( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK!
WITH THE MAYOR-ELECT OF THE GREACHT CITY IN THE WORLD, ERIC
ADAMS.
NEW YORK CITY, LIKE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, HAS A WIDE RASMG OF
WHAT DEFINES BEING A DEMOCRATIC POLITICIAN.
I WAS CURIOUS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN TERMS OF YOUR
PROGRESSIVENESS.
LIKE ON A SCALE FROM A.O.C. TO JOE MANCHIN, WHERE IS ERIC ADAMS
IN THERE?
>> WELL, WHAT AMERICA IS SAYING AND WHAT THOSE WE ELECTED STATED
BEING PRAGMATIC IS PROGRESSIVE.
AND PEOPLE TRY TO SAY, "HE'S CONSERVATIVE.
HE'S MODERATE."
THEY TRY TO DEFINE ME.
FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE DEFINING ME.
I'M STILL DEFINING MYSELF.
I KNOW WE CAN'T JUST TALK ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT REAL PLANS.
SO I AM PROGRESSIVE.
I PASS-- IT WAS MY BILL THAT I COSPONSORED TO STOP THE
ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS.
IT WAS MY BILL THAT TOOK AWAY THE DATABASE WHERE PEOPLE WERE
ABUTIONED STOP AND FRISK.
MY BILL THAT TOOK 83 THE QUOTAS, MY BILL ON PRISON REFORM.
LONG BEFORE PEOPLE DISCOVERED THIS TERM CALLED "PROGRESSIVE"
WE WERE LEADING THE WAY ON WHAT PROGRESSIVE IS ALL ABOUT.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO PUT ME IN A BOX.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS I'M CONSERVATIVE THINKING ABOUT,
MODERATE THINKING ABOUT, ULTRA-LEFT THINKING ABOUT.
THAT IS WHO I AM.
AND I TELL NEW YORKERS AND AMERICANS DON'T LET PEOPLE
DEFINE YOU.
I KNOW WHO I AM.
I DON'T NEED ANY TITLE.
I'M ERIC ADAMS.
( APPLAUSE )
NEW YORK CITY.
BEFORE WE GO, BEFORE WE GO, DO YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE REST
OF THE COUNTRY FROM NEW YORK?
>> YES, I GOT A LITTLE GIFT BAG FOR YOU.
>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO.
I WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT WAS.
>> FIRST OF ALL, A COUPLE OF THINGS IN HERE.
BLANKET.
IF YOU GO TO TIMES SQUARE AND YOU WANT TO WRAP WITH YOUR BOO,
YOU CAN DO IT WITH YOUR BLANKET.
>> Stephen: I'LL TAKE THIS, THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE A T-SHIRT FOR YOU.
THIS IS MY THEME G.S.D.
I'M GOING TO SAY GET STUFF DONE FOR YOU, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER
MEANING WITH THE S.
BUT GET IT DONE.
ONE OF MY BEST GIFTS.
AS YOU KNOW, MARIJUANA IS LEGAL --
>> Stephen: I DID NOT KNOW.
>> I HAVE RAW -- >> Stephen: I'M NOT AWARE,
MR. MAYOR.
I'M NOT INTO THAT SCENE.
>> I HAVE BAMBOO.
>> Stephen: OH, THIS IS BIG.
>> AND I CAN'T GIVE YOU THIS GIFT.
I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU LATER, YOU KNOW.
( APPLAUSE )
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>> Stephen: EVERYBODY GETS TICKETS?
>> EVERYBODY.
>> Stephen: EVERYBODY GETS A TICKET!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
BEING HERE.
MAYOR-ELECT ERIC ADAMS, EVERYBODY!
THANK YOU, SIR.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH N.B.A.
CHAMPION DWYANE WADE.
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