Eric Adams: “He wants to release 3,000 inmates from Rikers Island.”

“49%, 50.3 or 4 did. So many New Yorkers are concerned. But here's my areas of concern for New Yorkers. Public safety. He wants to release 3,000 inmates from Rikers Island. They're going to go back to the communities they preyed on, the Brownsvilles, the South Jamaica, Queens, et cetera. He wants to decriminalize prostitution.” (10:00–10:05)

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