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Eric Adams: “I spent the night in a migrant and asylum seeker shelter…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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New York City Podcast with Mayor Eric Adams on Migrant Crisis, Public Safety, and Political Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 40:30

They over here too. Gotcha. And that's what happened. People are like. People are like. When I said, when I go, you know. Cause I spent the night in a migrant and asylum seeker shelter, one of our shelters. I spent the night to talk to them and find out, you know, why did you flee? What are you going through? They say the gangs are here. (40:30–40:35)

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Asserts that Eric Adams stayed overnight in a migrant shelter to understand their situation.

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