NYC subway crime up 65% as Mayor Adams dismisses public concerns as 'perception of fear'
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New York City subway crime is up more than 65% in the first two weeks of 2022, according to police department statistics released just days after newly minted Mayor Eric Adams said the subway system was "safe" and chalked any public concerns to a "perception of fear."
The new statistics were released just days after Adams insisted to reporters on Sunday that the city had "a safe subway system," according to video of the statements captured by the New York Post.
"Transit police officers, they have done their job," he went on. "What we must do is remove the perception of fear. Cases like this aggravates the perception of fear … What our battle is in the subway system is fighting the perception of fear that cases like this can happen."
Speaking to Fox News Digital on Tuesday, former NYPD Commissioner Howard Safir said he was "hopeful" that crime would turn around under Adams but said there had to be "real assertive policing."
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