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Eric Adams: “Remember when I came in office, no one wanted to be on our…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Former Mayor Eric Adams Talks Housing Policy, Crime & Life After City Hall | Coffee Talk

Published | Video Starts at 51:40

You don't always make the right decisions. You know, we were in the ring. We were in the ring fight in Covid. We were in the ring fight in. In public safety. Remember when I came in office, no one wanted to be on our subways. You know, we were. I was responding to shootings of police officers. That first couple of weeks I was having cops shot continuously. 11 month old baby was shot in the head. (51:40–51:44)

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Asserts that when he took office, people did not want to use the subways.

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