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Eric Adams: “We got 7,400 people on Rikers Island.”

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Published September 25, 2025 | Video Starts at 34:59

Our communities will impact be impacted by these policies that idealism collides with realism. So I'm not in favor of defunding our public safety apparatus. I'm not in favor of We got 7,400 people on Rikers Island. He says right away he wants to get 3,000 off. You know, I'm not in favor of that. (34:59–35:02)

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