Mayor Eric Adams was on the defensive Friday as progressive attorney and advocate Olayemi Olurin accused him of promulgating harmful rhetoric around subway crime in the five boroughs during a contentious radio interview.
Olurin, during a segment on Power 105.1’s “The Breakfast Club” with hosts Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy, claimed that Adams is responsible for New Yorkers’ perception that the city’s subways are rife with crime. She argued that he has drawn an excessive amount of attention to a handful of high-profile violent incidents and that there are millions of straphangers who commute safely each day.
