Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, has rocketed past his rivals in fundraising, bringing in a little more than $1 million in recent weeks, according to new campaign reports filed Friday.

One day after his former chief advisor was indicted in a new bribery scandal, New York City Mayor Eric Adams insisted the district attorney gave him an all-clear. Still, his opponents in the mayoral race piled on.

Mayor Eric Adams defended his administration and his re-election bid on Friday amid corruption charges against some of his closest allies.

A longtime adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams who resigned from his administration while under FBI scrutiny gave a reporter a potato chip bag filled with cash Wednesday following a campaign event, a gift her lawyer later insisted wasn’t an attempted bribe.

The Adams administration announced Friday it has approved driverless-taxi firm Waymo’s application to test autonomous vehicles in Gotham — but the robotaxis won’t be picking up passengers anytime soon.

The money, tucked in a red envelope in the bag, was a “gesture of affection,” the volunteer’s lawyer said.

Mayor Eric Adams on Friday refused to condemn his embattled cronies, including freshly indicted longtime adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin.

Allies of Mayor Eric Adams were spotted at several July campaign events handing out red envelopes stuffed with cash to attendees, including journalists from Chinese-language outlets, according to a