If I were mayor, this either wouldn't have happened or I would have squelched it within a week or two. Great way to begin. Eric Adams would be running unopposed for reelection. If I was city comptroller, I never would have allowed this corruption to fester for more than a month. I would have used subpoena power. I would have employed my investigative unit. I would have upended the pay to play. (02:04–02:16)
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Asserts that if he were comptroller, he would have prevented corruption that affected Eric Adams' reelection.
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