Mayor Eric Adams said that a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump was about New York City’s future. Each man has his own reasons to forge close ties.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said his meeting with President-elect Donald Trump went “well,” and shared a few details about what the two did — and perhaps more importantly, did not — discuss. The Democratic mayor flew on Thursday to Florida to see the president-elect.

Mayor Adams on Saturday doubled down on defending his meeting with soon-to-be president Donald Trump, claiming he was “fighting for” New Yorkers, as fellow Democrats accused him of cozying up to Trump in efforts to get a presidential pardon for his federal corruption case.