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Eric Adams: “He doesn't have the authority to raise income tax on the top…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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New York City Mayoral Race: Zohran Mamdani vs. Eric Adams

Published | Video Starts at 05:58

… without the means that we needed, when you promised them that you're going to give everything away free and you don't have the authority as the mayor to do so. He doesn't have the authority to raise income tax on the top 1% of New Yorkers. Assemblymen have that authority. And that's who he is. He couldn't do it in assembly. How are you going to deliver it as the mayor of the city? He has. (05:58–06:04)

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Asserts that Mamdani does not have the authority to raise income tax on the top 1% of New Yorkers.

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