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Adrienne Adams: “We put forth from the city council a few million dollars to…”

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

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Adrienne Adams Discusses Her Journey and Vision for New York City on Urbanology

Published | Video Starts at 09:03

I developed this initiative about three years ago. I announced it in my State of the city about three years ago or so. And it's an initiative when we. Where We put forth from the city council a few million dollars to give students that have some CUNY credits the opportunity to come back to school. if they had for a hardship or, you know, take care of a family member or any kind of hardship. We're giving them the opportunity to come back to school, re. (09:03–09:14)

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Asserts that the city council allocated a few million dollars for the CUNY Reconnect initiative.

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