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

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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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