Mayor Eric Adams schooled his successor Zohran Mamdani for not attending the memorial service marking the 24th anniversary of the Flight 587 crash Wednesday — saying, “there’s also symbolism to this job.”

Adams told The Post “it would have sent a strong message” if Mamdani had shown face to honor the 265 people killed when the American Airlines plane spiraled into a Belle Harbor neighborhood in Queens more than two decades ago.

“It’s going to be important for the mayor-elect to understand that being mayor is substantive and symbolic. Substantive is bringing down crime, building housing. That’s important. But there’s also symbolism to this job. And these families are in pain,” Adams said.

“I believe it would have sent a strong message to come out here today as the incoming mayor and st

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