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Eric Adams: “We brought down the cost of what it takes to run [shelters].”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Mayor Eric Adams Discusses Border Security and Immigration Policies with CBS News New York

Published | Video Starts at 11:14

And you've closed a lot of shelters. Exactly. And we're going to continue to do so. We brought down the cost of what it takes to run [shelters]. You save $2 billion. Think about this and remember the policies we put in place of the 30 and 60 day. Remember how much criticism we got. People said we were inhumane. (11:14–11:18)

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