NYC Mayor Eric Adams visited famous Jewish leaders grave twice since indictment, six times total

Hizzoner is seeking a Hail Mary in the unlikeliest of places.Mayor Eric Adams has visited the Queens burial site of the late Chabad Lubavitch leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson at least twice since being indicted on public corruption charges in September, insiders said.Most recently, the devout Pentecostal Christian schlepped to Montefiore Cemetery in Springfield Gardens, shortly past midnight Tuesday for what one witness described as a “low-key visit.”The mayor was “deeply engrossed” and “focused on his prayers” — insisting he was there strictly for Schneerson, 92, who died in 1994 and some followers believe to be the Messiah.Witnesses told The Post that visitors asked to take photos with the mayor, who declined, saying, “It’s about the Rebbe.” He also visited on Oct 1, the day before Rosh Hashanah, and six days after his indictment, sources said.

Since June 2021, Adams is known to have visited the site at least six times.The mayor — who faces an uphill re-election battle — has allegedly made “many more” late-night visits to Schneerson’s gravesite which went unreported, insiders said.

The most recent jaunts — which were not listed on the mayor’s public schedule – were leaked to only niche Orthodox Jewish media.“I think he’s a political animal, and I think everything he does is calculated,” said WABC-AM radio host Sid Rosenberg, who has considered Adams a “friend” for years and routinely has him on his conservative talk show. “I think he does what’s going to help him politically and financially.That’s who he is,” he added.“Before his trial and his second run for mayor, he’s hanging out at the grave of the rabbi? Coincidence? I don’t think so.”Republican Curtis Sliwa, who lost his 2021 mayoral bid to Adams and plans to run again next year, called Adams a “political chameleon” trying to solicit sympathy from Jews.“He needs a Hail Mary pass – whether it’s the spiritual or [a pardon] from...