Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker, created a fund-raising committee in advance of a potential campaign, as allies try to persuade her to run against Mayor Eric Adams and Andrew M. Cuomo.

It’s what I am here to do,” she said, criticizing neither Adams nor Trump directly. The commissioner stressed the benefits reductions will cause hits to the local economy, including grocery stores, while impacting housing and other services.

An outside attorney is set to weigh in on the Justice Department’s controversial motion to dismiss the mayor’s federal case.