Mayor Eric Adams returned from an unexpected trip to Florida on Wednesday to mounting speculation that he is on the verge of dropping his long-shot re-election bid as an independent.

The New York Times reported that advisers to President Donald Trump have weighed giving Adams a job in the administration – along with Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa – to clear a path for Andrew Cuomo to challenge Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani.

Former Gov. David Paterson said senior advisers in Adams’ campaign were becoming increasingly frustrated with a lack of strategy, messaging and direction from the campaign. The team hoped to double down on its outreach to Black voters.

“ They want to firm up that message in the communities that supported Adams very well in 2021, that we want to do the sa

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