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Eric Adams: “It takes too long and with too much bureaucracy to get…”

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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And so when you look at some of the roles that you mentioned in the bridges, some is under city, state and federal. And we need a combination of those things. And when I ran for office, I stated that It takes too long and with too much bureaucracy to get things done. And remember, remember while I was brought up on a diamond, I was saying to the fdny, go goddamn inspect the building if you're going to pass it or fail. (58:00–58:07)

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Asserts that excessive bureaucracy delays project completion.

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