This year, Gov. Kathy Hochul may be relying more on Mayor Eric Adams to help her push her priorities over the finish line.

They’re aligned on public safety and tax policies — while differences with legislative leaders could lead to clashes in the State Capitol.

The mayor praised Hochul as his “great partner” during his State of the City address Thursday, also ahead of her own 2025 State of the State address next week.

The pair largely see eye-to-eye on key issues including crime, housing, and the migrant crisis.

Now, Hochul needs Adams to help sell her pitch to solve a public safety crisis in the subways.

“There’s a sense that crime is up, regardless of what the politicians say. People feel insecure. She’ll be blamed for that subway crime,” longtime political consultant Hank Sheinkopf told NY1.

The leaders agree on changing state law to force mentally ill patients to stay in hospital care.

“We need Albany’s help as well. We have seen the tragic consequences when severe mental illness on our streets and subways goes unchecked, which is why we must pass the Supportive Interventions Act,” Adams said during his speech on Thursday.

That bill spells out new guidance for health professionals and parts of it could make it into Hochul’s final plan.

But in the past, the legislature has opposed loosening involuntary commitment restrictions.

“What is the capacity we have, whether it be private, public or the state, to actually administer a continuum of care? And that’s what no one wants to answer. Where are the beds, where are the people getting discharged to?” said Ron Kim, a Queens Democratic State Assemblyman.

But Hochul appears to be treading lightly when addressing the mayor’s scandals — including his indictment on federal corruption charges.

“I will always work with whomever is in that office to make sure that they’re doing right by the people of the city, good partners, because I represent the same people that the mayor of New York does, so what happens, happens,” Hochul said on Jan. 6 during a press conference in Manhattan.

Last fall, she backed away from trying to remove him from office, but forced him to fire some top aides.

Sen. Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris, a Queens Democrat who also served with Adams when he was an elected member of the state Senate, said the mayor will have a harder time in Albany this year.

“How can he not be? He’s facing a criminal trial in a matter of months. That being said, we always try and focus not on the individual but on who they represent. We represent the same people he does,” he said.

Both Hochul and Adams are making a pitch on affordability.

She wants to hold the line on tax hikes. Meanwhile, Adams favors cutting income tax payments for poor city residents.

“Hochul and Adams are wed for the time being — both of them are in electoral trouble. They have to depend on each other,” Sheinkopf said. “The governor can’t afford to be seen as the governor who increased taxes.”

But she needs to strike a deal with the legislature on billions in future MTA funding — meaning tax hikes will likely be on the table.

“If she’s got to go get money for taxes to pay for what really the legislature should just appropriate, which is an MTA capital plan, guess who’s going to get blamed? It won’t be Carl Heastie. It won’t be Andrea Stewart-Cousins. It will be Kathy Hochul,” Sheinkopf added.