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Eric Adams: “We spent almost $9 billion. That was $9 billion we did not…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Published | Video Starts at 05:39

Very interesting, right? Exactly. You know, so the mission of what I was calling for, secure our borders and you don't have Cities being overburdened, of course, you know, We spent almost $9 billion. That was $9 billion we did not go after chronically absent children. $9 billion we didn't build into housing. $9 billion we didn't put into homelessness. Those billions of dollars, the long term repercussions of Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, we're going to have long term impact from what the previous administration did. (05:39–05:51)

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Asserts that $9 billion was spent, which was not used for addressing absenteeism, housing, or homelessness.

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