They all want to be mayor — and be like Eric to win it.

That's how Mayor Eric Adams sees the field of Democrats running against him.

"Everyone is now trying to rebrand themselves, Eric-like," Adams said. 

Take, for instance, "Axe the Tax" — Adams’ proposal for state lawmakers to eliminate the city's income tax on many low-income New Yorkers.

He rallied at City Hall with union workers to support a plan he proposed back in December, covering people at 150% of the federal poverty line.

Rival former Gov. Andrew Cuomo pitched a similar tax cut in March — only Cuomo's plan covers New Yorkers up to 200% of the federal poverty line. 

In a statement, Cuomo's spokesman Rich Azzopardi said, "New Yorkers know he's the candidate with the experience and the record to fix what's broken in New York City."

It doesn't stop there for hizzoners' doppelgangers — like on public safety.

"When I was fighting against these reforms that have repeated offenders on the street they were pushing in support of that," Adams said. "Now, they [are] trying to change their tune."

After Adams' rally, Zellnor Myrie, a mayoral candidate and state legislator who voted for those bail and discovery reforms that Cuomo signed into law as governor, spoke to reporters at City Hall Park.

"I support having police on the subways, if they're smartly deployed," Myrie said. "We cannot have our law enforcement bunched up at the turnstiles."

But Myrie doesn't feel very "Eric-like" these days. 

"It is really important that we set aside for this moment the personality aspect of our politics. People are tired of that," he said. "It's not about Eric Adams. It's about New York City."

Adams argues that voters want the real deal.

"You don't have to have Eric-like when you have Eric," he said.

But voters are not hearing much from the real Eric Adams. He's largely avoided campaigning and has been relying on press from official events instead.

All the while, he waits on a judge to decide the fate of his federal corruption case.

Over three weeks ago, the judge was advised to dismiss the charges with prejudice, so the Trump administration can no longer hold the possibility of another indictment over the mayor's head.

Adams' attorney Alex Spiro on Monday wrote to the Judge Dale Ho, with a message to hurry up, in a measured and lawyerly way.

Spiro says he's urging Judge Ho to rule because Thursday is the deadline for Adams to submit his petitions to get on the Democratic primary ballot.