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Eric Adams: “I had over 6,700 volunteers.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

Eric Adams Discusses Mayoral Campaign, Immigration, and Public Safety on Ebro's Show

Published July 23, 2025 | Video Starts at 05:55

Not a staffer, a volunteer for. I had, I did six, around 500 or so fundraisers. I don't know the exact number, but it was a couple of hundred fundraisers. I had over 6,700 volunteers. It appears that one of those volunteers did something inappropriate. Everyone would tell you in these, in these campaigns that people do destroy donors dumbness. (05:55–05:59)

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“237,000 migrants and asylum seekers came to the city without any financial support.”
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“Crime, homicides and shootings are at the lowest in this last six months in recorded history of the city.”
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“I had a good relationship with Biden prior to the [migrant and asylum seeker issue].”
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“I was charged with calling the fire department and asking them to do a building inspection.”
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“They was charging me with bribery and facing 33 years in prison over it.”
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“There's not one shred of evidence that said I told someone to do something inappropriate.”
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“The judge dismissed the case [against Brian Benjamin].”
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“I took the White House to court for migrant and other related issues more than any mayor in the country.”
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“They lifted that stop work order and I got those 1500 union jobs.”
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“We turned the city around.”
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“I'm the second black mayor in the history of this city.”
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“We broke records in affordable housing.”
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“We paying off college tuition for foster care children.”
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“237 Migrants and asylum seekers came here to join even more undocumented people who were here in the first place.”
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“We coordinate when it goes after dangerous gangs like the ones we took down. 27 gang members forcing migrant women into prostitution.”
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