Adrienne Adams: “I insisted on an additional $5 billion in order to pass this…”

“So we're going to have to nuance some things in this and this proposal to make it palatable and so that my members will accept it and so that it will be accepted across this city. So I insisted on an additional $5 billion in order to pass this proposal. And in that $5 billion, I have to say, the administration gave us 4 billion. But the, the, the governor called me and she said, adrienne, I heard that you need $5 billion to pass this proposal.” (18:34–18:39)

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