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Eric Adams: “The problem was seeing what people severe mental health…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Eric Adams Discusses NYC Afterschool Initiative, Housing Policies, and Leadership Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 07:29

He succumbed to the far left. He gave us a terrible bail bill, he gave us a terrible cannabis bill. 15,000 people in nursing home died under his watch. The problem was seeing what people severe mental health issue issues is because he closed psychiatric beds. I mean, young people are shooting young people right now and becoming young and young victims because of his raised age. And so when you talk about ego, he spent $25 million. (07:29–07:37)

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Claims that closing psychiatric beds under Andrew Cuomo's governance contributed to issues with severe mental health cases.

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