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Eric Adams: “We were able to fix [the salary issue].”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Eric Adams Discusses New York City's Future Amidst Mayoral Race Against Zoran Mamdani

Published | Video Starts at 53:19

And so I knew I had to get in and sat down with the president of the union, Pat lynch at the time and say I have to stop the hemorrhaging of my offices because they're not getting salaries that are comparable. And We were able to fix [the salary issue]. that. And also there was a morale issue. You know, I mean, we were coming through a time when there was a lot of marching in the street, a lot of anti police energy that was going on. (53:19–53:21)

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Asserts that the salary issue causing police officers to leave was resolved.

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