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.

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 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.

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

Mayor Eric Adams and the City of New York are calling on the federal government to end its practice of arresting people who appear at immigration court​.