Mayor Eric Adams has officially backed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s bid for a full term in office, boosting the front-runner’s campaign less than two weeks before the June 28 primary. 

“I need a partner, we need a partner,” he told the crowd at a building service workers union’s headquarters in Manhattan Wednesday.

“I could not be more proud to state today, as the mayor of the city of New York, let’s put Kathy Hochul back into the Governor’s Mansion.”

Adams credited Hochul for pushing and presiding over an expansion of a tax break for low- and moderate-income people; a restructuring plan to increase funds for the city’s troubled housing agency; childcare subsidies; and recently increased subway ridership as well as office occupancy. 

The retired NYPD captain told the crowd of union workers that he and Hochul “are making real progress” and “delivered results” together while touting his collaborative relationship with the governor — a departure from former Mayor Bill de Blasio and disgraced ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo, who were constantly at loggerheads over the prior eight years.

“Some people think it’s amazing that the mayor of New York and governor of New York can get along together. The governor and I were not surprised,” Adams said. “We saw how much we were aligned, and the foundation of that alignment was protecting working New Yorkers.” 

Hochul welcomed the mayor’s approval. 

“Working with Mayor Adams, we can get so much more done for people,” she gushed. 

The support from Adams could help Hochul — who already has a commanding 40-point lead in the June upcoming race, according to a recent poll — seal the deal in her campaign for the Democratic Party’s ballot line in the November general election.

In the upcoming Democratic primary, Hochul is set to face Rep. Tom Suozzi of Long Island and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.

While Adams has praised Suozzi — and even wanted the congressman to be his deputy mayor — the former Nassau County executive’s crime-focused campaign has struggled to gain traction. 

He clocked in at just 17% support from Democrats in a survey from Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill released Monday.

Jumaane Williams, a left-wing former councilman, has also been unable to earn high levels of support in the race, registering just 6% in the most recent poll.

A poll released in March showed Williams with 12% support and Suozzi with 11%. 

During a Wednesday morning appearance on NY1, Adams revealed he recently spoke to Williams about backing Hochul — while praising him.

“I spoke with him over the weekend, and Jumaane, I think, serves a real role as the public advocate,” he told host Pat Kiernan. “He brings a vision to what his office should do, but I I believe that we’re making the right decision.”

Asked by Kiernan why he waited until weeks away from the election to endorse the governor, Adams replied that he had been “caught up with” city and state spending plans that have been finalized in recent months, and was “dealing with crime.”

Since Adams took office on Jan. 1, Hochul has formed an alliance with the mayor, advocating for many of Adams’ state-level legislative priorities.

She requested that members of the Senate and Assembly grant him a four-year extension of mayor control of city schools, and to pass laws expanding a judge’s ability to hold criminal defendants behind bars.

But those efforts were stymied by City Hall’s ineffective Albany lobbying effort and many Democratic state lawmakers’ opposition to reversing left-wing criminal justice reforms they enacted just three years ago.

Hochul and state lawmakers agreed to only slightly tweak progressive pre-trial policies — igniting outrage from some moderate Democrats, police and Republicans — and just a two-year extension of mayoral control with measures on which Adams disapproved.

If Hochul wins her race, she will in the November generation election seek to hold on to her post she ascended to in August following the scandal-scarred Cuomo’s resignation. The GOP primary race appears up for grabs, though Zeldin held a decisive lead in earlier polls.  

Just over a third of “very likely” Republican voters are supporting Zeldin (R-Suffolk County) compared to 16% for former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, 15% for businessman Harry Wilson and 13% for former White House aide Andrew Giuliani.