New York City mayor says he doesn’t feel safe riding subway after Asian woman pushed to her death in front of train
- Eric Adams said when he rode the train on January 1, he called 911 to report a fight near a subway station and encountered a yelling passenger
- The admission from the Democrat came days after a 61-year-old man was charged with the killing of Michelle Alyssa Go
The Democrat recounted when he rode the train on January 1, not long after taking the oath of office, he called 911 to report a fight near a subway station, encountered a yelling passenger and another passenger sleeping on a train.
“On day one, I took the subway system, I felt unsafe. I saw homeless everywhere. People were yelling on the trains. There was a feeling of disorder. So as we deal with the crime problem, we also have to deal with the fact people feel unsafe,” he said.
Adams, who has been in office for just over two weeks, is an avowed fan of the system, which became infamous for grime, graffiti and crime in the 1980s, but made a remarkable turnaround in recent decades that had mostly erased its bad reputation.
After Saturday’s apparently unprovoked attack, Adams initially stressed that, overall, the system is safe.
