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Adrienne Adams: “People are forgetting that [Andrew Cuomo] slow walked PPE…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 12:43

People remember him as being the guy on TV that gave the statistics and all of this, you know, all of this news during COVID on a daily basis. But they People are forgetting that [Andrew Cuomo] slow walked PPE and vaccines into black and brown communities. We were dying at the highest rates across the nation. And folks are forgetting that he had the power and authority to make these things happen to save lives in our communities, and he slow walked it. (12:43–12:51)

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Asserts that Andrew Cuomo delayed PPE and vaccine distribution to minority communities.

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