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Eric Adams: “Watching that horse run wildly through our streets and…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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NYC mayor says 'radical left' is splintering Democrats

Published | Video Starts at 06:55

So, so what ultimately convinced you that now is the time to support a full ban? Why now? Watch, you know, those who covered me know how I feel about public safety. Watching that horse run wildly through our streets and thinking about what is it going to take for us to realize that this is no longer compatible with a densely populated city like New York? How could I live in good conscience if that carriage, if that horse would have struck a family member, child, an elder? It's just wrong right now. (06:55–07:09)

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Asserts that horse-drawn carriages are incompatible with New York City's dense population.

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