A defiant mayor says calls to oust him are undemocratic.

"That is not how you circumvent the power of the people who elected me based on your perception and your belief,” Mayor Eric Adams said Monday. "If you can bypass the will of the people based upon what people don't like of an action, that's not democracy."

It’s been weeks since he's taken questions from the City Hall press corps.

Adams on Monday attempted to resuscitate his political future, promising to run for reelection despite weeks of controversy and calls for his removal.

"Yes, I’m running,” the mayor said. “Petitions will be in the streets. If you see one with my name on it, please sign it."

He attempted to tout his so-called accomplishments, announcing after years of managing thousands of migrants seeking shelter in this city, his administration would shut down the Roosevelt Hotel by June. The hotel will have operated as an arrival center for migrants for two years when it shutters later this year and became the epicenter of the crisis in the five boroughs.

Immigration has proven to be a political crisis for the mayor yet again given President Donald Trump's Justice Department is moving to dismiss the mayor's criminal indictment so he can assist them on that very topic.

On Monday, he was asked if he would recuse himself from immigration matters. 

"Our team is looking at every way possible to make sure we are in compliance and those discussions are still going on," the mayor said.

Politically weakened, Adams says he will keep on. This week, he is set to meet with major political power players.

He'll sit down with the city's building service workers' union, 32BJ, and with the Central Labor Council.

He will participate in his first candidates' forum, this one hosted by a major union — District Council 37, which endorsed his run in 2021.

Despite the moves, Adams faces a steep climb to reelection. And some are already lining up behind a potential rival.

Rep. Ritchie Torres is already endorsing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has yet to declare his candidacy.

"Andrew Cuomo is the best positioned to offer the kind of stable and steady and strong leadership that a city in crisis desperately needs,” Torres said. “He's by far the most qualified to be the mayor of New York."

The mayor responded, "Congressman Torres also called for the former governor to step down. I don't know what happened differently now."