NYC Mayor Adams Claps Back At Reporter: ‘First Of All Your Question Was A Stupid One’

5 months ago

During a press briefing on Tuesday, NYC Mayor Eric Adams answered reporter questions on financial health in the city.

Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:

https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript

Stay Connected
Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes
Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes
Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes
More From Forbes: http://forbes.com

Transcript

00:00I spent last night looking through your financial filings, is, first question is, is Brianna

00:07Suggs still working on your campaign, there were no payments for her for May and June,

00:13and then the legal defense filings show that you spent a lot less on lawyers in the last

00:18three, on Wilmer Hale in the last three months compared to the previous ones.

00:21I think a lot of people would have expected some sort of response from, or an indictment

00:26or something from SDNY by now, we haven't seen anything.

00:28So I'm wondering, has there been any update in, in that federal investigation and, you

00:34know, why is there, is the spending down because there's less work for them to do?

00:38First of all, your question was a stupid one, okay?

00:43A lot of people were not expecting that, you were expecting it.

00:47And don't try to do what New Yorkers need and want and make it appear as though your

00:51opinions and your hopes and aspirations are what New Yorkers want, okay?

00:57The, my job is to run this city and stay focused on running this city.

01:02And that's what I'm doing.

01:03And part of that job is to raise the money, which I hate, by the way, raise the money

01:08to have a campaign.

01:09And New Yorkers responded.

01:10I mean, you know, raising the necessary money is part of the business.

01:15I've called for years, let's take money out of politics.

01:19No one should be calling New Yorkers asking for money.

01:22Let's give people the amount that you could spend.

01:25We're already giving money through the campaign's finance.

01:27I don't want to raise money.

01:29I don't want to spend hours raising money.

01:31But those are the rules of the game, and I have to follow the rules of the game.

01:34And you all talk about it, but you also all look at the followers to determine a person's

01:40political strength.

01:41So there's a level of hypocrisy in your reporting.

01:44Either money doesn't matter or it does matter.

01:47That is the question that's in.

01:48And when it comes down to Brianna, the amount of paperwork that the CFB requires for a campaign

01:57to do is unbelievable.

01:59The amount of skill that you need, the amount of training, the amount of documentations.

02:03And I must have a team that could do that.

02:06She's knowledgeable on it, and I'm happy that she's able to do that administrative part

02:10of the campaign for the administration.

NYC Mayor Adams Claps Back At Reporter: ‘First Of All Your Question Was A Stupid One’

Category

Transcript

Recommended