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Eric Adams: “I was a police officer at the time and we saw an…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Eric Adams Discusses New York City's Future Amidst Mayoral Race Against Zoran Mamdani

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… of us who love the country, we used a vehicle to continue to serve the country. The vehicle doesn't define who we are. But why were you republican 97, 201. I was a police officer at the time and we saw an unbelievable lax criminal justice reform. We were doing some of the things that we're doing now, allowing people who commit crimes. There was a repeated revolving door. (18:27–18:35)

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Asserts that there was lax criminal justice reform during his time as a police officer.

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