A top City Hall aide has been outed as the campaign worker who dealt with the alleged mastermind of a straw donor scheme to gain political influence in the Big Apple.

Rachel Atcheson, Mayor Eric Adams’ deputy director for food policy and a fellow vegetarian, organized a fundraiser with accused ringleader Dwyane Montgomery, a former NYPD inspector and head of integrity for a municipal workers union, according to newly filed court documents.

Manhattan prosecutors identified Atcheson as “Campaign Representative #1” who was mentioned in an indictment filed against Montgomery, five others and Ecosafety Consultants Inc. earlier this month in the alleged big-bucks scam.

Montgomery and others are accused of using friends and relatives as straw donors to Adams’ mayoral campaign to cash in on the city’s generous matching fund system for political donations.

The indictment said Montgomery organized a fundraiser in “connection with Campaign Representative #1.”

“On or about August 19, 2020, Dwayne Montgomery emailed Campaign Representative-1 [Atcheson], attaching a receipt of a contribution by Straw Donor-9 and requested that Dwayne Montgomery and UCC-1 [Parker] be credited for the contribution,” the court documents said.

Atcheson has worked for Adams since 2018, when he was Brooklyn borough president. She is not accused of any wrongdoing in the straw donor scheme, according to the court papers.

The new filings reveal the names of all those who were either involved with, or dealing with, the defendants — even those not charged. Aside from Atcheson, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office identified HSK Scaffolding, five unindicted co-conspirators and 35 straw donors as part of the case.

Court papers identify Straw Donor-9 as Nnekda Jeffers but don’t elaborate as to who Jeffers is.
Atcheson declined to comment.

Team Adams stressed no one associated with his campaign is implicated in the indictment or accused of any wrongdoing.

“The campaign will continue to work with the District Attorney’s office, Campaign Finance Board and any relevant authorities as the prosecution of these individuals proceeds,” said Adams’ campaign spokesman Evan Thies.

Thies also referred to a statement issued after the July 7 indictment.

“There is no indication that the campaign or the mayor is involved in this case or under investigation. The campaign always held itself to the highest standards and we would never tolerate these actions,” Thies said.

Adams declined to comment when asked about the straw donor case Thursday. But previously, he acknowledged he knew Montgomery from their days in the NYPD — and that Montgomery had attended events at Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s residence.

Campaign strategists say the straw donor scandal isn’t a political problem for Adams — as long as it doesn’t implicate the mayor, his campaign advisers or his inner circle.

“This case will not hurt the mayor. It will not make a difference — as long as he and members of his team are not implicated,” said veteran campaign consultant Hank Sheinkopf.

But he added: “If the scandal hits City Hall, that’s a problem.”