Eric Adams: “He wants to decriminalize prostitution.”

“Public safety. He wants to release 3,000 inmates from Rikers Island. They're going to go back to the communities they preyed on, the Brownsvilles, the South Jamaica, Queens, et cetera. He wants to decriminalize prostitution. We did a great deal of work to tell these young girls and boys, don't sell your bodies on the street and be exploited. We're going to go backwards in that area.” (10:09–10:12)

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