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Eric Adams: “We have people sleeping in trees in New York, sleeping on…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Eric Adams: New Yorkers need to put down their phones and protect each other

Published | Video Starts at 06:27

And when you looked at what we started to do in the beginning of 2022, it was important to us to deal with the perception of crime, homelessness. We have people sleeping in trees in New York, sleeping on the side of highways and roadways, tents, cardboard boxes. And you look around the city, for the most part, it's not there. You know, we have cleaned up those areas, but we want to go even further. (06:27–06:35)

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Asserts that homelessness in New York includes people sleeping in trees and on highways.

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