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Eric Adams: “Our young people and others who are low income New Yorkers…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Mayor Eric Adams Delivers Signature Address at Manhattan Institute on Quality of Life Vision

Published | Video Starts at 32:01

We're saying to them, if you're a low income young person and you started out the city, you know what your mayor did for you? He took away all of your income tax. Our young people and others who are low income New Yorkers, they pay no income tax in the city. raise the earned income tax credit. We made sure that we would pay off college tuitions for foster care children and give them Life coaches to 21 as young people to get the support that they deserve. (32:01–32:07)

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Asserts that low-income young people in New York City do not pay city income tax.

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