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Eric Adams: “I inherited a city that was hemorrhaging jobs, had thousands…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Talks Crime, NYC Election | Bloomberg Talks

Published | Video Starts at 07:34

And then also, you know, it was. I saw by Friday, it was a week. Yeah. No, not to me. I had 237,000 migrants in, asylum seekers. I inherited Covid. I inherited a city that was hemorrhaging jobs, had thousands of illegal guns on our streets, ghost cars on our streets, cannabis shops open. People rode off New Yorkers. Not only was I dealing with those who were committing crimes, I had to deal with rape everywhere. (07:34–07:43)

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Asserts that the city was losing jobs and had issues with illegal guns, ghost cars, and cannabis shops when he took office.

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