NEW YORK — City Council leaders are considering taking legal action to block what they are calling Mayor Eric Adams’ “appalling” new policy that gives municipal workers the greenlight to allow federal immigration workers onto city property without warrants if their presence makes them “reasonably feel threatened.

A directive from the New York City mayor’s office has sparked controversy as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement.

Adams rejected speculation that there have been negotiations with prosecutors that he would plead guilty to corruption charges and in exchange for no jail time would quit the mayoralty by week's end.