Eric Adams: “No low income New Yorker pays any income tax.”

“We're paying off medical debt, number one cause of bankruptcy. We are reducing the cost of the reduced fare. Metro card. Paying college tuition for foster care children in New York. No low income New Yorker pays any income tax. We were able to get it wiped out. No income tax at all. And then if you have a child, prior to my administration, you were paying $220 a month for child care.” (13:21–13:25)

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