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Eric Adams: “When you break windows of shops and glass, people work…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Address Security Measures Amid Protests and International Tensions in New York City

Published | Video Starts at 21:36

When you block traffic, that emergency vehicle can't respond to the heart attack. When you decide that you're going to burn police vehicles, you are showing a level of display and disorder. When you break windows of shops and glass, people work inside there to provide for their family. That's what we're going to balance. And we're not going to romanticize what disorder does to a city. You see it being played out across this country. (21:36–21:43)

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Asserts that breaking shop windows affects people who work there to support their families.

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