What made you run for mayor? Like, what made you decide to run for mayor? I think one of the things was that I was very frustrated with the fact that Eric Adams was making it more expensive to live in New York City in clear ways that he had direct control over. And then pretending like he was just a bystander. He was. He would write a letter in support of Con Ed when they wanted to increase gas and electric by more than 60 bucks a month. (20:33–20:55)
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