They have rejected the fire.
Mayor Eric Adams cannot use $4 million in public funds for his re-election due to the lingering suspicions of a strong board that he is a campaign finance fraudster.
Members of the city's Campaign Finance Committee told Adams that they had “reasons to believe” that broke the law, citing historic indictments and investigations related to the Mayor's Campaign in 2021 and 2025, historic indictments and related straw donations in the New York Daily News. First reported.
Adams' campaign will continue to pursue “all legal paths” to acquire matching funds that were first rejected in December, spokesman Todd Shapiro said.
“Let's make us clear. The campaign is not involved in illegal activities and is not involved in dishonest or unethical activities,” he said in a statement.
Historic federal charges against Adams rest on his head, despite him no longer in criminal danger.
Manhattan Federal Court Judge Dale Ho dismissed the charges against Adams for good last month after President Trump's Justice Department made a controversial request to put the case on ice.
However, Ho reveals that he did not do so based on the merits of the case. Instead, he reasoned that by throwing it, he would ensure that Trump could not hold the charges above Adams' head in exchange for helping the mayor's crackdown on immigrants.
“All bargains here: Dismissal of the charges in exchange for concessions on immigration policy,” wrote Ho in his 78-page ruling.
The Finance Committee paid off the fire but instead focused on a swirl of unattacked accusations against Adams and his peers.
Greco's home was attacked by the federal government last year.
