“There’s always the appeals process in the courts, so that’s certainly not settled.”
“To think that it’s going to cost a billion dollars — I mean, that’s a thousand millions.”
“We are making sure that working people will not be priced out of the game that they helped to create.”
“the nation's top law enforcement official asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops …. Utterly stupid, morally wrong.”
“It extends to making it possible for every New Yorker to take part in the things that make us human.”

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On the recordSeptember 8, 2025
I have two spoiled brats running for mayor. They were born with silver spoons in their mouths, not like working-class New Yorkers.
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Eric Adams
Democratic · New York
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Adams criticizes his opponents in the mayoral race.

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