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Eric Adams: “An average of 5 felonies a day with 4.5 million riders.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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"You're a dark, sick person": NYC Mayor Eric Adams explodes at NY Daily News reporter

Published | Video Starts at 08:34

Eric has zoned the city to build more housing than Bloomberg and de Blasio 20 years combined. Eric has turned around the economy. Broadway had the best 12 … An average of 5 felonies a day with 4.5 million riders. … ways of saying Eric failed. Eric didn't fail. Eric did the job of a working class mayor. I always told you a working class mayor can turn this city around. (08:34–08:37)

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Asserts there are 5 felonies per day with 4.5 million subway riders.

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