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Adrienne Adams: “Overall, crime is down in New York.”

Featuring: Adrienne Adams, Democratic | Speaker of the New York City Council, Former Candidate, New York State Senate

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Adrienne Adams Discusses Mayoral Candidacy and New York City Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 02:29

And that is the problem, because the issues of violence going on underground, those are the ones that are driving statistics. That's right. That's right. But Overall, crime is down in New York. so it's a mixed story. But what gets carried out in the media, of course, are those issues of violence and the stabbings and the random stuff. And it's really unfortunate. (02:29–02:32)

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Reiterates that overall crime rates in New York City have decreased.

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