NEW YORK — With less than two weeks to Primary Day the campaign trail turned into an all out boxing ring Friday.

Former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia was on the corner of 108th Street and Van Doren Street in Corona, announcing her plan to tackle the city's rise in gun violence. Earlier this week, a man was shot and killed at the intersection in broad daylight. Garcia said she wants to change the city's current gun buy back program to encourage more people to turn guns in. Garcia also wants to expand the NYPD's gun suppression unit.

"I am committing to getting 10,000 illegal guns off the street in my first year of office," Garcia said.

But the first-time candidate was also focusing on one of her opponents: Brooklyn Borough President and former NYPD captain, Eric Adams.

"Talking tough isn't smart policy, cowboy policing isn't smart policy, Garcia said. "Right now we don't need a cop as mayor, we don't need someone who says they're going to carry a gun."

As she has risen in the polls, Adams has been questioning Garcia's record as an effective manager, saying the agencies she was tasked with running are no better off now than when she was in charge.

"She put out a gun plan — you couldn't get the garbage off the streets, how are you going to get the guns off the street?" Adams said on the West Side of Manhattan as he got the endorsement of FDNY EMS Local 2507. "My streets are not cleaner, NYCHA [New York City Housing Authority] is not a success."

Meanwhile, Andrew Yang was on the corner of Division Street and Wilson Street in Williamsburg, meeting with Orthodox Jewish supporters. His campaign has promoted his sunny outlook, but in recent days he’s been on the attack.

"My biggest concern about Eric is that he is unprincipled and he'll make political decisions all day long," Yang said. "Do we really think that Eric Adams is going to turn over a new leaf and be a completely different person if he winds up mayor? On top of a $90 billion budget?"

Adams says he's being targeted because of his standing in the polls, leading the pack.

"No one tackles the player unless that player is carrying the ball," Adams said. "Whatever happened to that nice Yang we used to have? When he used to ride roller coasters and just talk about life?"

This latest union endorsement adds to the support Adams has gotten from the city's labor sector; a majority of the unions are supporting his campaign. If elected mayor, Adams says he would work to eliminate pay disparities faced by EMS workers.

The campaign trail was further thrown into chaos by a new story that emerged late Friday. The New York Times reported a second sexual misconduct allegation against City Comptroller Scott Stringer. Teresa Logan told the Times that Stringer made unwanted advances and groped her on several occasions while she was employed at a bar Stringer co-owned. The allegation dates back to 1992.

In a statement, Stringer did not deny the allegation and said: “While I do not remember Ms. Logan, if I ever did anything to make her uncomfortable, I am sorry.”

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