NYC Mayor Adams on Bribery Charges, Corruption, & Which Borough Has The Baddest Shawtys

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh

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4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 116 minutes

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YERRR! NYC Mayor Eric Adams pulled up to FLAGRANT and it got real. Adams talked about his Turkish controversies, and broke down how he handles crime, critics, and chaos. He talks about what it actually means to lead NYC, why NYC is the best, what it takes to be a New Yorker and dropped some classic one-liners. This episode is wild, Flagrant and 100% New York. INDULGE. 00:00 Intro 1:10 Alexx might know Eric's shorty 2:28 From Squeegee to mayor 3:43 Eric addresses his home search video 6:01 Upbringing, Running numbers + Dyslexia's impact 11:42 Dunk culture, social media + Cannabis Use 13:54 It's all your fault, even when it isn't 17:04 Reality v Perception + NYC feels less safe 23:04 Cops' role, Mayor's successes + What makes us feel unsafe? 30:28 Migrant issue in NYC + Federal "edicts" 40:04 Gangs driving migration, Narratives & Addressing Biden 45:54 Eric addressing Turkish bribery case 51:54 The deep state, Trump's role + Collaboration with ICE for crime 1:00:50 Should legal migrants be scared to exercise free speech? 1:03:39 Biden's record + Lack of accountability 1:07:34 Cost of bribery case + Permanent gov. 1:12:56 Air out these people + Finding efficiencies 1:21:21 Relationship with Trump now 1:24:38 Raising financial literacy + NY has swag 1:30:30 What makes a real New Yorker? Rikers Prison Problem 1:36:21 What happened with Epstein? Give me the secrets 1:38:34 Run ins with Supreme Team + G Unit + Real compensation 1:42:39 Keys to the city 1:43:14 We need an E11EVEN 1:46:25 Canal Street is wildin' 1:49:41 Best Bodega Boner Pill 1:50:01 Eric is running as a Democrat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The mayor is the second most powerful position in America.
0:03.0	Do you know, like, what happened with Epstein?
0:05.0	As Obama said, if you say it, they gotta kill you.
0:07.0	Oh, wait, so do you know?
0:08.0	No, no, no, I have no idea.
0:10.0	So tell us what happened with the migrant crisis.
0:15.0	Oh, great question.
0:16.0	So let's talk about the migrants.
0:17.0	This cost us $7 billion.
0:19.0	This was the tipping point where I decided I got to publicly criticize the Biden administration.
0:24.8	So listen, and I don't want to get conspiratorial.
0:26.8	After you come out, all of a sudden, the Justice Department looks into Eric Adams.
0:30.8	And there's this thing about Turkish airlines, right?
0:33.4	Do you think there's any connection to those two things?
0:35.5	You're darn right, I do.
0:36.6	Do you know who you think it came from?
0:39.2	That's a great question. And I don't want to sound conspiracy theory, but there's a permanent
0:43.9	government. Is this like what people refer to? And I think this word has been used too much,
0:48.6	but like the deep state or whatever it is. It's not used to much. It's real, brother. May is coming and go.
0:55.3	President's coming, go.
0:56.3	Governors come and go.
0:57.8	Permanent government is real.
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