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Eric Adams: “Not only did we have the lowest number of shootings and…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Eric Adams Discusses New York City's Future Amidst Mayoral Race Against Zoran Mamdani

Published | Video Starts at 48:54

I have a city council that is fighting to let anyone out with a crime to come through and I have a state lawmaker. So when you compare year over year, you're seeing a real movement in the right direction. Not only did we have the lowest number of shootings and homicides in the history of the city, we took 22,000 illegal guns off our streets. 100,000 illegal vehicles that were being used for crimes. So we're moving in a direction and dealing with quality of life issues at the same time. And now your question, that was a. (48:54–49:03)

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