SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE ARE TOLD
THE PRINCIPAL EXPRESSED HER
REGRETS AT LAST NIGHT’S BOARD
MEETING.
>>> AND THEN THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY RESULT IS EVEN TIGHTER,
ALL THIS AS BOTH NOMINEES DID
ALL THIS AS BOTH NOMINEES DID
TALK ABOUT THE SURGE OF GUN
VIOLENCE IN THE CITY.
LET’S GO UP TO MELISSA FOR WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SAYS
IT HAS ONLY 55 BALLOTS LEFT TO
COUNT IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
FOR THE MAYOR, SO THE RESULTS
ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE BUT AS
YOU MENTIONED, A LITTLE TIGHTER.
YOU MENTIONED, A LITTLE TIGHTER.
ADAMS ONLY 7,000 VOTES AHEAD OF
GARCIA.
HIS REPUBLICAN OPPONENT IS
HIS REPUBLICAN OPPONENT IS
CLAIMING THAT ADAMS WILL NOT BE
TOUGH ENOUGH.
>> HOW CAN YOU BE LAW AND ORDER
>> HOW CAN YOU BE LAW AND ORDER
IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO REFUND
THE POLICE, AND HERE WAS THE
MONEY TO DO IT.
>> THE REPUBLICAN SAID IF ADAMS
IS SO TOUGH ON CRIME HE SHOULD
IS SO TOUGH ON CRIME HE SHOULD
PUT FEDERAL MONEY WHERE HIS
MOUTH IS.
>> THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
>> THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES HAS NOW SAID FOR A THIRD
TIME TO NEW YORK CITY, PLEASE,
PLEASE USE IT TO HIRE POLICE.
PLEASE USE IT TO HIRE POLICE.
>> THE CRITICISM COMES A DAY
AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN INVITED
ADAMS TO A WHITE HOUSE MEETING
WITH MAYORS AND POLICE CHIEFS,
SIGNALING A TOUGH APPROACH TO
RISING GUN VIOLENCE IN THE U.S.
RISING GUN VIOLENCE IN THE U.S.
BIDEN IS URGING CITIES TO USE
MONEY FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE
MONEY FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN TO HIRE MORE POLICE, BUT
ADAMS SAYS INSTEAD OF USING THE
MONEY TO HIRE MORE COPS HE WOULD
MONEY TO HIRE MORE COPS HE WOULD
USE IT TO TAKE THEM OFF DESK
DUTY AND DEPLOY THEM TO THE
STREETS.
>> I AM GOING TO PUT IN PLACE A
PLAIN CLOTHES ANTI-GUN UNIT TO
DO POLICING AND GO AFTER THE
KNOWN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
KNOWN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
CARRYING GUNS AND USING GUNS.
CARRYING GUNS AND USING GUNS.
>> BOROUGH PRESIDENT ADAMS,
WORKING ON HIS PROFILE WITH A
WORKING ON HIS PROFILE WITH A
APPEARANCE ON THE VIEW TODAY.
HE COVERS ALL THE POLITICAL
BASIS ON POLICE STRATEGY
DEMANDING POLICE REFORM AND
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT THAT
PREVENTS CRIME WHILE ALSO MAKING
PREVENTS CRIME WHILE ALSO MAKING
CRIME FIGHTING HIS TOP PRIORITY.
>> IT’S GOING TO DESTROY OUR
ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
WE ARE GOING TO LOSE OUR HIGH IN
COME LEARNERS, AND WE ARE GOING
TO LOSE IT IN OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM
WHERE PEOPLE DON’T FEEL SAFE.
>> A FORMER POLICE CAPTAIN GOING
>> A FORMER POLICE CAPTAIN GOING
HEAD TO HEAD WITH REPUBLICAN,
AND HE INSISTED WITH THE NYPD
AND HE INSISTED WITH THE NYPD
FORCE BELOW 35,000, HE SAID IT’S
NECESSARY TO HIRE MORE POLICE
BUT CLEARLY PUBLIC SAFETY WILL
BUT CLEARLY PUBLIC SAFETY WILL
BE AN ISSUE IN THE GENERAL
ELECTION FOR MAYOR AS WELL AS
THE PRIMARY, NATALIE.