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Adrienne Adams: “City hall has been shaken.”

Featuring: Adrienne Adams, Democratic | Speaker of the New York City Council, Former Candidate, New York State Senate

Adrienne Adams Discusses Mayoral Campaign and Vision for New York City

Published March 7, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:48

I know a lot of people have been talking to you for at least a month about getting serious about this. Yeah, well, you know, I never planned to run for mayor. City hall has been shaken. We have a president in Washington right now that is just spewing chaos all over the nation. New York has a target on its back. I cannot sit back and do nothing about it. (00:48–00:51)

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Asserts that the current state of City Hall is unstable.

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