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Eric Adams: “If you're dealing with a medical crisis, we are excusing…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Mayor Eric Adams Hosts Older Adult Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 43:21

You in NYCHA, we're now picking up every month $189 that you no longer have to spend. That's real money. And if you are a low income, we're picking up your Metro card payments. And If you're dealing with a medical crisis, we are excusing your medical debt. And if you are a low income New Yorker, you're not paying any more income taxes. So when you start adding $189 a month, your MetroCard, let's say it's $40 a month, let's say your income tax, you're not paying it anymore. (43:21–43:28)

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Asserts that the city forgives medical debt for those in a medical crisis.

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