New York City Mayor Eric Adams said in an interview that he is not only working to address the “perception” of public safety as statistics show a 43% year-over-year increase in crime in his city.
Mayor Adams was asked about the recent Brooklyn subway shooting and what he would tell New Yorkers who feel the city is “headed in the wrong direction in terms of crime.”
“We’ve moved 1,800 guns off the streets of our city since I’ve been elected,” he answered. “And so, we’re putting in place the foundation of dealing with the immediate needs of violence, but we’re also stopping the pipeline that causes children to get involved in violence.”
The mayor said that residents “got so fed up” with police over reports of abusive practices that “they turned the ship too far in the wrong direction.”
The “perception” of safety in the Big Apple “is as powerful as the reality,” Adams added.
“Because if you wake up in the morning and you hear that someone was hit in the head with a hammer, then you are, number one, reluctant to get on the subway system,” he said. And then if you’re on the subway system and you’re seeing disorder, encampments, people laid out on the train, loud noises… or cursing, then you begin to actually embody what you read, and it becomes your perception, even if you were not attacked.”
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We’ve moved 1,800 guns off the streets Without stating how many guns on the streets in 1st place, and hence what % 1800 represents, effectively this figure doesn’t convey any message of perspective to us.
Did he say this before or after the murder at Queens subway turnstile on Monday?
Mr. Mayor, there is a company in Switzerland that manufactures a comfortable pod where one can cozy up and feel comfortable, while in actuality they are being asphyxiated.
Their intention for this invention is painless assisted suicide.
But imagine if you were to apply your logic of perceived safety being just as important as reality, would you be comfortable leading a blind person to sit down in such a pod?
By your logic, Mr. Mayor, there is no reason not to.
You, Mr. Mayor, are an unethical, immoral, psychopath. Perhaps, Mr. Mayor, you should go utilize one of these pods.
“And then if you’re on the subway system and you’re seeing disorder, encampments, people laid out on the train, loud noises… or cursing, then you begin to actually embody what you read, and it becomes your perception, even if you were not attacked.”
So a place is safe unless you personally were attacked?
What sort of logic is that?