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Eric Adams: “Public safety is the economic stimulus package for our city.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Leadership Discuss Crime Reduction and Public Safety in New York City

Published | Video Starts at 44:32

There's a reason Broadway had the finest 12 months of activity in the history of the city. We can't go backwards. That is why I said over and over again, I learned from my days with Bill Bratton, Public safety is the economic stimulus package for our city. If we're safe, we will have businesses, we have families. We'll have a city where people want to go to. And so we can't go backwards. (44:32–44:37)

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