WEBVTT - NYC Mayor Eric Adams Talks Crime, NYC Election

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, Podcasts, radio News.

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<v Speaker 2>We're sitting down with the mayor here in Gracie Mansion,

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<v Speaker 2>and the first thing we want to talk about with

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<v Speaker 2>the mayor is the National Guard. You know, Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 2>said just yesterday, if these mayors can't control their streets,

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<v Speaker 2>we will, and he listed New York among the cities

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<v Speaker 2>under review for National Guard deployment. Do you believe this

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<v Speaker 2>is a real threat to New York?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, the partnership between the federal government and the city

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<v Speaker 3>and state government, it's extremely important, and I think there's

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<v Speaker 3>a role we need. My role is to make sure

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<v Speaker 3>New York are safe, and the numbers are shown. We're

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<v Speaker 3>doing that, and the partnership of making sure guns don't

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<v Speaker 3>come into our city, and that's what we want to

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<v Speaker 3>continue to do with the federal government. We are ready

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<v Speaker 3>collaborate with the federal government every morning ten am with

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<v Speaker 3>the height of city, state and federal authorities to go

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<v Speaker 3>after shooters and those who bring guns into our cities.

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<v Speaker 2>When he talks about the National Guard coming here to

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<v Speaker 2>New York and in the event that happens, is there

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<v Speaker 2>anything you do to counteract that? I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>what would it look like if National Guards members you

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<v Speaker 2>saw in DC two thousand of them on the streets

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<v Speaker 2>of Washington, if they were here, you know, on ninetieth Street.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, the goal is the relationship between the federal government

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<v Speaker 3>and DC is different than the relationship between New York

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<v Speaker 3>City and the federal government. And again, our communications with

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<v Speaker 3>the federal government is we got this. We moved over

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<v Speaker 3>twenty three thousand legal guns off our streets. We see

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<v Speaker 3>it well, witnessing records levels of decreasing crimes, homicides and

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<v Speaker 3>shootings in the first six months and shooting victims in

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<v Speaker 3>the first seven months. And so we are very clear,

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<v Speaker 3>always have been, I have never moved away from the

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<v Speaker 3>public safety. That's the prerequisite to our prosperity. And we're

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<v Speaker 3>going to continue to do an amazing job. And if

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<v Speaker 3>the federal government wants to communicate with us and ask

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<v Speaker 3>us to go to other municipalities and help them see

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<v Speaker 3>what we're doing, we're willing to do that because they're safe.

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<v Speaker 3>America is a safe New York City and we want

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<v Speaker 3>to help any way we can.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I want to ask you about November election as

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<v Speaker 2>it relates to that. You know, one of your opponents,

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<v Speaker 2>Andrew Cuomo has said, if Mom Donnie gets in office,

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<v Speaker 2>then Trump takes control of New York City, then Trump

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<v Speaker 2>does put the National Guard here. Do you think that

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<v Speaker 2>could happen?

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<v Speaker 3>Andrew will say anything to anyone to get elected. He

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<v Speaker 3>created this, He passed the cannabis laws. I had to

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<v Speaker 3>close down fifteen hundred cannabis shops because of the failed

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<v Speaker 3>law he passed.

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<v Speaker 1>He did the bill reform.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the revolving door criminal justice system that we're looking at.

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<v Speaker 3>He closed psychiatric beds. So every time you see someone

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<v Speaker 3>put someone on the subway track because of severe mental

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<v Speaker 3>health illness or stab three yearnits in New Yorkers, you

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<v Speaker 3>have to ask yourself, why do we close those beds?

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<v Speaker 3>Raise the age we're seeing young people are victims of

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<v Speaker 3>crimes more and more, and their shooters as well.

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<v Speaker 1>These so all of his bills, I had to.

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<v Speaker 3>Fix, his mess and so Madonni's call to defund police,

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<v Speaker 3>his calls to legalized prostitution, his clothes to calls to

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<v Speaker 3>empty right As Island. They are two of the same people.

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<v Speaker 3>New York has come too far to go backwards with

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<v Speaker 3>either one of them.

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<v Speaker 2>When I heard the President talk yesterday about cash list bail.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I immediately thought of you because you have

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<v Speaker 2>been one of the people who has talked about bail reform.

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<v Speaker 2>Your police commissioner talked about bill reform. On Friday with

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<v Speaker 2>the friendly fire incident involving the officer, the President signing

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<v Speaker 2>an executive order directing DOJ to look at these jurisdictions

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<v Speaker 2>that have done cashless bail.

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<v Speaker 1>What's your take on that.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I've been clear and I don't believe if someone

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<v Speaker 3>steals in Apple that we should hold them in jail

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<v Speaker 3>because they can't afford to get out. But if you

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<v Speaker 3>are possessing an illegal weapon, you commit one of the

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<v Speaker 3>seven major crime categories, and I'll sit you are.

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<v Speaker 1>Repeatedly an offender.

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<v Speaker 3>We need to look at the criminal justice system that

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<v Speaker 3>allows you to continue to go back and you repeat

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<v Speaker 3>the crime. We saw what happened with the Custom Border

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<v Speaker 3>Patrol agent. These were repeated offenders. We just had a

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<v Speaker 3>shooting over the weekend of the individuals in job involved.

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<v Speaker 3>They had several gun arrests that just can't continue to happen,

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<v Speaker 3>and so using bail appropriately, I think it would help

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<v Speaker 3>us deal with the public safety issue we're facing in

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<v Speaker 3>the city.

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<v Speaker 2>The President said, you know, crimes continue to rise when

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<v Speaker 2>they have castles spail. Is that something that's happened here

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<v Speaker 2>in the city.

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<v Speaker 3>When you remove bail on those who commit serious crimes,

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<v Speaker 3>it will impact your public safety. We are witnessing that

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<v Speaker 3>over and over again.

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<v Speaker 2>The school system comes back next week. Should parents fear

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<v Speaker 2>for ICE to be in their schools? You know in

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<v Speaker 2>Washington that was a big fear as they went back

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<v Speaker 2>to school yesterday with ICE saying that they may come

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<v Speaker 2>to some schools of students. We saw a student in

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<v Speaker 2>Queens six years old deported by ICE with our mother.

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<v Speaker 3>With a family, and so we wanted to be clear

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<v Speaker 3>ICE has not been in our schools. Ice the only

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<v Speaker 3>way they could come into the schools with clear judicial

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<v Speaker 3>warrants or if they are looking at a condition with

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<v Speaker 3>someone that's fleeing running into the school a dangerous person.

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<v Speaker 3>But that's the role of our police officers to do so,

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<v Speaker 3>and we have been extremely consistent around this.

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<v Speaker 1>Children should go to school.

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<v Speaker 3>They're not going to be fearful of having ICE come

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<v Speaker 3>into their schools. Their directives indicate that as well. People

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<v Speaker 3>should go to the hospital if they need medical care.

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<v Speaker 3>They should call the police if they need police assistant,

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<v Speaker 3>and I know personally what happens when you fail to

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<v Speaker 3>do that. My rookie years as a police officer had

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<v Speaker 3>a Chinese immigrant that was afraid to call the police

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<v Speaker 3>when he was being robbed. I took actions while I

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<v Speaker 3>was off duty, but he was extremely fearful. People can't

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<v Speaker 3>live in the shadows. That creates disorder, and we don't

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<v Speaker 3>want that.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go back to your career in a transit police

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<v Speaker 2>that's where you met Ingrid Lewis Martin's husband, obviously someone

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<v Speaker 2>you've known a long time. I just you know, we

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<v Speaker 2>heard from you on Friday. But what did when you

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<v Speaker 2>hear some of the allegations in the indictment and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>indictments just show a piece of what is being alleged.

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<v Speaker 2>And what did you make of of the some of

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<v Speaker 2>the allegations you heard?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, first of all, let's think about this for a moment. Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>Like I said, Ingrid's like a sister to me, and uh,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm pretty sure you have close relationships in your life

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<v Speaker 3>and the worst thing you want to do is not

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<v Speaker 3>allow people their due process. And when you're dealing with

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<v Speaker 3>criminal cases, every road you say could harm that person

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<v Speaker 3>who's dealing with that case, and I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 3>do anything to harm someone that like a sister to me.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm very clear she's in my prayers. She has an attorney,

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<v Speaker 3>and anything that's dealing with that case should be brought

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<v Speaker 3>to her attorney. I would not do anything that's going

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<v Speaker 3>to be harmful to someone that's alect a sister to.

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<v Speaker 2>How would you say your week was last week because

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<v Speaker 2>you had the situation with Ingrid Jesse Jesse Hamilton as well,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you also had the situation with Winnie Greco.

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<v Speaker 2>Just what your thoughts on what happened with Winny Greco?

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<v Speaker 2>And then also you know it was you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>saw it by Friday, it.

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<v Speaker 1>Was it was a week. Yeah, No, not to me.

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<v Speaker 3>I had tunire thirty seven thousand MicroC and assignment seekers.

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<v Speaker 3>I inherited COVID, I inherited the city that was imaging jobs.

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<v Speaker 1>I had thousands of illegal guns.

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<v Speaker 3>On our streets, ghost cars on our streets, cannabis shops

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<v Speaker 3>are open, people rode off New york Is. Not only

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<v Speaker 3>was I dealing with those who were committing crimes, had

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<v Speaker 3>to deal with rats everywhere. But look everywhere that we

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<v Speaker 3>dealt with, we got up every day and we did

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<v Speaker 3>the job.

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<v Speaker 2>But the more jobs, the red envelope in and a

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<v Speaker 2>potato chip bag, I mean, when you heard about so,

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<v Speaker 2>what do you think of it?

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<v Speaker 1>First? I want to go back.

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<v Speaker 3>More jobs in our city history, twelve months of tourism,

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<v Speaker 3>twelve months of Broadway the best in the city's history,

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<v Speaker 3>unemployment drop crime, drop illegal vehicles off our street, all

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<v Speaker 3>of those things. I'm not gonna be judged by a

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<v Speaker 3>red envelope in a paper bag. I'm gonna be judged

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<v Speaker 3>by how how I improve the lives of New Yorkers.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a stupid thing to do. I don't understand

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<v Speaker 3>the conversations she had with the reporter. I don't have

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<v Speaker 3>the history of it. It's not something that we would

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<v Speaker 3>do in our campaign. I made that clear. I don't

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<v Speaker 3>know what that was about. And now she's no longer volunteering,

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<v Speaker 3>or she was never employee of the campaign, and she

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<v Speaker 3>was long time, no longer in a city hall, So

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<v Speaker 3>only the reporter and Winnie can explain to us exactly

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<v Speaker 3>what that was about. I don't know what it was about,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's not acceptable behavior on my part.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's talk campaign, because we've talked about the campaign plenty

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<v Speaker 2>of times, private meetings, public meetings, you know, where have you?

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<v Speaker 2>You're polling in the single digits behind Mamdani. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I've heard you talk about, you know, the state of

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<v Speaker 2>the race when you were running last time, but that

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<v Speaker 2>was sort of during the primary. Now we're in the

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<v Speaker 2>general election. Just tell me sort of what your strategies

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<v Speaker 2>to win in November and how you think you could

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<v Speaker 2>pull through.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, a couple of things, As I said over and

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<v Speaker 3>over again, when you look at this distance from the

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<v Speaker 3>primary to the election, this same time period, Madonnie was

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<v Speaker 3>at one percent. No one called for him to step

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<v Speaker 3>out of the race, and if we did, we would

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<v Speaker 3>have been premature because he won the primary. And we

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<v Speaker 3>need to be clear that that seemed to be a

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<v Speaker 3>fact that everyone is missing. We also missing the fact

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<v Speaker 3>that I was in third place in twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 3>behind Andrew Yang who was beating me by double digits.

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<v Speaker 3>Some Poles have me in double digits, some poles have

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<v Speaker 3>me single digits. Poles had Andrew up, Andrew Cuomo up

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<v Speaker 3>by ten percent before the election, he lost by twelve percent.

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<v Speaker 3>He was up thirty six percent. So when you start

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<v Speaker 3>to talk about the polls. The only poll that matter

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<v Speaker 3>is on election day, who's going to have the most votes.

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<v Speaker 1>I must do what I'm good at doing.

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<v Speaker 3>Campaigning, get my information out to the public so they

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<v Speaker 3>can see the success of where we were and where

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<v Speaker 3>we are. This city has turned around. I mean, if

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<v Speaker 3>we want to be honest about it or not. And

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<v Speaker 3>I have to explain that to the voters.

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<v Speaker 2>So the messages. Eric Adams is staying in no matter what, Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>you're not signing any pledge.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, I'm saying in no matter what. Who created the pledge? Andrew?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, one candidate that was at one percent in

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<v Speaker 3>the poll all of a sudden said whoever's up by

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<v Speaker 3>a certain number in September should win.

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<v Speaker 1>That's all Andrew's creation.

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<v Speaker 3>Trust me when I tell you he creates these scenarios

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<v Speaker 3>so that people can believe he's doing the right thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Was he lost the race thirty five million dollars up

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<v Speaker 3>by double digits, didn't get out in campaign, and he

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<v Speaker 3>lost the race.

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<v Speaker 1>People heard his message already.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get to some bloomberg topics here. You know, one

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<v Speaker 2>of your biggest accomplishments that you've stated has been city

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<v Speaker 2>of Yes, just tell me you know what it took

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<v Speaker 2>to get that through. Housing a big issue for you know,

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<v Speaker 2>voters and for people who own homes here, who want

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<v Speaker 2>to own homes here, you have a lack of places

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<v Speaker 2>to put homes. For City of Yes change that just

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<v Speaker 2>you know, explain how that's worked out.

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<v Speaker 1>In so many ways.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, many people talk about affordability but never used

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<v Speaker 3>their offices to actually produce affordability. Like I said, five

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<v Speaker 3>people running for office, Three people don't have a record.

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<v Speaker 1>One person is running from his record. I have a record.

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<v Speaker 3>A City of Yes is going to produce housing throughout

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<v Speaker 3>the city because housing New York is is not just

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<v Speaker 3>a Manhattan or Brooklyn or areas that were juentrified gentrified.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the entire city.

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<v Speaker 3>Never before have we witnessed this most comprehensive of housing

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<v Speaker 3>and rezoning policy in the history of our city. We

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<v Speaker 3>have built, renovated, and planned rezoning for four hundred and

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<v Speaker 3>twenty six thousand units of housing in the next decade.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, this is unbelievable when you think about it.

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<v Speaker 3>We did it in three and a half years. That

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<v Speaker 3>number is larger than twelve years of Bloomberg, eight years

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<v Speaker 3>of the Blasio combined in three and a half years.

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<v Speaker 3>We are the most housing forward administration in the history

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<v Speaker 3>of this city. And we got projects off the ground

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<v Speaker 3>that many have tried, like Willia's point, twenty four hundred

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<v Speaker 3>units of affordable housing Flushing Airport of hundreds of using

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<v Speaker 3>of units of affordable housing, Union built. And so City

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<v Speaker 3>of Yes is part of the overall package that we're

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<v Speaker 3>doing five rezonings in each Budy borough, fifty fifty thousand

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<v Speaker 3>units of housing that's coming out of that. So we

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<v Speaker 3>know New Yorkers must be housed, but you got to

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<v Speaker 3>match housing with using the resources of city to make

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<v Speaker 3>the city affordable, decreasing the course of childcare, universal childcare,

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<v Speaker 3>no income tax for low income New Yorkers, none at

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<v Speaker 3>all of what we have done.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that sounds that sounds like, you know, like no

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<v Speaker 2>income tax for low income New Yorkers, sounds a lot

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<v Speaker 2>like a Mom Donnie proposal. And you know that that

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<v Speaker 2>requires going to Albany to get that done. People may say,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you've been in office for you know, nearly

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<v Speaker 2>four years. You know, how can you haven't been able

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<v Speaker 2>to get that done? You know, just make the case

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<v Speaker 2>for how you could get that done, you know, with

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<v Speaker 2>four more years.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, no, where he got it done. There is no

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<v Speaker 3>income tax for low income New Yorkers. And then what

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<v Speaker 3>you do is each year you go to Albany. They

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<v Speaker 3>call it a ten cup day for you go up

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<v Speaker 3>there to bag for your proposal. But look at each year,

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<v Speaker 3>each year we got exactly the things we ask for.

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<v Speaker 3>Mail control, we got the new income tax, we got

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<v Speaker 3>housing reform of renovating our office spaces into permanent housing

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<v Speaker 3>and low income housing. We got the public safety initiative,

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<v Speaker 3>we got the involuntary removal. So you're seeing each year

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<v Speaker 3>we brought back what we needed from the city.

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<v Speaker 1>And so in three years and eight months we've.

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<v Speaker 3>Done a great job of ponding with our Albany lawmakers.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's Mayor Eric Adams talking directly to Bloomberg terminal

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<v Speaker 2>customers and listeners all around the world.