Mayor Adams said he would still run for reelection even if the city’s Campaign Finance Board rules he’s not eligible for matching funds — a huge potential hit to his campaign warchest as he faces several mayoral challengers.

The former president supported the mayor’s unfounded claim that he’d been targeted for criticizing federal border policies.

Mayor Eric Adams, asked Tuesday if he would disavow supportive comments about his federal indictment made by former President Donald Trump at the Al Smith dinner, said that New Yorkers need to look at the issues — and told reporters they were “wasting” his time with too many Trump-related questions.

Former President Donald Trump does not know if New York City Mayor Eric Adams‘s indictment is “legit” but believes it is “very suspicious” after the mayor criticized the Biden administration’s handling of immigration.

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday refused to explicitly disavow Donald Trump’s effusive support for him after his federal indictment. The Democratic mayor declined multiple times during his weekly press conference on Tuesday to reject comments Trump,