NEW YORK — City Mayor Eric Adams might think it’s “common” to accept tens of thousands of dollars in benefits to pressure a city agency, but it is “nonetheless illegal,” federal prosecutors argued Friday in opposing the mayor’s motion to toss a bribery count in his sweeping corruption case.

Indicted Mayor Eric Adams received a warm reception at events around the city Saturday — even while deflecting questions about a sweeping federal corruption probe and the upheaval it has sparked in his administration.

Attorneys for New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss the bribery charge brought against the Democrat last week.

Mayor Eric Adams has asked a judge to drop one of five counts against him and to discipline prosecutors, whom he has accused of improperly leaking information to the news media.