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Mayor Adams used to 'jump the turnstile' to visit a 'shorty' in Rockaway, he says at town hall
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0:38Now PlayingMayor Eric Adam’s re-election campaign may be off track — but he turned on the charm by recalling how he once rode the love train.
Hizzoner used to occasionally “jump the turnstile” as a broke young man visiting “a shorty” on the “long A train ride” out to Rockaway, Queens, he said at a town hall in the neighborhood.
“There’s a real history. I had a shorty that lived out here,” Adams said while giving a speech at the event Wednesday, according to footage posted on X.
“I used to come out, taking that long A train ride in the cold, you know, love is blind,” he said, prompting chuckles.
“One or two times I didn’t have a token so, yes, I did jump over the turnstile,” said Adams, a former cop who has cracked down on fare evasion.
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