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David Paterson: “Eric Adams, I think, is the victim of what I call piling on…”

Featuring: David Paterson, Democratic | Former Governor of New York

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And Andrew Cuomo has raised $4 million. And the campaign Finance Board is not challenging the money. Well, they did actually take some money away from him, but it will be nominal. Eric Adams, I think, is the victim of what I call piling on when someone's been in a lot of trouble. It's easier to call them out. It's easy to deny funds from them. It's unfortunate and I don't think it's really fair, but it's not going to affect the outcome of the primary. (02:24–02:32)

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Asserts that Eric Adams is being unfairly targeted due to past troubles.

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