Handing a reporter $300 in cash hidden inside a crumpled bag of sour cream and onion potato chips may seem “very unusual” — “but not if you know Winnie” Greco, a lawyer for the disgraced City Hall adviser told The Post Thursday.

A reporter for The City became part of a larger story when Winnie Greco, a long-time staffer of Mayor Eric Adams, handed the writer a red envelope filled with cash. The Chinese custom was dubbed as a cultural gesture.

Winnie Greco, 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