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Eric Adams: “I do a lot of town halls, and when I go into the town halls…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Conversations with Coleman: Eric Adams on Policing, Politics, and New York City's Future

Published | Video Starts at 05:08

They have created a narrative where when you go to the average person, they're like, that's not what we want. You know? And so I do a lot of town halls, and when I go into the town halls, the adult town, older adult town halls, you town halls, even young people, I have never heard one person stand up and say, I want less police. Either they, they want quality policing. No one wants to be harassed or disrespected. But they're like, where are our co? (05:08–05:22)

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Asserts that in town halls, no one has asked for less police presence.

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