Mayor Eric Adams swiped back at critics of his newly-announced $650 million plan to tackle mental illness and homelessness saying “adults come up with real solutions.”

In harmony with his State of the City address last Thursday, Mayor Adams’ $114.5 billion preliminary budget plan is focused on helping families and increasing affordability, but it is not

NYC’s Campaign Finance Board awarded City Comptroller Brad Lander nearly $3 million in public campaign dollars.

One influential group of New Yorkers is exempt from paying the $9 congestion toll — politicians driven around by officers in NYPD vehicles at taxpayer expense.

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander now boasts more in his campaign coffers than the embattled incumbent Eric Adams in this year’s race for mayor, according to filings made to the City’s Campaign Finance Board this week.

Mr. Adams, who is facing a federal corruption indictment and was denied public matching funds, said his totals show “my base of support is still there.”

The trip comes as Adams stares down federal corruption charges and just days before the president-elect’s inauguration.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is expected to meet with President-elect Donald Trump on Friday about challenges facing the nation's largest city in the face of his own legal woes.