New York City Mayor Eric Adams has largely laid low amid controversy surrounding his criminal indictment, which the Trump administration has sought to throw out, but that doesn’t mean he has dropped his political ambitions.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ campaign team is virtually nonexistent. He’s losing support to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. And he’s polling at historic lows. But on Tuesday, Adams proclaimed an imminent start to his reelection bid in a freewheeling press conference that included a discourse on his federal bribery case and an admission that he’s stopped reading the news.

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has a double-digit lead in the New York City mayor's race, according to the first public poll released since he joined the campaign for the Democratic nomination, and most want Mayor Eric Adams to resign. The poll by Quinnipiac University puts Cuomo's support at 31%, followed by Adams at 11%.