‘Big Brother is protecting you’: Eric Adams pledges stronger policing, more technology in 2023

Dec 24 2022 by POLITICO - TOP Stories

 

NEW YORK — Democrat Eric Adams ran for mayor last year on a promise to drive down crime in New York City — long billed as the safest big metropolis in the country, but one nevertheless bedeviled by a pandemic-era rise in lawlessness.

Now, as he winds down his first year in office and eyes a larger role on the national stage, the Democratic mayor is facing the realization that guarding public safety is one of the most challenging jobs for any politician. The same problems he...

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