Mayor Eric Adams grimaced as he stood next to a grinning Vice President Kamala Harris at Manhattan’s 9/11 memorial Monday — a scene that said it all about tensions between local and federal Dems over migrants.
Harris, who was filling in for President Biden at the hallowed service, spent much of her time in the morning before the ceremony smiling and laughing — with Gov. Kathy Hochul, who was to her left, videos show.
Adams, standing on the vice president’s right, frowned as he looked away — an apparently frosty encounter publicly displaying the split between City Hall and the White House over the crisis.
Hizzoner insisted to The Post while walking back to his office after Monday’s Lower Manhattan service that he and Harris exchanged pleasantries — but that he did not bring up the flood of migrants overwhelming the city.
“I wanted to be there to show my respect,” the mayor said, referring to the service.
He added that he is open to discuss with the Biden administration the country’s border disaster “if there’s an opportunity, not a Ground Zero, to engage in the things that have to be talked about.”
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