Mayor Eric Adams appeared to be in full reelection mode Monday afternoon when he not only announced that the NYPD had taken more than 1,000 illegal guns off the streets but also took the opportunity to attack unnamed critics who believe the Big Apple is unsafe.
Standing alongside Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and before several tables of confiscated firearms at the 75th Precinct stationhouse in Brooklyn on March 10, Hizzoner did not mince words when it came to New Yorkers who feel the city is unsafe and full of peril.
