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Eric Adams: “That weekend was one of the safest Memorial Day weekends in…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Mayor Eric Adams Announces Central Park Safety and Quality of Life Initiative

Published | Video Starts at 07:15

And we're going to continue this decline in crime. Even in the month of April, many people don't realize Sunday before Memorial Day we had zero shootings in this city. And That weekend was one of the safest Memorial Day weekends in the history of this city. So we're looking forward to a sixth quarter of declining crime. And here in Central park, this precinct crime is down 50% in this precinct year today, driven by a 90% reduction in robberies and nearly a 29% reduction in grand lawsuit. (07:15–07:22)

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Asserts that the Memorial Day weekend was one of the safest in the city's history.

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