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Eric Adams: “We can't have a city that's filled with encampments like I…”

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Mayor Eric Adams makes an announcement about the future of his NYC mayoral campaign

Published September 5, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:42

This polo shirt that I'm wearing that says Eric Adams, mayor of the city of New York. I'm going to wear that for another four years. We can't go backwards. We can't have a city that's filled with encampments like I inherited. We can't have a city where crime and guns are on our streets like I inherited. (01:42–01:47)

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Asserts that Eric Adams inherited a city with many encampments.

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