Eric Adams: “Crime was skyrocketing [when we came into office].”

“I want to just really thank Rich and HTC and all of our partners to make sure that our hotel workers and guests have a safe environment. And this is what, when we came into office, you think about Crime was skyrocketing [when we came into office]. You saw the level of guns that were on our street. And now we're seeing the lowest numbers of shootings and homicide and recorded history of the city.” (02:08–02:14)

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