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Eric Adams: “There are rules on the Heights [of ships]...we do have rules…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens

Published | Video Starts at 48:15

People don't realize that someone can jump into the river down by the Statue of Liberty and find them their way all the way up to the Bronx somewhere. And so I'm not sure what happened here, but we do have There are rules on the Heights [of ships]...we do have rules and regulations on the Heights of ships that they're able to travel under our bridges. and the number of vessels that travel under our bridges. This is a real rarity that you'll see something like this that that will take place and we're excited about the game. (48:15–48:55)

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Asserts that there are rules and regulations regarding the height of ships traveling under bridges.

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