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Eric Adams: “We lost 150,000 families.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Mayor Adams Visits NYPD Gun Violence Suppression Division

Published | Video Starts at 25:58

Now we're down to the union contract called for 32 students per class. That's the union contract. We had 21.5. We're already, We lost 150,000 families. We've dropped down to 21.5 because we're dropping so low. It's going to mess with our federal dollars that are coming in. And we're in a fiscal crisis that, you know, we are doing a good job. (25:58–26:01)

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Asserts that 150,000 families have left the city.

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