Adrienne Adams: “Crime itself has gone down in the city of New York.”

“Okay, so housing, what about public safety? Public, Public safety is always at the top of everybody's list. It's very, very interesting because when you take a look at the statistics, Crime itself has gone down in the city of New York. But what we have, we've got a big perception problem and we're going to have to deal with that. At the top of that perception problem has to do with mental health issues.” (04:15–04:19)

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