Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday tapped former City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams to run as her No. 2 in the 2026 governor’s race — after other downstate pols rejected the offers.

Adams, 65, will join Hochul on the ticket as the lieutenant governor candidate — just weeks after the longtime progressive Queens Democrat finished her term leading the Big Apple’s legislative body.

“Adrienne and I are no strangers to rolling up our sleeves and getting results for working New Yorkers,” Hochul, 67, said in a statement after The Post first reported the highly anticipated LG pick.

“Together, we’re going to continue investing in public safety, bringing costs down, and making this state a place where all families can thrive.”

Adams, who is not related to former Mayor Eric Adams, agreed to run for the thankless, low-profile position after other potential running mates — including Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and state Sen. Jamaal Bailey (D-Bronx) — snubbed advances to join the ticket, The Post previously reported.

The governor, however, insisted this week that she had only put out one offer to a potential second-in-command, which was accepted.

But some Democrats immediately revolted against the Adams pick, with the Brooklyn Democratic Party saying it would rescind its endorsement of Hochul over the choice.

Hochul’s current lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado, is challenging the incumbent leader of the state from the left in the June Democratic primary.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, the all-but-likely Republican gubernatorial nominee, has yet to select a running mate. 

Hochul threw shade at Blakeman for his close relationship to President Trump as she made her LG announcement. 

“As Donald Trump attacks this state relentlessly and Bruce Blakeman bends the knee before him, I need a fighter in my corner who’ll stand strong for New York families,” she said.

Adams worked to make housing more affordable and invest in children while also standing up “to anyone who seeks to harm our city,” Hochul, who has been in office since 2021, said.

Hochul and Adams, both grandmothers, would be the first all-woman team to run for the top two spots in New York government under a major party banner.

But some, including powerful city Dems and Jewish pols and activists, disapproved of the choice. 

Brooklyn state Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and other leaders of the King County Democratic Committee announced Wednesday afternoon they were withdrawing their support of Hochul in light of the Adams development.

 “This is a response to the political miscalculation on the part of the Governor’s campaign and their failure to engage or consult Brooklyn Democratic leaders who represent New York’s largest Democratic delegation,” the local party’s executive committee said in a statement.

One Jewish Democratic party official said they also wouldn’t support Hochul at the party’s upcoming nominating convention in Syracuse Friday because of Adams’ selection. Another Jewish lawmaker, who is a Democrat, said they would be voting for Blakeman.

Blakeman, in a statement, called Adams a “radical running mate,” claiming she helped fuel the migrant crisis, pull funds from the NYPD and “chased away thousands of jobs to other states.”

A Democratic operative told The Post Adams “made a lot of enemies” while she was speaker.

“She couldn’t get it together in the Democratic mayoral primary,” the insider said.

“This pick just gave Bruce Blakeman a ‘wake up and go to work’ sign.”

Hochul, along with state Attorney General Letitia James, had previously encouraged Adams to toss her hat in the mayoral race last year, but her candidacy never gained much traction.

She became an afterthought as current Mayor Zohran Mamdani — who is expected to endorse Hochul for re-election this week — and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo ate up most of the votes in the Democratic primary last June.

As speaker, Adams backed controversial measures to ban solitary confinement at Rikers Island jail complex and to require NYPD cops to report on all low-level stops that critics said would drown officers in paperwork.  

During her tenure, which coincided with Mayor Adams’ four years in office, she also pushed for a housing voucher program to be implemented that has helped contribute to the city’s $12 billion budget gap Mamdani has raised alarms about.

Adams, in a statement, she worked to find “common ground” on numerous issues in the City Council, while also slamming Trump.

“There’s too much on the line for us to let Donald Trump raise costs, rip away child care, and wage war on New York families – and Governor Hochul and I are ready for this fight,” she said.

Richards, the Queens Borough president who didn’t want the No. 2 slot, also commended Adams.

“She is someone who can provide stability, won’t rock the boat and will be the adult in the room,” the fellow Dem said.Delgado, a former House representative, has tapped failed socialist Buffalo mayoral candidate India Walton as his running mate.

— Additional reporting by Carl Campanile