As rumors swirled whether Mayor Eric Adams’ would end his candidacy in recent weeks, his election lawyer Vito Pitta suggested to those working in the campaign there was no choice but to follow the mayor’s often-repeated mantra: stay focused and grind.

Pitta, who has worked with Adams as an election lawyer since his first run for Brooklyn Borough Hall, maintained that though his work throughout the election cycle had been derailed by Adams’ five-count federal indictment, the campaign hasn’t had trouble fundraising, even without additional matching funds.

Asked if the mayor would drop out of the race several days before his press conference announcing his commitment to continuing the campaign, Pitta dismissed the possibility.

“There have been rumors like this a lot of times over the past

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