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Eric Adams: “We had some victories out of Albany, but we still got a…”

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Eric Adams Announces 'Flames of Honor' Memorial for Post-9/11 Veterans in Queens

Published | Video Starts at 37:37

We need to be vociferous about it. And so, yes, we're going to fight to make sure D.C. don't shortchange us, but Albany just shortchanged us. We had some victories out of Albany, but we still got a migrant, 39,000 people still in our care. We didn't get that billion dollars. And Albany's child care program that they put in place and told us to sign up people, you know, we need to be clear that we didn't get it. (37:37–37:43)

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Asserts that New York City has 39,000 migrants still in its care.

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