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Eric Adams: “Transit crimes take away. The COVID years is one of the…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Eric Adams Discusses DOJ Investigation of Andrew Cuomo and New York City Crime

Published | Video Starts at 06:17

The last quarter we had the lowest number of shootings in the recorded history of the city. Second lowest number of homicides. You're seeing all the major areas. The Transit crimes take away. The COVID years is one of the lowest in almost 20 years. So we know these high profile shootings and high profile incidents, when you have a 14 year old boy shoots a 16 year old girl, it begins to make you feel as though the city's out of control. (06:17–06:24)

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Asserts that transit crimes, excluding the COVID years, are at one of the lowest levels in almost 20 years.

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