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Eric Adams: “You can't have 575 people, people who are arrested for…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Repeatedly. Yeah, repeatedly. They made up their mind. We have 575 people. Put them in jail. You know what I'm saying? No, I'm committed to this. Can't stop them. You can't have 575 people, people who are arrested for shoplifting. And they have been arrested over 7,500 times. 36 people who have assaulted people in the subway system have been arrested over 1600 times with this revolving door system and trying to convince our lawmakers in Albany that, yo, this is a problem, you know, and they're real problems. (26:56–27:06)

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