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Eric Adams: “Mayors do not freeze rent.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Published | Video Starts at 06:49

I believe you have six appointees that could be up for something that you could put in place right now. Will you do that before you leave office in the end of December? Well, first, let's be very clear. Mayors do not freeze rent. No, but your appointees. Your appointees on Mitchell Lamas. Right. And they don't even freeze rent on any other housing. The rent guideline board, they carries that. They carry that function out. (06:49–06:52)

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