Eric Adams often laments a central
paradox of his mayoralty: While most serious crime is declining, New
Yorkers don’t feel any safer.

That’s because, by the NYPD’s own metrics, they’re not.

Total crime has increased every
year under Adams — a former police captain who ran for mayor on a
promise to curb lawlessness — even as New York City has remained one of
the safest big cities in the nation on his watch.

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