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Eric Adams: “I think we're up to around $18 billion or higher and number…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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New York City Press Conference on Operation Padlock Anniversary with Mayor Eric Adams and Queens Chamber of Commerce

Published | Video Starts at 21:00

Yep. Great, Great question of small business and mwbs. They have been a major focus of this administration. I think we're up to around $18 billion or higher and number of procurement contracts that small businesses have been able to benefit from. Women and minority owned businesses. And when you are renting a space, it is whatever the market can bear. And so we have no authority to determine what a private landlord is going to rent to, to make sure that they have a good business. (21:00–21:15)

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Asserts that $18 billion in procurement contracts have benefited small, women, and minority-owned businesses.

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