The mayor and his top aides were on the defensive Tuesday after NY1 obtained internal documents from the New York City Fire Department detailing a list of projects given priority status for safety inspections.

For weeks, Mayor Eric Adams’ team has said it did not have a list of projects to prioritize for inspections.

But after NY1’s reporting, officials said the list is the fire department’s. And they argued City Hall staffers are not the only ones who try to move projects up the pipeline.

And when they do, Adams administration officials argued, they are just doing their jobs.

“A day that an office building stays empty is another day that you don’t get those workers into their offices — workers that commute into central business districts and spend money at the local bodega, at the local dry cleaner or any other small business,” said Maria Torres-Springer, the deputy mayor for housing, economic development and workforce.

“When you look at the list and what other people have not fully reported on — when you look at the list that the fire department showed — there are elected officials on that list. Many people are not reporting on that,” Adams added.

A source told NY1 that federal investigators are asking questions about the list as part of a probe into the mayor’s campaign fundraising.