NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ campaign team is virtually nonexistent. He’s losing support to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. And he’s polling at historic lows. But on Tuesday, Adams proclaimed an imminent start to his reelection bid in a freewheeling press conference that included a discourse on his federal bribery case and an admission that he’s stopped reading the news.

Mayor Eric Adams said on Monday that New York City needs to be saved from ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, marking his first clear rebuke of the state’s former top executive since launching a bid for mayor over the weekend.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has largely laid low amid controversy surrounding his criminal indictment, which the Trump administration has sought to throw out, but that doesn’t mean he has dropped his political ambitions.