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Eric Adams: “That's why we put a thousand more cops in the system.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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New York City Podcast with Mayor Eric Adams on Migrant Crisis, Public Safety, and Political Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 18:51

And so what I have to do, as you said, I'm not going to go to you and insult you and say you shouldn't feel a certain way. No, I have to answer that fear. So That's why we put a thousand more cops in the system. We have them riding the trains back and forth. When I was a transit cop, that's what I did. I rode it back and forth. (18:51–18:55)

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