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Eric Adams: “We're giving them now we're paying their college tuition…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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

Published | Video Starts at 19:54

And we know what happens to them. They fall through the cracks. Victim of a crime, participate in crime, homelessness, mental health. We said, let's stop that. We're giving them now we're paying their college tuition, giving them a stipend to live daily, and we're giving them life coaches until they're 21 years old. You're seeing a remarkable increase in the number that are graduating in college and participate in the services we're doing. So our mindset is we can't be a downstream administration. (19:54–20:04)

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Asserts that New York City provides college tuition, a stipend, and life coaches to foster care children until age 21.

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