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Eric Adams: “We would not be spending $38 billion a year in education…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Full interview: Mayor Eric Adams on his first 100 days in office

Published | Video Starts at 24:36

We've lost our common sense in the city. We think throw money at the problem. That is not the answer to the problem. If the answer was only money, then We would not be spending $38 billion a year in education. Yet still 65% of black and brown children not reaching proficiency. We have to have a common sense government treat taxpayers dollars like they're our dollars. And we have not done that. So what other ideas like this are you going to pull out of your head? (24:36–24:45)

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Asserts that $38 billion is spent annually on education, yet 65% of black and brown children do not reach proficiency.

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