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https://newsmax.com/politics/newyork-mayor/2021/06/22/id/1026061/
Current leader for the dems
Brooklyn Borough President and former New York police captain Eric Adams was leading in the first round of counting in the city’s Democratic mayoral primary after a campaign focused on law enforcement. The campaign’s early front-runner Andrew Yang conceded defeat.
In the final months of the race, crime and policing became the top issue. The debate around policing shifted dramatically as the city moved away from a summer of pandemic and protests. Conversations about police reform in New York City and calls to defund the police -- which arose in the wake of George Floyd’s murder -- gave way to concerns about shootings and violent crime as the city reopened.
“It’s like the ‘80s again now, it’s not even safe,” said Willie Carlos Jr., a voter in West Harlem, referring to gun violence and graffiti. “I go to work at 1 a.m, 2 a.m. in the morning, even a guy my size, you have to be careful.”
Crime on the whole is down historically, but shooting incidents are up 64% in 2021 over the same period last year and hate crimes have more than doubled, according to NYPD statistics.
Adams, who has been leading recent opinion polls, has made crime central to his campaign, helping to keep it at the forefront of the race. Adams, who was an NYPD captain before he entered politics, has called for the revival of a plainclothes task force that was disbanded last year amid complaints of excessive force. He suggested that the city could return to some form of stop-and-frisk, a policy the city abandoned after it was found to disproportionately target people of color.
Current leader for the dems
Brooklyn Borough President and former New York police captain Eric Adams was leading in the first round of counting in the city’s Democratic mayoral primary after a campaign focused on law enforcement. The campaign’s early front-runner Andrew Yang conceded defeat.
In the final months of the race, crime and policing became the top issue. The debate around policing shifted dramatically as the city moved away from a summer of pandemic and protests. Conversations about police reform in New York City and calls to defund the police -- which arose in the wake of George Floyd’s murder -- gave way to concerns about shootings and violent crime as the city reopened.
“It’s like the ‘80s again now, it’s not even safe,” said Willie Carlos Jr., a voter in West Harlem, referring to gun violence and graffiti. “I go to work at 1 a.m, 2 a.m. in the morning, even a guy my size, you have to be careful.”
Crime on the whole is down historically, but shooting incidents are up 64% in 2021 over the same period last year and hate crimes have more than doubled, according to NYPD statistics.
Adams, who has been leading recent opinion polls, has made crime central to his campaign, helping to keep it at the forefront of the race. Adams, who was an NYPD captain before he entered politics, has called for the revival of a plainclothes task force that was disbanded last year amid complaints of excessive force. He suggested that the city could return to some form of stop-and-frisk, a policy the city abandoned after it was found to disproportionately target people of color.
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