chip b

The reported incident potentially adds to ethical and legal questions already shadowing the mayor and his campaign.

A longtime adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who resigned from his administration while under FBI scrutiny, reportedly gave a journalist a potato chip bag filled with cash on Wednesday following a campaign event.