A spokesman for New York City Mayor Eric Adams denied a published report Wednesday that the Trump administration has offered him a position at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in exchange for bowing out of his bid for reelection.

Appointing Adams to an administrative post — along with a potential position for GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa — is seen as a way to clear the crowded mayoral field for former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in an eleventh hour attempt to stop Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani.

"Although Mayor Adams has been the most pro-housing mayor in New York City’s history, at no time did he ask for — nor was he offered — a job at HUD," Adams campaign spokesman Todd Shapiro said in a statement. "Over the last few years, the mayor has shown his ability to block o

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