And you know what? Now I have to raise taxes on the rich because of the $12 billion deficit. Baloney. Baloney. First of all, Mayor Adams never hid the $12 billion deficit. Mayor Adams said very clearly that there was a $12 billion deficit. And he warned that this was coming. And you can hear him say it in his own voice. We actually have a clip of the mayor saying it. (01:22–01:29)
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Asserts that Mayor Adams clearly communicated the existence of a $12 billion deficit.
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