Besieged Eric Adams hits back at Hochul for trying to limit his powers and insists hes running as a Dem as Cuomo looms over race

Mayor Adams hit back at Gov.Hochul for moving to curtail his powers — suggesting it was all a show to satisfy his critics.“I didn’t believe there is any reason for guardrails,” he told The Post in an interview Friday.

“I don’t believe I did anything wrong.”Hizzoner said he disagreed with Hochul’s proposal to increase oversight of City Hall — which she announced Thursday after weighing whether to remove the besieged mayor.“We have a right to agree to disagree,” he said.Adams also finally faced questions from The Post about the Justice Department’s controversial move to toss his corruption case — and how it’ll impact his seemingly weakening prospects for re-election in the upcoming mayoral race.Adams said he isn’t sweating ex-Gov.Andrew Cuomo potentially entering the crowded Democratic primary field, jauntily proclaiming, “The more the merrier.”He also revealed he met with Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley — though he maintained it was simply a “pleasant conversation” about moving the city forward and had nothing to do with suggestions he might switch sides.“I’m running as a Democrat,” he said.

“There was no commitment to run on any line.”But Adams did note much of his message of public safety, business-friendly policies and going after violent migrants crosses party lines.He then sidestepped a question about whether he’ll consider running on a GOP party line if he loses the June primary.“I don’t even have to think about that because I’m going to win,” he said.The mayor’s already shaky re-election bid has been further imperiled by the bid by President Trump’s DOJ to toss his case, which has widely been seen as putting Adams under the president’s thumb.It prompted a full-blown leadership crisis in City Hall, calls for Hochul to remove him from office and a campaign to draft his no-relation frenemy City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams as an 11-hour candidate in the mayoral race.Hoch...