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Eric Adams: “We want to turn our economy around by reaching our hand out…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Eric Adams' Victory Speech as Projected Mayor of New York City

Published | Video Starts at 20:55

The problem is we haven't gone there and asked them to do so. So it's time to build bridges that we've destroyed in the past. We need each other. That's what we need in the city. We want to turn our economy around by reaching our hand out to the business world to grow the companies we have here while attracting new emerging industries, life sciences and cybersecurity. And with a blue collar green jobs initiative that boosts our economy while making our city more resilient. Every job we create in corporate America must be a pathway and pipeline to the inner city. (20:55–21:08)

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Asserts a strategy to revitalize the economy by supporting existing businesses and attracting new industries like life sciences and cybersecurity.

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