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Eric Adams: “We have 4.6 million people that ride our subway every day…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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NYC Mayor Adams And NYPD Commissioner Tisch Hold Press Briefing Following Midtown Manhattan Shooting

Published | Video Starts at 26:22

If every day, all day, you, you're reading about the worst things that can happen in a city of 8.5 million people, you have a tendency to believe that you're an unsaved. I mean, We have 4.6 million people that ride our subway every day. We have an average of five felonies a day. That's a remarkable feat by the New York City Police Department, our transit officers. Or look at the fourth of July weekend. (26:22–26:32)

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Asserts that 4.6 million people use the subway daily, with an average of five felonies occurring each day.

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