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Eric Adams: “I was indicted for calling the fire department and asking…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Mayor Eric Adams offers New Yorkers apology as growing scandals shadow his term, re-election bid

Published | Video Starts at 03:08

And I lived up to that responsibility. And some of the things that we saw in our administration I thought was lawfare. It's still unimaginable to me that I was indicted for calling the fire department and asking them to do a building inspection. and saying, if you can't do it, let me know and I'll manage the expectations. (03:08–03:13)

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Asserts that Eric Adams was indicted for requesting a building inspection from the fire department.

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