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Eric Adams: “This system is the safest it has been in recorded history.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

Eric Adams on his future in the mayor's race, political violence and more - Ask The Mayor | News 12

Published September 23, 2025 | Video Starts at 19:07

And then when you do a larger analysis, we get 5. We have 5.6 million riders a day. 5.6. We have an average of five felonies a day. This system is the safest it has been in recorded history. If you take out the two Covid years when no one was on the subway. And so the most important thing Commissioner Tisch must do and Chief Gulotta is to analyze where the crimes are happening. (19:07–19:12)

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Asserts that the subway system is currently the safest it has ever been, excluding the COVID years.

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