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Speaker 1: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good night. Wherever

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Speaker 1: you are around the world, whatever time it is, welcome

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Speaker 1: to this very special bonus edition of The Aaron Molland Show.

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Speaker 1: We interrupt your New Year and happy New Year to everyone,

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Speaker 1: by the way, to bring you a very special interview.

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Speaker 1: I didn't think we'd pull this off, and I have

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Speaker 1: a lot of confidence in what we do here, but

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Speaker 1: was very excited to get Mayor Eric Adams, the Mayor

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Speaker 1: of New York City still for only a few more moments,

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Speaker 1: his final time in his office before he hands over

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Speaker 1: to Zoran mum Danni. This interview, we go into his highlights,

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Speaker 1: the low points, what he wishes he'd handled and done better.

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Speaker 1: He's very raw, He's very vulnerable in this. We talk

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Speaker 1: about the moments that mattered. We talk about his fears

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Speaker 1: not just for the Jewish community once mum Dani takes

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Speaker 1: the reins, but for all of New York City. We

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Speaker 1: talk about some of the people that mum Danny has

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Speaker 1: named in his transition team, including a former al Qaeda lawyer,

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Speaker 1: I mean, go figure. We talk about Biden and betrayal.

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Speaker 1: We talk about Donald Trump, why Mayor Adams changed his

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Speaker 1: tune on Donald Trump and would he work with Donald

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Speaker 1: Trump moving forward? What does he do next? We also

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Speaker 1: talked about the large scale fraud that has been exposed

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Speaker 1: in certain parts of the US. Is he worried that

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Speaker 1: that exists also in New York City? There is so

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Speaker 1: much in this I wanted to bring it to you

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Speaker 1: straight away. Please enjoy this exclusive final farewell interview with

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Speaker 1: New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Mayor Adams, thank you

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Speaker 1: so very much for spending what is your last day

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Speaker 1: in office here with the Aaron Mollin Show. It's a

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Speaker 1: real honor and a privilege to have you on. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much.

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Speaker 2: Welcome, thank you, Thank you so kind of you to

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Speaker 2: say that, and Happy New Years to you.

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Speaker 3: It's going to be a great year.

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Speaker 1: How are you feeling a lot of emotion? That imagine you.

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Speaker 2: Know, when you carry out a task and you don't

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Speaker 2: give it you all and know that you could have

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Speaker 2: done better, you lead with a level of sadness. I

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Speaker 2: do not have that feeling at all. I'm really excited

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Speaker 2: about the future. When you think about this journey that

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Speaker 2: I've had, I've been extremely blessed and we have carried

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Speaker 3: And the success piece for yourself.

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Speaker 2: More housing in the history of the city, more jobs

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Speaker 2: in the history of the city of the safest big

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Speaker 2: with I ran on job well done. You could do

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Speaker 2: The question becomes is what did you do when you

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Speaker 1: Polls don't seem to agree with you overly, but you

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Speaker 1: say history will be a much better judge of your tenure.

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Speaker 3: Why is that?

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Speaker 2: And that is so important what you just stated, because

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Speaker 2: history has shown us that their retrospective appreciation. Our story

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Speaker 2: was never told and how well this city recovered.

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Speaker 3: We had a very hostile.

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Speaker 2: how we recovered our economy. Our economy has never been

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Speaker 3: Story was never told.

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Speaker 2: The story that was told throughout my entire tenure was

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Speaker 2: Forty years of an impeccable record of giving back to

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Speaker 2: We're seeing the raiding of President Trump's home that should

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Speaker 3: But you move forward, you don't willer in despair.

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Speaker 3: Forward to the next chapter. What was a highlights, Oh,

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Speaker 2: Many, you know, when you're doing analysis of it. It

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Speaker 2: Many people thought we were not going to make it through.

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Speaker 2: We did to really watch the last migrant and assign

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Speaker 2: And then making the city safe. I ran on public safety.

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Speaker 2: I wore that bulletproof vest for twenty two years. I

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Speaker 3: So there's many highlights.

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Speaker 2: Highlights of handing somewhere at key for the first time,

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Speaker 1: What moment do you look back upon and think I

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Speaker 2: Oh many, if you don't reflect on your own life

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Speaker 3: I'm perfectly imperfect. You know.

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Speaker 2: I've made a lot of mistakes. I had a lot

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Speaker 2: I don't get disappointed and all of a sudden become jaded.

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Speaker 3: You keep moving forward.

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Speaker 2: But I think that if I want to reflect on

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Speaker 3: Never broke a law, never done anything wrong.

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Speaker 2: But you know, you are judged by the people who

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Speaker 1: You mentioned Donald Trump earlier, and you were once quite

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Speaker 2: And I want to really thank the president when you

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Speaker 3: You know, you have to say thank you. He didn't

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Speaker 2: While he was on a campaign trail, he often talked

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Speaker 2: And so I want to personally think him, and I

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Speaker 2: or how he secured our borders. I was getting four thousand,

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Speaker 2: and when he secured the border, that has dropped over

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Speaker 2: I'm a strong believer when the votes are cast, whomever

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Speaker 3: And that's the same here with this mayor's race.

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Speaker 2: I disagree with Mandonnie's policies, but we made sure our

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Speaker 3: If he failed, our city fails.

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Speaker 1: On Donald Trump had conversations with him about what you

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Speaker 2: I A'm going to always collaborate with no matter who

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Speaker 2: I want to do a number of things to really

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Speaker 2: use technology to improve the lives.

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Speaker 2: I want to use a blockchange technology, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency

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Speaker 2: And I will partner with the federal government on any

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Speaker 1: You mentioned, Mom, Dannie, I mean, yes, you want to

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Speaker 1: that is the right thing to do. Absolutely, But are

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Speaker 1: you concerned about what New York now looks like, not

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Speaker 3: But yes, because we're all in this together.

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Speaker 2: What you do to my Jewish brothers and sisters is

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Speaker 2: So yes, I do have some concern, and I think

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Speaker 3: That means quality of life issues.

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Speaker 2: You can't put homeless people back on the streets after

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Speaker 2: You can't release thousands of inmates from Rykus Island who

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Speaker 3: And so when you look at all of these important

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Speaker 2: Not maintain a steady course and move us forward while

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Speaker 3: And I am concerned about that because of.

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Speaker 2: The Democratic Socialists of America who just hate our way

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Speaker 1: Some member of his team could arguably be even worse

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Speaker 1: and the values that I know you and I share.

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Speaker 1: And we've only met once briefly. You probably don't even remember,

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Speaker 1: The fraud that we're seeing exposed by an independent journalist

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Speaker 3: That's just the nature of the business. The job of

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Speaker 2: Not understand what it's like to be an African American mayor,

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Speaker 3: Yes, early in the administration, a mother was sitting in the.

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Speaker 1: I think that's a perfect way to end it. Maia Adams,

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Speaker 1: thank you so so much. Thank you for your service

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Speaker 1: to that wonderful city, and thank you so much for

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Speaker 3: Thank you take care well.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining us again. I hope

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Speaker 1: you had a wonderful New Year's celebration. I spent mine

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Speaker 1: I hope you all had wonderful experiences. I hope twenty

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