Eric Adams: “New York is the safest big city in America.”

“I was just looking at a story actually in your paper that showed in comparison to red states, blue states, you see how well New York is doing. New York is the safest big city in America. And I think, I believe it was important to drive down gun violence. And that is the actual crime, but also the presence of disorder.” (00:40–00:44)

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