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Eric Adams: “No low income New Yorker in this city, brother, is paying…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Published | Video Starts at 1:24:11

But growing up in poverty, brother, nothing pissed me off more than people promising things that they couldn't deliver. What did I do with $30 billion? No low income New Yorker in this city, brother, is paying income tax anymore because of what I've done. Reduce fares, MetroCard, my NYCHA residents, they save $139 a month. Real money in their pockets. Because they no longer paying a high speed speed broadband fees of what I've done with medical debt. (1:24:11–1:24:18)

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Asserts that low-income New Yorkers no longer pay income tax due to his actions.

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