NYC Mayor Eric Adams laughs off questions about the FBI seizing his phones and raiding the home of his chief campaign fundraiser

Fortune

New York City Mayor Eric Adams kept a busy public schedule Monday, but sidestepped questions about the FBI investigation that prompted agents to seize his phones and raid the home of his chief campaign fundraiser.

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00:00 We talking about helicopters.

00:02 [LAUGHTER]

00:03 Mr. Mayor, I have a question for you.

00:06 You know, you have had a major fixation on new technology,

00:10 not only here, but robots and everything.

00:13 I'm wondering if you see that and your emphasis on that,

00:16 that people are getting distracted by your cable

00:18 problems.

00:19 No, we focus straight ahead.

00:22 You know, this is a complicated city, an exciting city.

00:25 Something is always happening in this city.

00:29 Every mayor that I communicated with, from Bloomberg to de

00:32 Blasio, to even with Mayor Dinkins, my mentor was here.

00:36 He says, Eric, listen, you wake up every day,

00:38 if you're the mayor of the city of New York,

00:40 something is always going on.

00:42 8.3 million people, 35 million opinions,

00:45 and you know, this is just the excitement of being in New

00:48 York.

00:48 Mayor Eric Adams, has anyone else on your team

00:50 had their phone seized by the FBI?

00:52 OK, Morgan, we're taking a shot.

00:53 We talking about helicopters.

00:55 [LAUGHTER]

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