Mayor Eric Adams downplayed the discovery of forged and fraudulently obtained signatures on petitions his campaign submitted to get on the ballot for re-election, saying on Friday that “this is part of the business.”

Adams spoke hours after Gothamist published an investigation that raised questions about how signatures were collected in his effort to get enough support to run for re-election as an independent.

“Everyone that knows about petitioning is well aware that you even have some of your opponents who come and do tricks, you know, to try to sabotage your campaign. They would put dead people’s names on. They would do all of these tricks. Everyone knows that,” Adams said, per the outlet.

Gothamist’s investigation found the supposed signatures of at least three dead people on Adams’

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