This is his career. That must stop with me. This city can't go backwards, New Yorkers. This is a city that I inherited where crime was out of control. Covid no one wanted to be on our subway system. We watched what happened in housing. The reason people are having these conversations is because I made this city safe. (01:12–01:16)
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Asserts that during the COVID-19 pandemic, people avoided using the subway system.
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