Eric Adams
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collaborate with the federal government every morning, 10 a.m., with the Haida, city, state, and federal authorities, to go after shooters and those who bring guns into our cities.
Well, the goal is the relationship between the federal government and D.C.
is different than the relationship between New York City and the federal government.
And again, our communications with the federal government is we got this.
We removed over 23,000 illegal guns off our streets.
We're witnessing record levels of decreasing crimes, homicides and shootings in the first six months and shooting victims in the first seven months.
And so we are very clear, always have been, I have never moved away from the public safety as the prerequisite to our prosperity and we're going to continue to do an amazing job
And if the federal government wants to communicate with us and ask us to go to other municipalities and help them see what we're doing, we're willing to do that because a safe America is a safe New York City, and we want to help any way we can.
Andrew would say anything to anyone to get elected.
He created this.
He passed the cannabis laws.
I had to close down 1,500 cannabis shops because of the failed law he passed.
He did the bail reform.
That's the revolving door criminal justice system that we're looking at.
He closed psychiatric beds.
So every time you see someone push someone on the subway track because of severe mental health illness or stab three innocent New Yorkers, you have to ask yourself, why do we close those beds?
Raise the age.
We're seeing young people, a victim
of crimes more and more, and they're shooters as well.