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Adrienne Adams: “The NYPD needs to fill the vacancies that are there.”

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

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Adrienne Adams' Campaign for New York City's First Female Mayor

Published | Video Starts at 01:30

I asked her how she would address the safety of riding on the city's subway system. It has to do with law enforcement and the nypd. In my estimation, The NYPD needs to fill the vacancies that are there. But there are ways that we can look at to gather the resources together to help, particularly those in mental health crisis, where I believe these random attacks are coming from in the higher numbers. (01:30–01:34)

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Asserts that there are vacancies in the NYPD that need to be filled.

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