Former Mayor Eric Adams is giving Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Blakeman tips on campaigning in New York City — and isn’t ruling out an endorsement across party lines.
The ex-mayor and the Nassau County executive had breakfast together Monday at the Loews Regency Hotel in Manhattan to discuss Blakeman’s vision for the state, and how outer-borough families being “squeezed” by state Democrats’ agenda.
“We had a good conversation about people, middle-class people, in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. How homeowners there are getting squeezed,” Blakeman told The Post following the face-to-face.
“Middle class are hurt by the policies of [Gov. Kathy] Hochul and [Mayor Zohran] Mamdani,” the Long Island pol said.
Adams, who served for one term as a Democrat and ran for re-election last year on an independent party line, “gave me some insight on various communities that I should be spending time in,” Blakeman revealed.
Blakeman, before the meeting, called Adams a “wealth of knowledge” and a “good friend.”
Adams, meanwhile, recalled how Blakeman, an ally of President Trump’s, offered him advice on immigration and public safety when he was at the helm of City Hall.
He didn’t rule out crossing the aisle to endorse Hochul’s GOP challenger.
When asked if he was considering giving Blakeman his official backing, Adams didn’t shoot it down.
“So I think that this is the beginning of the conversation,” Adams said while walking into the Park Avenue meetup set up by lawyer Howard Fensterman.
“Sitting down with a friend having breakfast sharing my thoughts of what I’m seeing is happening in the city and in the state and hearing from him what his vision is as he articulates that vision,” Adams said.
“That’s what the purpose of today is about.”
Adams hasn’t been shy about ripping his socialist successor, Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
He had a hot and cold relationship with Hochul when he was in office — and declined to voice support for the fellow Democrat on Monday.
“I believe in this state. And I believe in this city,” Adams said.
“I served in the state as a state senator and a lawmaker. I served in the city as a police officer. And I believe that working class families must be assured that the city is affordable for them as well as safe for them and that is what I am going to share today.”
Following the meeting, Adams again demurred on who he was backing for governor, only saying he was leaving it up voters.
Blakeman told The Post he would enthusiastically welcome Adams’ support.
The sit-down comes as Blakeman continues to criticize Hochul on the lack of housing stock and out-of-control costs to live in the state, including sky-high utility rates.
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