Mayor Adams warned Curtis Sliwa and the Guardian Angels to remain of their lane because the volunteer vigilante group stated they’d resume subway patrols within the wake of a lady who was killed after being set on fireplace on a Brooklyn F practice.
“If Curtis wants to be back down in the subway system, if he sees something, he should say something and he should do something,” Adams stated Tuesday. “Don’t overstep your boundaries, like they did a few months ago when they arrested an innocent person. Let the police do their job.”
Mayor Eric Adams speaks to the media throughout his weekly media availability Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams / New York Every day Information)
The brand new patrols will include conducting wellness checks on individuals who seem like homeless, handing out water and reporting points to the NYPD. The Guardian Angels have at numerous factors introduced their return to patrolling the subways and streets, particularly following high-profile violent incidents.
Groups of three will stroll the trains as they transfer by the system, the group has stated.
“I find it perplexing that Eric Adams would want to discourage volunteers providing help to the unprecedented amount of homeless suffering in our subways every single day,” Sliwa stated in response to Adams’ remarks, including that the Guardian Angels don’t make arrests.
The Angels need to develop its membership, placing up flyers in practice automobiles urging straphangers to affix.
Sliwa ran for mayor in 2021 on the Republican ticket and is anticipated to do the identical within the upcoming election.
Curtis Sliwa in 2023. (Shawn Inglima for New York Every day Information)
The mayor, talking at his weekly press briefing, touted the town’s dropping crime statistics, saying that regardless of a number of disturbing incidents New York continues to be protected total.
“Crime is not surging in the subway system,” Adams stated. “You know, we have some high-profile incidents and we’re really disturbed about it. But overall, crime is lowest.”
Initially Revealed: December 31, 2024 at 3:58 PM EST
