Eric Adams Quotes

Eric Adams

Profession : Politician

Birth : September 1, 1960

Having a serious ailment or serious disease, it hijacks your life. You're thinking about the next result, the next test.

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My goal is really to use my position as the borough president and any higher-profile position to empower people, to let us all know how we can control our health.

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I think we need to be humane to all living beings and that includes our animals.

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It doesn't matter if you are in Borough Park in the Hasidic community, if you're in Flatbush in the Korean community, if you're in Sunset Park in the Chinese community, if you're in Rockaway, if you're out in Queens, in the Dominican community, Washington Heights - all of you have the power to fuel us.

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My mother cleaned houses. I washed dishes.

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I was beaten by police and sat in their precinct holding cell, certain that my future was already decided. And now I will be the person in charge of that precinct, and every other precinct, because I'm going to be the mayor of the City of New York.

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Men ignore symptoms all the time. I think we're hardwired just to suck it up. After being an athlete as a child, you play with pain, all of those little statements that coaches would say. And I internalized that.

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We must zero in on gun violence in our city.

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I'm not going to allow inmates and officers to be the victims of violent people.

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We didn't know we were poor because that's how everyone around us lived.

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We're not going to attract new businesses if we don't have safe subway systems where everyday employees are able to get to their work in a safe manner.

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If you don't start targeting what's feeding crime then we are going to throw good money into a bad scenario.

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Let's decide that we must live in a safe city where we educate our children and make sure everyone has an opportunity to prosper in this great city.

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As our city and country begin the long, rocky road of recovery from COVID, we still must avoid the pitfalls of another deadly public health crisis: gun violence.

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Crime takes root when household budgets are unable to address the conditions that can lead to despair and violence, and government services and policies do not adequately address underemployment, poor mental health care and learning disabilities that hold young people back.

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New York City in particular is the economic engine of not just our state, but arguably the nation. If that engine stalls, this entire country could get dragged into the same downward spiral.

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We know the costs of failure. There is now no excuse for government - at any level - not to invest in a safer, fairer future for our cities.

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I don't want anyone deifying me.

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You may have heard me say that I am going to create a safe, fair, affordable city for all New Yorkers. But you have probably heard other candidates say that before. What I want you to know is that those will be my priorities because those issues aren't political to me; they're personal.

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I was one of six children raised by a single mom who cleaned houses, not always knowing if we would come home to an eviction notice on the front door or food on the table. So I also understand the struggles of paying the rent, finding affordable child care, and having enough in the bank to make it to the end of the week.

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