Eric Adams vows to get tough on crime in joint appearance with Gov. Cuomo

Democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams and Gov. Andrew Cuomo addressed the city’s surging shootings, progressive politics and even the governor’s sexual harassment scandal during a joint news conference Wednesday.

Ahead of a meeting with community leaders in Brooklyn to discuss the Big Apple’s epidemic of gun violence, Adams — who narrowly won last week’s Democratic primary — decried the city’s increasing lawlessness and called for the reversal of recent soft-on-crime initiatives to stem a surge in shootings among teen gang members. Adams warned that the Big Apple was turning into a free-for-all and said the decline needed to be nipped in the bud.