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Eric Adams: “We stated it was inhumane for people to live on the streets.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Published | Video Starts at 11:50

You know what that would look like? All you have to do is go look at other cities that are having that take place. We stated it was inhumane for people to live on the streets. Human waste, drug paraphernalia, schizophrenic, bipolar, living on our subways, living in our streets. We said, no, you deserve to be inside with care. (11:50–11:54)

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Asserts that New York City declared street living inhumane.

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