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Eric Adams: “We were able to get $100 million for the environmental…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Interview with Mayor Eric Adams on Indictment and Immigration Challenges in New York City

Published | Video Starts at 43:58

And if it was up to me, we would have more waivers if we had to do it, because we have to think about our firefighters, our police officers, our teachers. We were able to get some waivers. We were able to get $100 million for the environmental communities that will be impacted. But this, this was a decision by the mta. The environmental communities, like places like the Bronx, because people would be parking their cars there, they'd be trying to reroute themselves. (43:58–44:04)

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Asserts that $100 million was secured for environmental communities affected by congestion pricing.

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