Eric Adams
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And so you have some communities where we attempted to force of bike lanes and other items in their communities. And we said, no, we have to communicate with those long-term community residents. We never should get so far ahead of those long-term community residents and what they desire their communities to look like.
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It has to be.
It has to be.
It has to be.
The goal is to use the money from congestion pricing to improve on our subway system. We have to have a first rate subway system. And that is the goal, to use the money to make sure we improve our subway system. We have to do just that.
The goal is to use the money from congestion pricing to improve on our subway system. We have to have a first rate subway system. And that is the goal, to use the money to make sure we improve our subway system. We have to do just that.
The goal is to use the money from congestion pricing to improve on our subway system. We have to have a first rate subway system. And that is the goal, to use the money to make sure we improve our subway system. We have to do just that.
Yes, that's it. The requisite to prosperity is public safety. People should be able to ride our subway system any time of the night without fear of harm. And you can't do it by allowing people to stay on the system that are harmful to themselves and harmful to others. That's why we took 8,000 off the system to give them the care that they deserve.
Yes, that's it. The requisite to prosperity is public safety. People should be able to ride our subway system any time of the night without fear of harm. And you can't do it by allowing people to stay on the system that are harmful to themselves and harmful to others. That's why we took 8,000 off the system to give them the care that they deserve.
Yes, that's it. The requisite to prosperity is public safety. People should be able to ride our subway system any time of the night without fear of harm. And you can't do it by allowing people to stay on the system that are harmful to themselves and harmful to others. That's why we took 8,000 off the system to give them the care that they deserve.
Why are there so many mentally ill people all of a sudden all around? That's a great question. That's a great question.
Why are there so many mentally ill people all of a sudden all around? That's a great question. That's a great question.
Why are there so many mentally ill people all of a sudden all around? That's a great question. That's a great question.
Well, you know, we made a mistake years ago when, because of the way our psychiatric wards, the draconian practices of those psychiatric wards, advocates came in and stated that it's wrong for people to be kept in these locations. When we shut them down, we put them in the street. No one thought through, well, what do we do? Because listen, we have to be honest with ourselves.
Well, you know, we made a mistake years ago when, because of the way our psychiatric wards, the draconian practices of those psychiatric wards, advocates came in and stated that it's wrong for people to be kept in these locations. When we shut them down, we put them in the street. No one thought through, well, what do we do? Because listen, we have to be honest with ourselves.
Well, you know, we made a mistake years ago when, because of the way our psychiatric wards, the draconian practices of those psychiatric wards, advocates came in and stated that it's wrong for people to be kept in these locations. When we shut them down, we put them in the street. No one thought through, well, what do we do? Because listen, we have to be honest with ourselves.
They are those who cannot take care of themselves. They need complete care. 51% of our inmates at Rikers have mental health issues. I believe that. percent have severe mental health issues. Yet we're closing the jail, open four new jails just to create four more smaller Rikers. I say let's turn one of them into a state-of-the-art mental health facility for outpatient and patient treatment.