New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he plans to “use whatever power I have” to roll back an existing policy that allows transgender students to use school bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity.

“I don’t believe that that should happen,” Adams said at an unrelated press conference on Thursday. “I believe that we have become so politically correct that we are incorrect.”

The city’s education department requires schools to provide students access to bathrooms consistent with their gender identity, or to make alternative arrangements if a student requests more privacy.

The department declined to comment on Adams’ remarks and instead referred Gothamist to the mayor’s office.

A spokesperson for the state education department, however, said restricting transgender and gender-

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