WEBVTT - New York City Mayor Eric Adams Talks Mayoral Election, Blasts Cuomo for Dividing Anti-Mamdani Vote

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news joining us. Now he

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<v Speaker 1>is the mayor of New York City. We have a

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<v Speaker 1>two hour conversation to squeeze into a polite twenty minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>and there are many many tapists to talk of. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to talk of the immediate news. My father came

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<v Speaker 1>home to College Point Long Island. In the distance was LaGuardia.

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<v Speaker 1>What a celebration for New York the rebuilding of LaGuardia.

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<v Speaker 1>Halfway there is Bayside High School where you used to

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<v Speaker 1>darken the door, and let's not mince words, it was

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<v Speaker 1>a challenge Mayor Adams a few years ago. I want

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<v Speaker 1>you to speak right now to the teachers of Bayside

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<v Speaker 1>High School who went with the other guy yesterday in

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<v Speaker 1>their union endorsement.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, when you look at what we were able to

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<v Speaker 2>accomplish here in the city, we've outpaced of the state

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<v Speaker 2>and reading and math got so much more to do.

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<v Speaker 2>But also we're developing the illness of our children, teaching

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<v Speaker 2>them meditation, breathing exercises, healthier food to eat. So our

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<v Speaker 2>children are not only academically smart, but we want them

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<v Speaker 2>to be emotionally intelligent and at the same time of

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<v Speaker 2>what we have done in our educational system for one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and thirty thousand children in pre K three K

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<v Speaker 2>of the universal after school program, and paid our teachers

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<v Speaker 2>a dawn good union contract to make sure that they're

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<v Speaker 2>having a wage that they deserve.

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<v Speaker 1>My youngest child, afterthought, went to a school with eleven

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<v Speaker 1>languages in first grade. You have Acman and Lobe Wall

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<v Speaker 1>Street support. They talk charter schools. Can you reaffirm here

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<v Speaker 1>a better education system away from union dynamics and the

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<v Speaker 1>silliness of it all.

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<v Speaker 2>It's so important when you think about when a parent

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<v Speaker 2>drops their child off to school, they're not asking if

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<v Speaker 2>it's a charter school, if it's a baroqua, if it's

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<v Speaker 2>a body school. They want a quality education in the

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<v Speaker 2>safe environment.

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<v Speaker 3>And that is what we've produced.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, union heads don't always speak on behalf

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<v Speaker 2>of the rank and file teachers population of I know

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<v Speaker 2>those teachers appreciate what I have done as the mayor

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<v Speaker 2>and what this administration has done, and many of those

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<v Speaker 2>teachers will be.

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<v Speaker 3>Voting for me, mister mayor.

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<v Speaker 4>What statement were the Democratic voters making when they selected

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<v Speaker 4>mister Mandane in the primary? Maybe here in New York

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<v Speaker 4>city certainly, but maybe even n Ashley.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's let's examine this, and I think that's something that

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<v Speaker 2>has been not really understood. Nine percent of voters voted,

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<v Speaker 2>nine percent, ninety one percent they have yet to speak.

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<v Speaker 2>Two point five million Democrats, a million independents, of several

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<v Speaker 2>hundred thousand Republicans. This is the moment when we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to see what New Yorkers want. Do you want someone

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<v Speaker 2>who just funck defunded, just banned police departments. Do you

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<v Speaker 2>want someone that's telling high end commerders to leave our

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<v Speaker 2>city without understandity economics that they bring. Do you want

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<v Speaker 2>to stop our progress and one of the healthiest economies

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<v Speaker 2>we've ever had In public safety? He wants to empty

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<v Speaker 2>reikis Island, seventy four hundred of the most dangerous people

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<v Speaker 2>in our city. He wants to empty Rykers Island and

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<v Speaker 2>have they'll come back to the communities that they offended.

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<v Speaker 2>And so New Yorkers are going to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>hear clear messages of what the future looks like and

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<v Speaker 2>what that future looks like under him.

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<v Speaker 4>Current polling Slingshot strategies have mister Mondani at first at

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<v Speaker 4>thirty five percent of the vote. Governor Cuomo second at

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<v Speaker 4>twenty five percent, mister slioof fourteen percent and you at

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<v Speaker 4>eleven percent.

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<v Speaker 3>What does that poll tell.

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<v Speaker 4>You and what do you need to do to change those.

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<v Speaker 3>It tells me. Don't listen to polls.

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty twenty one, they had me thirteen percent behind Andrew Yang,

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen percent behind Andrew Yang, and we're not calling him,

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<v Speaker 2>but you will.

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<v Speaker 1>Not find Governor Cuomo. What do you need to have

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<v Speaker 1>you spoken to Governor Cuomo yet in.

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<v Speaker 3>This communicated with him several times.

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<v Speaker 2>Andrew has a history of doing things when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>down to African American candidates. He did it to Carl

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<v Speaker 2>McCall when he ran for governor. He did it to

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<v Speaker 2>David bat Patterson when he who spoke recently exactly he

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<v Speaker 2>did it. He did it to Charlie King when Charlie

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<v Speaker 2>King ran for a g He did it to Keith Wright.

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<v Speaker 3>He has a history, and I think the different reporting

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<v Speaker 3>or no.

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<v Speaker 2>Sabotage in that racing trying to compel them to get

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<v Speaker 2>out of the race. He underestimated Eric Adams, a former

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<v Speaker 2>cop that knows what a bully looks like. And I

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<v Speaker 2>am going to complete this race. My campaign has just started.

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<v Speaker 2>I have not been campaigning and not have an opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to speak to voters.

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<v Speaker 1>You're going to complete this. Let's be clear for us,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly for our national audience. Eric Adams with us here

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<v Speaker 1>at this interesting time for the city and a cost

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<v Speaker 1>for the nation is well. Thank you for joining Bloomberg

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<v Speaker 1>surveillance on television in radio, Mayor Adams. But the critical

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<v Speaker 1>distinction here is timeline to the election. When does the

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<v Speaker 1>Adams Croomo tension need to get fixed to come to

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<v Speaker 1>an efficacious outcome for the people against mister mucdonie.

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<v Speaker 3>Think about this for a moment.

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<v Speaker 2>Andrew knew that Madonnie was going to be on the

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<v Speaker 2>ballot on a Berkans family party line.

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<v Speaker 3>He knew that.

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<v Speaker 2>He knew I was going to be as a Democrat

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<v Speaker 2>on my own line. He knew that, so why would

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<v Speaker 2>he also do an independent line. He created this scenario

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<v Speaker 2>because he thought by doing so, he can force me.

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<v Speaker 1>Andrew Cromo created mister Mumcdoni's campaign.

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<v Speaker 2>He created this scenario that created an opportunity to divide

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<v Speaker 2>the vote instead of being unified around Madonnie. This was

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<v Speaker 2>his creation and it's typical of how he created these scenarios.

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<v Speaker 3>We're not going to succumb to that. He had his chance.

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty five million dollars he spent, he got his message out,

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't campaign, he didn't go out and interact with voters.

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<v Speaker 3>He created it.

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<v Speaker 2>Now it's time for me to have an opportunity and

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<v Speaker 2>we will win and beat him.

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<v Speaker 4>Has Governor Cuomo asked you not to run, or if

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<v Speaker 4>you asked Governor Cuomo not to run?

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<v Speaker 2>Both when he spoke, we both interacted and I said

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<v Speaker 2>you should step aside.

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<v Speaker 3>For the good of this city.

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<v Speaker 2>We both agreed the city were move in the wrong

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<v Speaker 2>direction under the primary winner, and I think he should

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<v Speaker 2>do the right thing.

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<v Speaker 4>If he doesn't do the right thing. From your perspective,

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<v Speaker 4>would you run as a Republican?

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<v Speaker 2>No, it's Curtis Lee or is a Republican primary winner.

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<v Speaker 2>He's the winner of that party. It's too late to

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<v Speaker 2>switch that right now. I'm going to give votes from

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<v Speaker 2>all New Yorkers because when New Yorkers won safe Street,

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<v Speaker 2>they're not asking if they're a Democrat or Republican.

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<v Speaker 3>They want their street safe.

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<v Speaker 1>The constant theme mayor of our interviews and surveillance has

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<v Speaker 1>been committed to talking about this debate with his national ramifications,

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<v Speaker 1>and you mentioned it earlier. The New York Police Department

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<v Speaker 1>is a general rule. I'm speaking as an amateur. We're

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<v Speaker 1>three thousand down on the body count of the New

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<v Speaker 1>York Police Department. What are you going to do day

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<v Speaker 1>one on a second term mayor to get the NYPD

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<v Speaker 1>back to a forward motion.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, that urgency can't happen on the reelection is happening. Now.

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<v Speaker 3>We're in the place to.

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<v Speaker 2>Bring on four thousand more offices by way they're starting now.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a class that's in now. By the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the year, we're going to be substantially higher. And

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<v Speaker 2>part of the problem is a lot of the large classes.

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<v Speaker 2>We saw a lttrition, We saw a lot of officers retiring.

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<v Speaker 2>That is why I was imperative as the mayor that

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<v Speaker 2>I settled a good contract with our union members.

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<v Speaker 1>Eric Adams with us here the Mayor of New York City.

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<v Speaker 1>We welcome all your nationwide. How you listen on your

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<v Speaker 1>commute Good Morning ninety FM and Washington ninety two nine

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<v Speaker 1>FM in Boston, of course, Bloomberg eleven three to zero.

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<v Speaker 1>Here in New York on YouTube, our new digital platform.

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<v Speaker 1>Mayor Adams watches every day. I subscribe to Bloomberg podcast.

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<v Speaker 4>Paul, mister Mary, let's talk about immigration right off the

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<v Speaker 4>tip of Manhattan. We've got the Statue of Liberty that

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<v Speaker 4>means a lot to a lot of New Yorkers. How

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<v Speaker 4>do you think about immigration in this city and maybe

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<v Speaker 4>how does that different from what President Trump thinks about Well.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're right, that statue represents a lot, and particularly

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<v Speaker 2>when you look at the fact that my nineteen year

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<v Speaker 2>uncle died to protect the right of being an American

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<v Speaker 2>and Vietnam War. But think about this for moment coming here.

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<v Speaker 2>You should not be inflicting violence on undocumented New Yorkers

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<v Speaker 2>or documented New Yorkers. We manage a humanitarian crisis with

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<v Speaker 2>two hundred and thirty seven thousand microcin or silence seekert

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<v Speaker 2>now once slept on our streets. Every one of those

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<v Speaker 2>children were educated in our school system. And I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to coordinate with federal authorities to go after the dangerous

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<v Speaker 2>at the Veniceth Whalley gang members we took down that

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<v Speaker 2>was selling drugs, forcing women into prostitution who were undocumented.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lord does not allow us to collaborate for civil enforcement.

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<v Speaker 2>We won't do that, but we will collaborate to go

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<v Speaker 2>after dangerous people.

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<v Speaker 1>I should mention again Good Morning on Bloomberg Television with

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<v Speaker 1>Katie Greifeld and Snoli Bassic as well Mary Adams. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>the headline. I talked to Laura Namais and this is

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<v Speaker 1>just so important within her expertise of this city. The

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<v Speaker 1>La Times heavily armed immigration agents descend on LA's MacArthur Park.

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<v Speaker 1>If I'm having a beverage at the Sunset Tower Hotel,

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<v Speaker 1>I look across the opulence of LA to a really

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<v Speaker 1>tough part of town. And the other day we saw

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<v Speaker 1>military enforcement wrapped around these deportations and ice marching across

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<v Speaker 1>MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. The critics to you will

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<v Speaker 1>say you're in trump back pocket. How are you going

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<v Speaker 1>to push against the president and his administration if we

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<v Speaker 1>have those tensions in New York.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, one of the best saying is if you

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<v Speaker 2>tell a lie long enough, you think it's true.

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<v Speaker 3>But we need to deal with the facts here.

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<v Speaker 2>We took this administration to court on things we thought

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<v Speaker 2>were wrong, more than any mayor in the country, more

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<v Speaker 2>than any mayor in the country.

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<v Speaker 3>But when I.

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<v Speaker 2>Needed the president to lift the stopbroke order on a

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<v Speaker 2>multi billion dollar wind farm project in Sunset Park. Fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>hundred union jobs, five hundred thousand homes would have benefited

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<v Speaker 2>from it. I flew to Washington, had a healthy conversation

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<v Speaker 2>with him. He lifted the stopbroke order. Same relationship I

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<v Speaker 2>had with President Biden. Ten trips to Washington, two meets

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<v Speaker 2>with the President to deal with law enforcement officer. I

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<v Speaker 2>nicknamed myself the Biden of Brooklyn. I work with presidents.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't war with presidents. I have to deliver for

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<v Speaker 2>the city of New York, and it will be irresponsible

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<v Speaker 2>for any mayor not to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>The granularity of the election in this it's like Lindsey

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<v Speaker 1>in the nineteen eighties or something.

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<v Speaker 3>I got it.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't keep tracking. Is Adam's an independent, a Democrat

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<v Speaker 1>or Republican?

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<v Speaker 3>What is wait, we don't know this one.

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<v Speaker 1>He's an independent of Mayory Adams. My team is listening

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<v Speaker 1>to this interview, and there has to be a clarification

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<v Speaker 1>of your relationship with the President of the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>When will we see that?

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<v Speaker 3>I think you're seeing it now.

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<v Speaker 2>You're seeing a mayor that's defending and fighting for his

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<v Speaker 2>city in a responsible way.

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<v Speaker 3>New York City is the largest city.

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<v Speaker 2>In America, and if you're going to be the mayor

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<v Speaker 2>of that city and you are unwilling to communicate with

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<v Speaker 2>the President of the United States, if it's Biden or

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump, if it's a Democrat or Republican, that's irresponsible.

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<v Speaker 2>Governor Hku went to Washington several times. Mayors across the

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<v Speaker 2>country are going to Washington. And so for anyone that

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<v Speaker 2>states that the mayor of the largest city in the

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<v Speaker 2>country should not be communicating with the White House, that's irresponsible.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not delivering for your city. I must deliver for

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<v Speaker 2>New York. That is my primary goal and that's who

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<v Speaker 2>I respond.

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<v Speaker 3>To, mister Merrick.

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<v Speaker 4>In terms of delivering for New York City, cost of

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<v Speaker 4>living has always been a key issue.

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<v Speaker 3>What is the plan?

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<v Speaker 4>Is there a solution here? Because every day people keep

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<v Speaker 4>coming into this island of Manhattan, how do we house

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<v Speaker 4>them all?

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty one when I ran for office, the top issue

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<v Speaker 2>was public safety and housing. Follow that the reason you're

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<v Speaker 2>seeing other conversations come on the floor and this election

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<v Speaker 2>is because we solved the public safety problem.

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<v Speaker 3>You see was Commissioner Tish. We have the lowest numbers of.

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<v Speaker 1>I will state, let me interrupt, I will state where

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<v Speaker 1>I live. Folks, I can state it's not as bad

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<v Speaker 1>as it was eighteen months ago. I still don't like it.

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<v Speaker 1>Mayor Adam, I'm gonna cut you some slack here. It's

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<v Speaker 1>better than it was.

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<v Speaker 2>Four point six million people take our subway system every day.

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<v Speaker 2>We have an average of five feloniesy to day we

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<v Speaker 2>had a four point six million. These police officers are

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<v Speaker 2>doing an amazing job of keeping us safe. But the

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<v Speaker 2>issue of affordability, I know it so well. I grew

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<v Speaker 2>up in poverty. The primary winner grew up in luxury.

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<v Speaker 2>Yet that same luxury he grew up in. He stating

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<v Speaker 2>that we should not have a financial ecosystem. I want

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<v Speaker 2>the person that drives a limousine to have prosperity in

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<v Speaker 2>the city, and the person assists in the back of

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<v Speaker 2>the limousine.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the city I want to live in.

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<v Speaker 1>The Zeitgeistchier and again learns briefing me on this is

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<v Speaker 1>you came into office and there was a scandal. That

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<v Speaker 1>scandal that I don't even know. It's old news for me.

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<v Speaker 1>It's water well under the bridge. But there's a zeitgeist

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<v Speaker 1>now that you need to get a new team as

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<v Speaker 1>the next mayor, maybe involving some of those people in limousines.

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<v Speaker 1>You team up acmin Lobe and the others within the

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<v Speaker 1>financial business. If the other guys elected Mandami, every w

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<v Speaker 1>jinare they moving to Coral Gables or to Miami?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh? Both?

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<v Speaker 1>This is Sirian manor this is serious tough. You've got

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<v Speaker 1>a mandate for five How many millions of people are

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<v Speaker 1>under your watch?

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<v Speaker 2>Eight point five million New York is three hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>twenty thousand employees.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to talk to the one hundred thousand

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<v Speaker 1>fancy people in those limousines right now. How are you

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<v Speaker 1>going to get them not to move to Florida.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, first of all, we're going to win this race,

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<v Speaker 2>and in my reelection, we're going to continue what we

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<v Speaker 2>have done in New York. As we talk about this

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<v Speaker 2>business channel here, we have more jobs in the city

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<v Speaker 2>in the city's history, more small businesses in the city's history.

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<v Speaker 2>Bond Raid has raised our bond as they saw us

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<v Speaker 2>navigate out of COVID migrans.

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<v Speaker 3>And asylum seekers crimes.

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<v Speaker 2>When you take twenty two thousand illegal guns off this trees,

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred thousand illegal vehicles that will used in current

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<v Speaker 2>criminal behavior.

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<v Speaker 3>You have stabilized the city.

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<v Speaker 2>The economic stimulus package of the city is public safety.

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<v Speaker 3>Mister Marrier, given where the polls have you now, whether you.

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<v Speaker 4>Believe the polls or not, what is your path to victory?

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<v Speaker 3>Do you believe voters? New voters?

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<v Speaker 2>Ninety one percent of the voters did not participate in

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<v Speaker 2>this election. We have a substantial number. We're going to

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<v Speaker 2>register a million new voters over the next few months.

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<v Speaker 2>And everyone is talking about the excitement that is felt

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<v Speaker 2>over the primary winner. What they're missing is the excitement

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<v Speaker 2>that I am seeing every day of those who say

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<v Speaker 2>this can't happen.

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<v Speaker 4>How do you run against mister monamik?

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<v Speaker 3>You sorry?

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<v Speaker 4>How would you run against them? How will you run

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<v Speaker 4>against them?

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<v Speaker 2>You have to do it in layers. You have to

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<v Speaker 2>look at the various communities. And when I say communities,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not talking about a geographical location.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm talking about issues. I met with.

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<v Speaker 2>Two one hundred and fifty bodega and supermarket owners yesterday.

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<v Speaker 2>A government run supermarket would devastate their business. I met

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<v Speaker 2>with two hundred and fifty of the seven hundred thousand

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<v Speaker 2>small property owners can you imagine telling a small property

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<v Speaker 2>owner that you can never raise the rent so that

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<v Speaker 2>your rent rolls no longer equal the repairs of the building.

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<v Speaker 2>Those small property owners are going to lose their property.

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<v Speaker 2>All of these different communities are now waking up and

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<v Speaker 2>realizing what his policies would do to them individually.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna make this the final question and come full

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<v Speaker 1>circle to where we are before, and we'll again it. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you so much on Bloomberg Television worldwide for being

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<v Speaker 1>with us. The distinction of this campaign is the kid

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<v Speaker 1>you were and it was a train wreck. When did

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<v Speaker 1>your life turn around?

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<v Speaker 3>Well?

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<v Speaker 1>How old were you when your childhood became you as

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<v Speaker 1>a police officer?

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<v Speaker 3>What was the age?

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<v Speaker 2>Where about twenty about nineteen years old?

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<v Speaker 1>That nineteen year old bratt whoever they are today? Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>they are voting for the tradition of Mario Cuomo. How

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<v Speaker 1>do you get them to shift from Mario Cuomo's son

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<v Speaker 1>over to Eric Adams? How do you get that conservative

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<v Speaker 1>black public safety electorate to turn and.

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<v Speaker 3>Vote for you?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, they voted for me in twenty twenty one. And

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<v Speaker 2>remember this as we reflect on this election of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>my first job at twelve years old as a paperboy,

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<v Speaker 2>then becoming a dishwasher, then working in the fireroom of

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<v Speaker 2>Blue Cross Blue Shield. Working in the fireroom, Pete Magri Mitchell,

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<v Speaker 2>that long legacy of blue collar work is helping me

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<v Speaker 2>understand the needs of the working class people in the city.

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<v Speaker 1>Mary Adams, thank you so much for joining Bloomber.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you great to be I appreciate.

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<v Speaker 1>He is Eric Adams of New York City.

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<v Speaker 3>Here