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Eric Adams: “In order to get free buses, you need $3 billion.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Conversations with Coleman: Eric Adams on Policing, Politics, and New York City's Future

Published | Video Starts at 11:15

So all these things that when you are really frustrated, you have a tendency to believe that what he is selling, he could deliver and he can't. Just look at the free bus conversation. In order to get free buses, you need $3 billion. He says, well, this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to tax the 1 percenters in New York and I'm going to get the $3 billion from them. (11:15–11:21)

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