NYC's Eric Adams Accuses Mamdani Of Not Voting For Harris In 2024—Though Mamdani Says He Did

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At a town hall in Brooklyn, New York, NYC Mayor Eric Adams accused Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani of not voting for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, though Mamdani has said he did on the Working Families Party line.

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00:00older adult center and we we've been doing this is number what number 25 and

00:0930 or 40 town halls we've done 25 we do specifically do our older adults instead

00:19of the town hall so folks can come out and ask questions I want to hear

00:26directly from you unfiltered you know just want what's on your mind and what's your thoughts

00:31and I just want us to just go back to January 1st 2021

00:37or 2022 when I was first elected we had COVID throughout the city

00:47gun violence was up we had the over proliferation of guns

00:53unemployment was up black and brown unemployment was four times the rates of white

00:58we were having mothers dying from

01:03pregnancy related to illnesses

01:08black women were four times the rates as white women to die from

01:13giving birth our children will not learn at the capacity that they deserve

01:17no one wanted to be on our subway system at COVID

01:22then 237,000 migrants and asylum seekers came into the city

01:27people were stopping me on the street and say Eric what are you doing to us

01:30I could not stop the buses from coming in it was against federal law

01:34I could not allow them to work a group of them came to me and said they want to

01:40remove graffiti clean streets they just want to do something

01:43the federal government said you can't do that either I had to feed housing clothes

01:48and educate 50,000 children and not one child or family slept on the street

01:53because we showed them with dignity and no matter how much we attempted to get

01:58assistance we didn't get any assistance but we did it anyway the hard way

02:02more jobs in New York in the history of the city

02:07more small businesses are operating in the history of the city

02:10the last six months we had the lowest number of shootings and homicides and a recorded history of the city

02:17recorded history of the city

02:20and I'm going to be real honest with you folks

02:26I have gone through some stuff in my days from growing up with learning disabilities to

02:33living on the verge of homelessness to having mommy

02:36worked three jobs to make sure she could make ends meet

02:40to being shot at when I was a

02:43sergeant in the police department

02:45I've gone through some stuff

02:48but the last 15 months

02:51have been the hardest 15 months of my entire life

02:55my entire life

02:57and there was moments you know

03:00during difficult times I used to always go and sit

03:03mommy used to have this little chair by the window

03:05and I would sit down and just talk to her

03:07because mommy has six kids and she loved them all

03:09but she loved and adored me

03:11I was a

03:12mommy transitioned when I was on the campaign trail

03:16and when the federal government came after me

03:21I didn't have mommy to talk to

03:23and let me tell you something

03:26some of you who are

03:27have children

03:29there were days I didn't want to get up out of bed

03:32but I had a city to run

03:35and I was committed to running this city

03:38and I would hear her voice

03:40say baby you get up

03:42you get up

03:44and I know some people would say

03:45well you know what if you didn't do anything wrong

03:47why did the federal government came after you

03:49ask Malcolm that

03:51ask Dr. King that

03:53ask the NAACP that

03:56go look and see what COINTELPRO was

03:58go look at the history

04:01of what happens

04:03when you have

04:05a black man that decides

04:07he's going to fight for what is right

04:08I was fighting for what was right

04:10in 100 blacks in law enforcement who care

04:12I was fighting for what was right

04:14when I came in his office

04:15and it was wrong

04:17what was happening to us

04:18and I look

04:19by President Biden

04:21I consider to be a friend

04:22I coined myself

04:23the Biden of Brooklyn

04:25but what his administration did

04:27to the city of New York

04:28was wrong

04:29and people say

04:31well you are now

04:32under the thumb

04:33of President Trump

04:35let's deal with the facts

04:36we took

04:38this administration

04:39to court

04:40more than any

04:42mayor

04:43in the entire country

04:44my job is to deliver

04:47for New York

04:48and when I disagree

04:49with the president

04:50I'm going to point out

04:52I disagree

04:52but when I needed him

04:54to bring back

04:55that 1400 union jobs

04:57in Sunset Park

04:59and I went to DC

05:00and explained to him

05:01this is a multi-billion dollar project

05:03he said

05:04let me look into it Eric

05:05and he uplifted the

05:07he uplifted the stop work order

05:09and those jobs

05:10are back in Sunset Park

05:11because of that

05:12that's what mayors

05:13are supposed to do

05:14we're supposed to go

05:16speak to president

05:17I'm the mayor

05:18of the biggest city

05:20in New York

05:21that's what I'm going to do

05:24and let me tell you

05:26something else

05:27that a lot of people

05:27don't realize

05:28go back and look

05:30at election day

05:31when I walked out

05:32of the polling place

05:34they put the camera

05:35in my face

05:35and they said

05:36who did you vote for

05:36I said VP Harris

05:38go find out

05:41who Madonna voted for

05:43wasn't VP Harris

05:48so he's asking everyone

05:51to surround

05:51the Democratic nominee

05:53who was the Democratic nominee

05:55for president

05:57VP Harris

05:59truth hurt

06:04but it set us free

06:05so we want to hear

06:09this amazing team

06:10that I have here

06:11that really did their job

06:15and will continue

06:16to do their job

06:17we want to hear

06:19from you

06:20ask your questions

06:21I'm going to answer it

06:24with the same level

06:25of candid conversation

06:26that I've always had

06:28and I'm in this race

06:30to the end

06:31I told everyone

06:33I love East New York

06:36but I'm from Brownsville

06:39never run

06:40and never will

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