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Eric Adams: “City of Yes was passed.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

Interview with Mayor Eric Adams on Legal Challenges, Leadership, and New York City Issues

Published February 20, 2025 | Video Starts at 07:23

And I told New Yorkers the attorney would handle the case. I'm going to handle the city and I'm going to fight for New Yorkers. We started to see City of Yes was passed. We're seeing 20,000 illegal guns up the street. 8th time we broke the record of how many jobs in our city. Record after record after record after housing. I'm just disciplined. (07:23–07:25)

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Asserts that the "City of Yes" initiative was passed.

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