Reporter Asks NYC Mayor Eric Adams Point Blank: 'Why? Why Do You Want A Second Term?’

3/24/2025

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

Reporter Asks NYC Mayor Eric Adams Point Blank: 'Why? Why Do You Want A Second Term?’

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