Politico
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 warned of as a candidate are now his to fix.
Despite the mayor’s staunch support for the nation’s largest police department, more than $5 billion in city resources and the reinstatement of a controversial unit tasked with seizing illegal guns, crime jumped 23.5 percent over the past year. Adams has overseen a reduction in shootings and murders, but felonies and misdemeanors climbed in nearly every other measurable category.
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