New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Monday that he intends to attend an annual political meeting. conference in Puerto Rico the day after Election Day, as potential rivals to the incumbent Democratic mayor will also attend to lobby for support in 2025.

At his weekly press conference, Adams, who endorsed Vice President Harris for president and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, was asked who he would vote for and whether he planned to attend the SOMOS conference.

“I always look forward to going to SOMOS. I think I’ve missed a couple of years. I’m planning on going, I’m not 100% sure. I’d like to go,” Adams said. “It’s a good time to meet the people of Puerto Rico. So I plan to go.”

“But, you know, I have a lot of things to do in the city,” the mayor added a day before the November 5 elections. “And if I can get a lot done before next week, then I’ll definitely go. But I’m not going to stay long, no matter what. I’ve made it clear who I support, and who I support is who.” I’m voting for it. I made it very clear. “I was a delegate in Chicago.”

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to reporters after a news conference in New York, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Last week, Adams drew attention after repeatedly refusing to criticize former President Trump, refusing to say when he last spoke with the Republican nominee or whether he was seeking a pardon should Trump win re-election.

Trump has suggested that the Justice Department accused Adams of criticizing the federal government’s response to the immigration crisis. Trump also mentioned Adams by name at his Madison Square Garden rally and thanked the Democratic mayor for saying Trump shouldn’t be comparedto the German dilator Adolf Hitler or being called a “fascist”.

The annual SOMOS conference begins Wednesday in San Juan. Adams attended in 2021 and 2022. He didn’t go last year.

Days before the conference was scheduled to start in 2023, the FBI seized Adams’ cellphone in connection with a federal corruption investigation.

The Department of Justice accused Adams in September on bribery, campaign financing and conspiracy crimes.

The indictment accuses Adams of accepting flight upgrades and other luxury travel benefits valued at $100,000 along with illegal campaign contributions from a Turkish official and other foreign nationals seeking to buy his influence. In exchange, prosecutors say, Adams performed favors to benefit the Turkish government, including pressuring the fire department in 2021 to approve the opening of a consulate he deemed unsafe.

Adams held a different elected office at the time, Brooklyn Borough President, but by then it was clear he would become mayor.

Mayor Eric Adams leaves the federal courthouse in New York on Friday, November 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Kena Betancur)

Adams has pleaded not guilty to the charges. His federal trial will begin next April, a judge ruled Friday, right in the middle of his promised re-election campaign.

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The SOMOS conference will provide an opportunity for any of Adams’ potential primary rivals to seek judicial support in Puerto Rico ahead of the 2025 mayoral election, the City and State of New York reported.

Mayoral hopefuls already held their first candidate forum in the Bronx on the first day of early voting, according to the outlet. New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, City Comptroller Brad Lander, State Senators Jessica Ramos and Zellnor Myrie, former City Comptroller Scott Stringer, and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani were among those who They attended that meeting.

Rumors suggest that former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will run for mayor. It is unclear if he will attend SOMOS.

Mayor Eric Adams leaves federal court in New York on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Kena Betancur)

U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho set the mayor’s trial date for Friday, when Adams returned to federal court in Manhattan for a hearing on his bid to remove a key charge in the indictment that threatens his political future.

Ho said he is confident the April 21, 2025 date will hold, “assuming nothing unexpected comes up.” At the same time, prosecutors said they have not yet been able to decipher a potentially crucial piece of evidence: Adams’ personal cellphone. According to his indictment, Adams changed his password just before turning the phone over to authorities and later claimed he forgot it.

Adams’ lawyers are fighting to dismiss a bribery charge, one of five charges against the Democrat in his first term.

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They argued that the charge does not meet the threshold for the crime recently lowered by the U.S. Supreme Court and should not apply to Adams because it involves allegations dating back to before he became mayor.