New York City Mayor Eric Adams dissects his Democratic socialist opponent's 'free' promises on 'The Story.' 

I was born and raised in a country where the government built public housing and converted private housing into communes; where the state managed grocery stores, controlled prices and expropriated the wealth of the "rich" in the name of social justice. Weapons were prohibited and "hate speech" — which is, any criticism of power — was punished by law. 

I lived in the dream that a lot of New Yorkers want for their city. And I had to flee to survive.  

Growing up in Venezuela meant being raised among ruins and nostalgia — a country suspended in the memory of what it once was, all while enduring the wreckage of what it had become. 

VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION MEMBER DETAILS HARROWING 400-DAY CAPTIVITY AT UN

As a teenager, I would go to the grocery store with my mom in search of eggs or corn flour to make arepas, the most traditional breakfast in Venezuela. But time and time again, we’d find the shelves completely empty. I can’t tell you how many times that happened. And every time, she would remind me that years ago, this wasn’t the case — she used to have plenty of options, with multiple brands to choose from. But now, there was nothing. The country she remembered no longer existed. 

Franklin Camargo had to escape Venezuela and the socialism promoted by former President Hugo Chavez. (AP2011)

Venezuela was one of the most........

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