Mayor Eric Adams is set to give an address detailing his vision for the future of the city Wednesday.

But that vision could be overshadowed by his ongoing feud with the City Council.

The council, led by Speaker Adrienne Adams, held a rally Tuesday with faith leaders inside City Hall to denounce the mayor’s veto of the “How Many Stops Act” that focuses on city police officers.

But the press conference got off to a late start when City Hall staff members wouldn’t turn on the lights for the event. And a top aide for the mayor tried to remove chairs that reporters were sitting on.

“If the council wants to give you something to sit on, ask the City Council. Let’s go,” a City Hall staff member told reporters sitting on the chairs.

The reporters refused to move.

Speaker Adams called out the disruptions as an attempt to muzzle opponents.

“We are baffled by the efforts of Mayor Adams’ administration to try muzzling the voices of faith leaders supporting the police transparency advanced by the ‘How Many Stops Act’ at City Hall today. It only raises questions about what they are attempting to hide from the public in their fight to block transparency and accountability,” Speaker Adams said in a statement Tuesday.

The mayor, when asked about the incident, said his staff was doing their job.

“We want to maintain control in the rotunda area,” Mayor Adams said Tuesday at his weekly press conference with reporters. “The team is going to sit down and coordinate how you properly control using the space there in the rotunda area.”

The infighting comes as the mayor has gone on a public campaign against the “How Many Stops Act.”

The bill would require officers to document most investigative encounters they have with civilians.

Mayor Adams argues the bill burdens police officers with administrative work instead of police work.

“An officer approaches someone for any credible reason. It does not have to deal with a criminal reason. A person loses their dog. That’s a credible reason. A person looking for their parent who is missing with dementia. That’s a credible stop,” Mayor Adams said.

But supporters of the bill say it adds needed transparency to the NYPD.

They noted it also only adds a few more lines of questions to the end of an officer’s tour.

“As so many of my colleagues know that our Black and Latino communities bare the overwhelming brunt of police stops that intrude into people’s daily lives. The disproportionate impact of these stops is not casual interactions as the mayor and his administration claim,” Speaker Adams said.

A June report from a federal monitor found that 24% of Level 3 encounters were unconstitutional, and 97% of the individuals stopped were Black or Hispanic.

“There’s about five or six questions but they’re really short. So it's race, gender, why the stop and did it lead to another level,” city Public Advocate Jumaane Williams said.

Police are already required to document Level 3 stops. The new legislation would require officers to document Level 1 and Level 2 stops, as well.

The mayor acknowledged the heightened friction between him and the Council Tuesday.

“There have been bills in the City Council I’ve disagreed with but you’ve never seen this level because I know the threat of public safety if we get this wrong,” Mayor Adams said.

After the City Council formally accepts the mayor’s veto, they have 30 days to override it.