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LISTEN: A Retconned Origin Story

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Mayor Eric Adams, far right, poses with family during his teenage years.

Hosts Katie Honan and Harry Siegel discuss Eric Adams new account of being arrested when he was young, City Hall’s plan for housing migrants, this summer’s lifeguard shortage and much more.

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