Adams Spars With Reporter Over Report Of Trump Org. Lobbying For Control Of Central Park Rink

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams clashed with a reporter over reporting into the Trump Organization's bid to operate Central Park's Wollman Rink.

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00:00to operate this ring in favor of considering a bid from the Trump organization, which has

00:05been convicted of both civil and criminal fraud, and I'm just curious, don't those convictions

00:09automatically preclude the Trump organization from even getting involved in the bid process?

00:15You know, the way your colleague wrote the story, you know, a little journalistic creativity.

00:29Listen, he incorrectly wrote the story, okay?

00:33Let's be honest there.

00:36This bid, RFP, was put out long before the president was the president, so let's be honest

00:43about that.

00:44I have nothing to do with that.

00:46Let's be honest about that.

00:47Let's be honest about that, that anyone could put in for the RFP, so we should be honest

00:52about that.

00:53So, CCP can put in for the RFP.

00:56An independent body looks at it and determines what's the best deal for the city.

01:00Now, I would be concerned if someone came along and said that we, you know, I would

01:10be concerned if someone came along and said that, hey, we did a backroom deal and let

01:16Central Park Conservancy give us X number of dollars and we gave it to them and bypassed

01:22the process.

01:23Then, you'll be writing about it.

01:25You'll be saying, Eric, you went around the process.

01:28RFP, anyone could put in for it, and when you have two elected officials that are saying,

01:36don't give someone an RFP because they are not part of our, whatever terminology they

01:42use.

01:43Think about that.

01:44That is just not how this is done.

01:47Politics should not determine policies and what's best for our city, for New York.

01:52So, when I read the story, the first thing I thought about, I thought about you because

01:58you use the term, the word, lie all the time when people lie on something.

02:01So I said that, you know what, I hope you're talking to your colleague and telling them,

02:07stop lying.

02:08But I'm curious, why did the press office, he asked multiple times for requests for comment,

02:14they didn't comment.

02:15You could have said, this is the RFP process, this is the process of the bid.

02:18So, just so you know, you can't ignore us.

02:19We're still going to publish your story.

02:20You can call us liars.

02:23I say about my colleague in the recording, we can talk about that afterwards.

02:26I'd rather not.

02:27Let's talk about it right now.

02:28Your office has days to comment, and you didn't.

02:31We're moving on.

02:32Henry, you've got to go.

02:33What a rant!

02:35I was briefed.

02:44I was briefed.

02:45Hi Mayor, I know your green is for St. Paddy's Day, so respect there, but I got to ask you

02:53about the green, because all the other candidates running for Mayor reporting their financing.

02:57I was wondering if you could...

Adams Spars With Reporter Over Report Of Trump Org. Lobbying For Control Of Central Park Rink

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