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Eric Adams: “We're beginning to wipe out $2 billion in medical debt for…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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New York City Initiative on Student Loan Forgiveness with Mayor Eric Adams and Commissioner Mayuga

Published | Video Starts at 10:21

This includes saving families and working New Yorkers millions of dollars through the New York City Earned Income Tax Credit, our Big Apple Connect program that connect NYCHA residents to free high speed broadband. And We're beginning to wipe out $2 billion in medical debt for working class people. The number one cause of bankruptcy is medical debt and we're wiping out $2 billion of it. And this year we're fighting Albany to do the acts, the tax for the working class. (10:21–10:27)

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Asserts that New York City is starting to eliminate $2 billion in medical debt for working-class people.

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