New York City Mayor was slammed for failing to curb the increasing crime rates in New York City.
This comes as the city continues to face an increasing number of violent crimes with criminals, randomly attacking multiple residents of the city while the City Mayor enjoys his night-life party lifestyle.
According to recent data, crime problems in the city are continuously rising, rather than waning, which contradicts what Adams campaigned for, using his prior experience as a police officer to get the community’s crime problems handled.
Another instance also contradicted his campaign after he defund the police and allow good officers to be fired for not following COVID-19 protocols, including the vaccines that don’t prevent illness or spread.
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However, in response to the controversy, Mayor Eric Adams suggested last Friday that subway riders should not wear headphones or focus on their phones during rides due to crime.
During an exclusive interview with FOX 5’s “Good Day New York,” the Democratic leader revealed to the public that there had been a 47% increase in subway arrests.
“I rode the subway yesterday, and it’s the same thing. I haven’t put my AirPods in for over a year because I feel like I need to be very much aware. That’s a quality-of-life issue,” anchor Bianca Peters said.
“Well first, I think that you were right about, you know, not having your iPods in – not focusing on the phone. And I say yes to that. I do the same, and we put out a video and information telling people about being aware of what’s around them and what’s taking place. I encourage New Yorkers to do that.” Adams suggested.
Last January, the Mayor himself revealed that he felt unsafe riding the subway.
“On day one, I took the subway system, I felt unsafe. I saw homeless everywhere. People were yelling on the trains. There was a feeling of disorder. So as we deal with the crime problem, we also have to deal with the fact people feel unsafe,” Adams said.
However, despite a series of attacks during the same month, Adams stressed that, overall, the system is safe.
“When you have an incident like this, the perception is what we’re fighting against. This is a safe system,” Adams at that time.
“We’re going to drive down crime and we’re going to make sure New Yorkers feel safe in our subway system, and they don’t feel that way now. I don’t feel that way when I take the train every day or when I’m moving throughout our transportation system,” the Mayor added.
