Next on the chopping block: The City Council’s pork barrel! 

At least if Eric Adams has a say.

The New York mayor is taking aim at the Democratic-majority City Council’s nearly $600 million in discretionary funds as a way to help offset the Big Apple’s financial woes — which are expected to worsen thanks to the growing migrant crisis.

Hizzoner revealed in an exclusive interview with The Post editorial board on Tuesday that he wants his across-the-board belt-tightening measures spurred by the migrant crisis to be felt in the district-specific spending of all 51 council members.

Adams said he sent a missive Tuesday to Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, a fellow Democrat, directing her to notify all councilmembers that he wants them to swallow a 50% slash to their total $563 million in pork-barrel funding – an appropriation councilmembers use to dole out taxpayer dollars to nonprofits and other organizations in their districts.

“We sent out a letter today to the Speaker, asking the City Council members to take a 50% cut in their discretionary dollars, because many of them are, you know, talking about what we need to be doing to help the migrant seekers – so they need to help also,” Adams said.

“Let’s not spend other people’s money – so we need them to take a 50% cut in the end of the year so we can contribute and throw the money in a pot.”

Despite the declaration, Adams does not have unilateral control over the council’s budget, as the legislative branch sets its own financial blueprint.

The ask comes on the heels of the council’s two-days worth of hearings focused on the migrant crisis — where members grilled City Hall officials about expenses, including the now defunct Randalls Island mega-shelter tents.

Council members already oppose several cuts directed by the city’s Office of Management and Budget, including slashing agency budgets and eliminating vacant positions across city departments.

A rep for Speaker Adams blamed Hizzoner for “starving” city agencies — referencing the prior cuts.

“The council has received no such letter from the administration. It’s disappointing that the mayor’s word on a budget agreement seems to have decreasing value and he is attempting to renegotiate via the New York Post editorial board,” said the spokesperson.

“At today’s hearing, the council heard from numerous non-profit organizations filling the gaps of essential work for New Yorkers and asylum seekers in our communities without reimbursement from this administration — these are the recipients of council funding.

“The mayor is starving city agencies of staff and resources, leaving nonprofits to fill the gap without his support, and now he wants to take funding away from these non-profit service providers. When the mayor is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on for-profit contractors to construct tents that go unused but not investing in the non-profit organizations delivering services, it raises serious concerns. The council will always prioritize New Yorkers and the organizations that serve them,” the rep added.

A source familiar with the directive called the move a “declaration of war” by Adams on the council.

An anonymous Democratic councilmember shot back at Adams, telling The Post the mayor should gut his own budget instead.

“This is a cheap political stunt by the mayor to gut essential services that serve LGBTQ, immigrant and other marginalized communities. It’s nothing short of a war with the City Council. He can set an example by cutting his own budget by 50%,” the pol fumed.

Adams warned on Monday that if he doesn’t get significant financial help from Gov. Kathy Hochul and President Biden soon, then “every service” in the city – from education, sanitation and even the NYPD – is going to be impacted by the expected crush of migrants flooded into the city if the pandemic-era federal immigration policy known as Title 42 expires.

The Biden administration had until 5 p.m. Tuesday to respond to an appeal from 19 Republican-led states begging the federal government to keep the rule in place.

City Hall asked the federal government for $1 billion last month, submitting an application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency – but that request is still pending. 

Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is taking credit for negotiating an extra $800 million in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s proposed budget, with a source close to the pol saying the Big Apple would be eligible to apply for the additional federal funds to offset the $1 billion migrant price tag.