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Eric Adams: “We can't raise income tax on 1% of New Yorkers.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Published | Video Starts at 14:06

So we are actually dealing with the affordability issue and not broken promises. We have nothing to do. We don't have anything to do. We can't raise income tax on 1% of New Yorkers. High income tax, high income New Yorkers. And we won't promise that because we don't do that. Assemblymen do that. They have that responsibility. He's an assemblyman. He's not getting it done. (14:06–14:11)

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Asserts that the city administration cannot raise income tax on the top 1% of New Yorkers.

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