Election officials on Monday denied a request from New York City Mayor Eric Adams� 2025 campaign for millions in public matching dollars.

The decision � based on bookkeeping irregularities and a federal criminal case against the mayor involving straw donors � deals a body blow to the beleaguered mayor�s reelection effort, which he must now redouble to make up for the withheld cash.

It comes just a day after Adams� top adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin stepped down amid a criminal probe into her own dealings � an investigation that appears to be unrelated to the federal case.