Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to increase state oversight over City Hall, arguing for now, she won’t remove Mayor Eric Adams and instead voters should decide in the ballot box. 

But the fight is far from over. As of Friday, sources said legislative leaders have yet to review a bill proposal that would turn Hochul’s plan into a reality.

“We have a problem with a person: Mayor Eric Adams. The question of whether he is fit or unfair to serve as mayor,” Nicole Gelinas, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, said.

The move lets her put off a decision to remove him, for the time being.

Hochul said Thursday, she’s concerned about the apparent close relationship between the mayor and White House.

“I was deeply troubled by the accusations leveled at Mayor Eric Adams, not just the initial indictment but also the more recent allegation of a quid pro quo with the Trump administration,” she said during a press conference at her Midtown office.

The governor wants the state Legislature and City Council to approve new measures that would:

• Create a city inspector general position that reports to the state-Giving more oversight powers to the state comptroller
• Allow some city officials to sue without approval from City Hall’s top lawyer
• Expire by the end of 2025

“I wouldn’t deny the next comptroller the ability to go into court if the federal government steals our money. So, I think that’s a good one that I would be happy to see remain, but mostly these guardrails are to deal with the unprecedented crisis that Mayor Adams and Donald Trump are bringing us,” City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander told NY1.

But Gelinas argues, new laws are unnecessary.

“There’s a variety of reasons why these are bad ideas,” she told NY1. “We don’t need them. There’s already plenty of state oversight through the comptroller’s office of New York City’s government. You don’t want to have a lot of confusion about who in New York City is empowered to sue the federal government on behalf of the city. That’s why we have an elected mayor.

As of Friday, legislation was not publicly available — nor privately distributed to legislative leaders, according to sources.

Sources also told NY1 Hochul’s office was still tweaking their message.

Thirty-four “yes” votes are needed for a bill to clear the 51-member City Council. And in both the state Senate and Assembly, a majority vote.

“Governors and mayors always fight, you know, Governor Rockefeller and Mayor Lindsey fought,” Gelinas said. “It’s very different in that it’s not the governor and the mayor sparring over something.”

“This is a case where you have a mayor under federal indictment,” she continued.

It’s not the first time the state moved to rein in the city. By law, the Big Apple must prove its budget is balanced — a 1975 emergency measure borne of that decade’s financial crisis that led to a state bailout.

For now, City Councilman and Manhattan borough president candidate Keith Powers says the council should act quickly.

“We should be supporting right now all measures of accountability over this mayor because he has not proven that he is up to the task right now,” he said, although he has not called for the mayor to resign. “I think it’s a good start, but I think what we’ve all been saying is the mayor has been creating a lot of doubt about whether he can continue to lead the city.”