New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s re-election campaign has been denied millions of public matching funds, a major blow for the mayor who is seeking a second term despite facing a spring trial on federal corruption charges.

The New York City Campaign Finance Board voted to withhold as much as $4.3 million in matching funds from Mayor Eric Adams, as he faces federal corruption charges focused on his fund-raising practices.

Eric Adams was denied millions of dollars in public funds for his re-election bid because of his historic indictment – a massive blow to the embattled mayor’s campaign against a line-up of hungry challengers.