Mayor Eric Adams said that a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump was about New York City’s future. Each man has his own reasons to forge close ties.

Adams’ office said he had “made quite clear his willingness to work with President-elect Trump and his incoming administration on behalf of New Yorkers.”

Adams doubled down on defending his meeting with Donald Trump while at at a National Action Network event in Harlem, claiming he was “fighting for” New Yorkers, while Rev. Al Sharpton