The fundamental problem for Mayor Adams right now isn’t his agenda.

He knows how to read a poll, and to align his words and sometimes his administration’s actions with popular opinion. And he knows how to assign blame when needed to lawmakers who often owe their jobs to diehard primary voters.

The fundamental problem for Adams right now is that New Yorkers, myself included, don’t think his actions have matched his promises or that his results have lived up to his rhetoric.

A new poll of likely voters from the conservative Manhattan Institute is the latest to show what a deep hole Adams is in just a couple years after New Yorkers chose him to be the city’s 110th mayor — and as he’s racing to reset the narrative including through a baptism on Rikers Island last month he says was “part of this journey of recommitting myself to the city” and his faith.

He’s doing that while two federal investigations are looming, his approval rating is at an historic low, and prospective challengers are testing their positions ahead of November’s presidential election.

After that, it’s a seven-month sprint to next June’s primary that will likely........

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