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Brad Lander: “I was the one who uncovered it and who forced the mayor to…”

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Brad Lander Discusses New York City Mayoral Candidacy and Criticizes Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo

Published June 9, 2025 | Video Starts at 07:39

… some money, but then Elon Musk and Donald Trump came and stole $80 million of the money the federal government gave us to pay for those shelter and services. And I was the one who uncovered it and who forced the mayor to get into court to get it back. so that being compromised by Donald Trump came back to bite us even one more time just to keep the money. The federal government did Give us to do something here. (07:39–07:45)

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