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If Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election bid is flopping, don’t blame the man in City Hall.

The mayor instead faulted his campaign’s fundraising woes Thursday on repeated news reports that he may prematurely end his longshot bid for a second term.

Adams has been denied public matching funds five times and is suing the Campaign Finance Board for up to $4 million in taxpayer money in hopes of launching a last-ditch ad and campaigning blitz before the Nov. 4 general election.

The board has cited his campaign’s continued failure to address concerns about questio

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