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Mayor Eric Adams’s campaign on Wednesday denied reports he would take a job in President Donald Trump’s administration as a way of dropping out of his re-election bid, which is facing tepid poll numbers.

“Mayor Adams has not met with Donald Trump — don’t believe the noise,” campaign spokesperson Todd Shapiro said. “He is not dropping out of the race.”

But the president may still be looking for gigs for both Adams and Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate, according to the New York Times and the New York Post .

Sliwa also denied he would leave the

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