• 4 days ago
During a press briefing on Monday, NYC Mayor Eric Adams (D-NY) was asked about his reasons for running for a second term.

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00:00You are running. Yes running is a Democrat. Yes. You want a second term? I'm one way you want a second term
00:06Yes, so I ask you this respectfully. Yes
00:09Why and the reason I ask sir is that you've got an uphill struggle
00:16Fundraising opinion polls you've been through a lot the city's been through a lot. Why why do you want a second term?
00:23Listen, and I like I love that question
00:26You know, first of all, I you know, I just really really want to apologize to New York is for
00:33this whole
00:35Bogus investigation that went on and I think time is going to be kind to me, you know
00:41But they've been my North Star. I
00:44Say this over and over again
00:46New Yorkers have been my therapy
00:48That when I get up in the morning and I'm fighting
00:53For New Yorkers when I'm in a hospital
00:57Speaking to a family member that's going through some form of medical or psycho psychiatric psychiatric
01:02crises
01:03When we were at a town hall the other day man, this is this young man had
01:09Six children. He was in a homeless shelter
01:13He was able to get a voucher and he was able to move into permanent housing
01:19He lost his job in J because he worked for a drug store where habitual
01:28Shoplifting took place. So he was fired because of that
01:32But we were able to find him a job right there inside that town hall
01:38While we're fighting to deal with the repeated sit of recidivism of shoplifters that people say we should not be doing
01:45That was a real story those stories you you walk out and say you're sitting on the ground
01:51What matters and when I walk into New Yorkers and they they tell me I got the key to my first apartment
01:58when I meet New Yorkers and say
02:01You cleaned up this encampment and now I can play catch again with my son under the BQE
02:08You know when you see how you touch the lives of real people
02:13It's contagious and if I was able to if I were able to
02:19Accomplish what I did in three years three years
02:23Getting us out of Colby getting us out of the migrant asylum seeker crisis bringing down crime
02:28build breaking records on housing in three years
02:31You know
02:32I got I got a whole lot of gas still in the tank and I'm looking forward to New York is to get past the
02:39Noise and say let's look at the numbers
02:42This has been this has been one heck of a ride and I'm not tired. I'm not frustrated
02:49I enjoy working for the people of the city and you know
02:53God willing that if I'm able to do it for another four years, we're gonna continue to turn the city around. That's why I'm running

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