President Trump is roiling the politics of his native city — and the drama isn’t over yet.

A federal judge on Wednesday reserved judgment on whether he would accede to a massively controversial request from Trump’s Justice Department to halt the criminal prosecution of New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D).

The deal with Adams has caused uproar, with eight prosecutors resigning over the matter, and some key figures going public in their criticisms.

In the newest twist, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is publicly mulling whether to try to oust Adams from office — or whether to hope the mayor’s travails will sink him in the mayoral primary set for June.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), with whom Adams has long-standing antagonism, is among those who have called for the mayor to be driven out if he will not resign.

“Adams’ coercion under Trump risks significant, long-term harm to the people of New York,” the congresswoman wrote on social media on Monday. “We cannot afford it.”

But other Democratic voices contend that there would be significant blowback against Hochul if she pushed Adams out rather than letting the electoral process play out.

“The governor, if she were to do this, would have real problems later,” New York-based Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf told this column. “Kathy........

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