Adams, Sewell insist NYC subways are safe after rampage as mayor downplays crime surgeBy Sam Raskin
April 17, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday tried to assure the public that the subways are safe after last week’s rampage — while arguing other big cities have crime and Gotham isn’t nearly as dangerous as it used to be.
Adams and his police commish, Keechant Sewell, appeared on TV touting transit safety just five days after a madman opened fire on a Brooklyn train, wounding 29 people.
Their claims also came as NYPD statistics show major felonies have soared in the city’s transit system so far this year, while recent overall crime in the Big Apple continues to increase.
During a morning appearance on MSNBC, Adams called subway safety “crucial” while peddling his previously announced initiatives aimed at reducing crime underground.
“The transit system is the lifeblood of our city, and we have put in place what I believe are the foundational parts of having a real public-safety apparatus,” the mayor said on “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart.”
“Everything from deploying police correctly, to dealing with the mental-health and homelessness crisis in our system, to ensuring that officers are receiving specific information on what we expect from them,” he said. “The omnipresence, making sure that passengers are seeing those officers going after those violent offenders.”
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/04/17/adams-sewell-insist-nyc-subways-are-safe-after-rampage-as-mayor-downplays-crime-surge/
