For months, Mayor Eric Adams ’s reelection campaign has been plagued by problems, including anemic polling and Adams’s continued failure to obtain public matching funds from the city. With two months left to go, new reporting and an unexplained trip to Florida are prompting speculation that the mayor might be considering calling it quits on a race he has little chance of winning.

On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that top advisers to President Trump have discussed the idea of giving Adams a role in the administration, with the intention of getting the incumbent mayor out of the race and making it into a one-on-one matchup between Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo . Sources told the Times that administration officials have spoken to associates close t

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