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Eric Adams: “We have a body of people who are investing in the city that…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Former Mayor Eric Adams Talks Housing Policy, Crime & Life After City Hall | Coffee Talk

Published | Video Starts at 46:32

When I got in and sat down with our financial experts, who was really great, and they sat down, they said, eric, here are the numbers. We have a body of people who are investing in the city that we don't have to pay services for. their children are not in our schools. We benefit from the discretionary spending. We benefit from this. You know, we don't lose from this. (46:32–46:40)

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Asserts that there are investors in the city who do not require city services.

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