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Eric Adams: “The lowest number of shootings in the history of the city…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Interview with Mayor of New York Eric Adams

Published | Video Starts at 13:15

The major crimes in the city. Every quarter is three months. So that's 15 straight months of decreasing crime. And you're watching in this last quarter with The lowest number of shootings in the history of the city. Recorded history of the city. Those are major changes because every life that you save is a life that would be productive and have opportunities to remove 21,000 illegal goods off our streets and bring down crime to allow our subway to be safer at record levels. (13:15–13:21)

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