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NEW YORK POLITICS

NYC Mayor Adams blames judges for letting

‘dangerous people’ go free
By Michael Gartland
New York Daily News • May 06, 2022 at 6:00 pm

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Three days after the NYPD issued stats showing a 34% jump in major crimes,
Mayor Adams laid part of the blame at the feet of the court system, saying that
judges are simply letting criminals go free.

“When you look at the number of arrests of dangerous people that we are doing,
and then you look at the other side, they go to court and judges are letting them
out,” he said. “So the police officers are catching the guns, catching the bad guys,
and by the time the police officers get back on patrol, they see the guy that they
just caught.”

During a press conference at Times Square on Friday, Adams was asked to

provide a timeline around when New Yorkers can expect to see results when it
comes to lowering crime in the city.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams (Yuki Iwamura/AP)

As he has done before in recent days, Adams touted the fact that the NYPD has
removed 2,500 illegal guns since the New Year.

“When you think about that number, it’s unbelievable,” he said.

Adams, however, did not provide a time frame within which people can expect to
see crime subside. And while he claimed that the NYPD is doing its part, he
suggested that other crucial actors are not doing theirs.

“It’s as though: Who’s on our team? Who’s on the team for innocent New
Yorkers?” he said.

“We’re going to continue to do our job,” he continued. “But we need help from a
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bottlenecked criminal justice system. We need help from those who believe that
those who carry guns should not stay in jail. We need help to stop the flow of
guns into our city. We need help to make sure that the laws that we are passing

are sending the right message that it’s not acceptable to carry guns. So, the NYPD
is going to continue to do their job.”

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