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Eric Adams: “We have 8.5 million people in this city.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Address Security Measures Amid Protests and International Tensions in New York City

Published | Video Starts at 22:13

Our job is to allow family members to pick up their loved ones from school. Our job is to make sure emergency vehicles can get to where they have to go to provide services for New Yorkers. We have 8.5 million people in this city. and we're not going to allow a numerical minority to impact the quality of life that they deserve. That is what we want to do. We do it well. (22:13–22:17)

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Asserts that New York City has a population of 8.5 million people.

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