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Zohran Mamdani: “Eric Adams has spent money is not one that can be justified…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Published | Video Starts at 08:38

I'm confident that I would. And I'm also confident that there are far more savings to be had within $113 billion municipal budget. Because what we've seen is that the way that Eric Adams has spent money is not one that can be justified dollar for dollar, across the 160 different city agencies. You mentioned the subways and MTA. Right. And buses and so on and so forth. You know, there's this whole idea of involuntary removal now, especially on the subway, to make people safer. (08:38–08:46)

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Asserts that Eric Adams' spending cannot be justified across 160 city agencies.

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