Republicans are trying to tie New York Democrats to New York City Mayor Eric Adams in the wake of his indictment on federal corruption charges, hoping the association will be a liability for those running in tight Empire State races that could determine control of the chamber next year.

The effort — which has spanned top GOP lawmakers, Republican candidates and the House GOP’s campaign arm — has sought to link New York Democrats to the “cult of corruption” surrounding Adams, who is facing five counts including bribery, wire fraud and solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national. He has pleaded not guilty.

Republicans are also attempting to connect Democrats to the crime and migrant crisis in the Big Apple, two politically charged matters that Adams has come under fire for.

Strategists on both sides of the aisle have expressed skepticism that the messaging blitz will sway voters in the battleground districts that make up New York City suburbs.

But Republicans are, nonetheless, moving ahead with their full court press.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, the chair of the House GOP conference and the highest-ranking New York Republican in Congress, wrote in a statement hours after the Adams indictment that “New York Democrats will pay the price for this corruption and incompetence in November and Republicans will sweep this November.”

The House GOP’s campaign arm echoed that sentiment.

“As extreme New York Democrats try to distance themselves from the NYC Mayor like rats fleeing a sinking ship, we are ready to remind voters what exactly he and his policies did to America's largest city,” National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) spokesperson Savannah Viar said in a statement.

The push has percolated to the candidate level, too. Alison Esposito, who is taking on Rep. Pat Ryan (D) in New York’s 18th Congressional District, which covers the northern suburbs of New York City, penned a Washington Reporter op-ed this week that tried to connect Ryan to Adams’s tenure.

“Like Adams, my opponent, Pat Ryan, supports the same liberal policies that have caused chaos in New York,” she wrote, later adding, “At the end of the day, Ryan and Adams represent the same repressive and dangerous policies that are the worst of our........

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