Scrutiny of the mayor’s use of the city’s public campaign finance system has increased after Adams’ indictment late last month  — with feds alleging Adams sought and accepted thousands in illegal

With the presidential election just two weeks away, Mayor Eric Adams faced questions about his relationship with both candidates, days after Donald Trump compared his legal problems to those of the mayor.

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,

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.