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Eric Adams: “We had no financial literacy at all [when I was in high…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Mayor Eric Adams Makes Education- and Affordability-Related Announcement

Published | Video Starts at 19:11

No. We used to have these little Books that they would give us and we would make a deposit early. And it started up, but We had no financial literacy at all [when I was in high school]. We had checks, cash in places all throughout our community. Mom used to go to the corner store and she purchased something. (19:11–19:16)

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