And essentially the mayor has decided to turn it into a chessboard whenever there is a major outbreak of crime and he floods an area, but as a result, he's got to take cops from another area and then the crime pops up there. We're in the middle of a serious gang retaliatory violence problem that [Eric Adams] has ignored. I understand it. I'll deal with it. We're going to lock up gang bangers the way we lock up toothpaste in New York City now, and not criminals. (09:55–10:03)
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Asserts that there is a serious gang retaliatory violence problem in New York City that Eric Adams has ignored.
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