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Eric Adams: “It's an independent board. It's not the mayor's board. The…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Former Mayor Eric Adams Talks Housing Policy, Crime & Life After City Hall | Coffee Talk

Published | Video Starts at 43:29

They supposed to do an analysis based on information, based on numbers. And they're supposed to base if they're going to do a rent freeze or not based on that information. It's an independent board. It's not the mayor's board. The mayor does the appointment, as I've always done. You appoint, then you back up and have people follow the rules. He already stated we're not going to increase the rent. Yeah. And so are there times when rents should be frozen? (43:29–43:36)

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Asserts that the rent guideline board is not controlled by the mayor, who only appoints members.

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