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Eric Adams: “Money in politics is a problem.”

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Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens

Published May 20, 2025 | Video Starts at 59:01

So it wasn't like, okay, Eric, you want to take money out of politics because you can't raise money. Every race that I was in, I was a top fundraiser. Money in politics is a problem. And it makes no sense that we are calling people, asking them for donations. You know, just makes no sense. We should be. (59:01–59:05)

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“We have a controller that he's refusing for the most part to use pension funds to invest in Israel, which is a real partner of ours.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 27:19-27:30
“What we have done with 100,000 summer youth jobs, teaching them financial literacy.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 33:16-33:21
“We had some victories out of Albany, but we still got a migrant, 39,000 people still in our care.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 37:37-37:43
“We spent $7.7 billion.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 39:24-39:27
“All I want is a project that will have 1500 jobs, 500,000 houses, would be able to get electricity for it, billions of dollars in…”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 52:45-53:04
“Our administration has established this week as Veterans and Service Members Week to highlight our city's efforts to serve those who…”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 02:00-02:15
“Already this week, we've announced our support for new property tax exemptions and loan options to New York City veterans buying home.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 02:15-02:26
“We uplifted our efforts to help nearly 100 veterans connect to job support this year alone.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 02:25-02:35
“We're giving them a million dollars to their budget and our best budget ever so they could continue a stronger safety net for our veterans.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 02:45-02:57
“We've announced plans for a new memorial to Honor the over 100 service members from New York City who made the ultimate sacrifice, the post…”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 03:02-03:17
“Nationally acclaimed sculpture Dow Blumberg has been chosen as the artist for this vital memorial.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 03:20-03:29
“It will be located in Whitestone neighborhood of Queens, the borough which is home to the largest number of post 911 service members who…”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 05:16-05:31
“I want to see all of my Fortune 500 companies, I want to see all of my startups. Everyone should be reaching out to Commissioner Hinden and…”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 23:24-23:37
“We are all doing well because of our military and we should not have to say let's, you know, find another nickel somewhere. This is one of…”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 23:37-23:54
“The controller is succumbing to the far left to say we're not going to have Israel as an investment partner.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 28:09-28:16
“There's no justifiable reason that the control is not doing investments in Israel.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 28:26-28:33
“For the first time in my lifetime, there is a level of comfort in being anti-Semitic.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 29:12-29:20
“Hamas needs to be destroyed. It's a terrorist organization, not only to the people of Israel, but to the people of Palestine.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 30:50-30:58
“We are giving them free Omni cars.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 32:47-32:52
“Many communities are unbanked for one reason or another.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 34:13-34:18
“Crypto is here. It is going to be here for a long time.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 34:31-34:36
“We didn't get a billion dollars from the migrants and asylum seekers.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 37:12-37:16
“We're losing $300 million from childcare vouchers.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 37:16-37:20
“The state should have given us that billion dollars so that we can finish out this process.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 39:39-39:45
“277 people was on board [the ship].”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 44:39-44:41
“19 people were injured, two people died [in the ship incident].”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 44:42-44:47
“Our bridges are strong. There was no damage to the structure of the bridge at all.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 47:12-47:18
“NTSB is doing the investigation [into the ship incident].”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 47:25-47:28
“There are rules on the Heights [of ships]...we do have rules and regulations on the Heights of ships that they're able to travel under our…”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 48:15-48:55
“At the beginning of the baseball series season, we showed the economic benefits of the Mets and the Yankees when they [are] in the playoffs.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 49:17-49:25
“This is a huge, huge economic boost for tourism.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 49:25-49:30
“I didn't get $7.7 billion from Biden.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 54:02-54:06
“I disagree. When you take claw back $80 million from us.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 54:39-54:44
“There's a real project that we're going to place in our harbor.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 54:53-54:58
“There was a lot of outside expenditures for everyone, you know, running.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 58:27-58:34
“We need to take money out of politics.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 58:39-58:43
“It makes no sense that we are calling people, asking them for donations.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 59:05-59:12
“Some candidates are doing collusion.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 59:49-59:52
“They're outside folks who able to have $8 million in their outside expenditures.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 59:52-1:00:01
“On all levels, on a federal level, on the state level, all levels, it is a problem.”
Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 1:00:22-1:00:29