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Eric Adams: “I know we're losing billions of dollars now.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Former Mayor Eric Adams Talks Housing Policy, Crime & Life After City Hall | Coffee Talk

Published | Video Starts at 21:40

And we already lost billions of dollars because of the inability to have an easier path to building. And so I don't. I can't answer the question, how long will this take? I know we're losing billions of dollars now. I know that we are seeing a lot of projects that are not being built right now because of the cost. (21:40–21:44)

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Asserts that the city is currently losing billions of dollars.

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