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David Paterson: “Mayor Adams is in the precarious position of having to run…”

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

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Former Gov. David Paterson speaks out after being attacked on UES with son

Published | Video Starts at 07:18

He hasn't called me yet, but his staff told me last night that he would be calling me this afternoon. I think Mayor Adams is in the precarious position of having to run the largest city in the world or one of the largest cities in the world at a point that he is still under investigation and has already been indicted. And I think that that's tremendous amount of work that's going to have to be done. But he seems to have assured people that he can actually do it. (07:18–07:33)

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Asserts that Mayor Adams is running a major city while under investigation and indictment.

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