BUT THE KILLER FLED THE SUBWAY
CAR SUNDAY IN DOWNTOWN
MANHATTAN.
>> Charles: THANKS, ERIC.
THE VICTIM’S SISTER SLAMMING THE
STATE’S REFORM LAWS, THE BAIL
REFORM LAWS IN THE AFTERMATH OF
THIS ATTACKING TELLING THE "NEW
YORK POST," THE WORST PART, IF
THEY CATCH HIM, HE WILL BE OUT.
MY BROTHER JUST BECAME A
STATISTIC ON HIS WAY TO THE
CITY.
HER HUSBAND ADDED THAT "DO YOUR
JOB, GET CRIME OFF OF THE
STREETS."
FORMER NY CITY POLICE
COMMISSIONER RAY KELLY IS HERE.
WE REACHED OUT TO MAYOR ADAMS
AND HE’S WELCOME TO JOIN AT ANY
TIME.
COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE TOO MUCH
OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, DON’T
WE?
IT’S PARTICULARLY HURTFUL.
I WAS READING WHERE ENRIQUES
AVOIDED THE SUBWAY MOST OF THE
PANDEMIC.
YOU KNOW, I GUESS HE WANTED TO
MEET SOME FRIENDS AND THOUGHT IT
WAS SAFE.
HERE WE ARE DISCUSSING ANOTHER
SENDLESS MURDER.
YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> IT’S A SAD REALITY.
CRIME IS WAY UP IN NEW YORK
CITY.
PEOPLE ARE PARTICULARLY AFRAID
TO RIDE ON A SUBWAY.
IT’S NEW YORK CITY’S LIFE LINE.
SO FIVE MILLION PEOPLE AT LEAST
USED TO RIDE THE SUBWAY
PREPANDEMIC.
WE NEED I’D FOR THIS CITY TO
FUNCTION TO COME BACK FROM THE
PANDEMIC.
THAT’S NOW WHERE WE ARE.
THE MAJOR HAS GIVEN GREAT
SPEECHES.
THE STORY IS IN THE NUMBERS.
CRIME IS UP OVER 40% IN NEW YORK
CITY THIS YEAR ON HIS WATCH.
ROBBERIES, ASSAULTS, BURGLARIES,
ALL IN THE 50s AND ABOVE.
SO PEOPLE ARE UPSET HERE.
THE MAJOR WILL HAVE TO RESPOND
IN SOME DIFFERENT WAY.
HE’S PUT A LOT OF POLICE
OFFICERS IN THE SUBWAY SYSTEM.
QUITE FRANKLY, I’M NOT CERTAIN
IF THEY CAN TO MORE.
THEY’RE USING UP A LOT OF
OVERTIME.
>> TO YOUR POINT, AS OF LAST
THURSDAY, RIDERSHIP WAS 61%
PREPANDEMIC.
THE NUMBERS ARE 19% BELOW WHAT
THEY ANTICIPATED.
I DON’T KNOW.
IT’S GOING TO BE A TAX ISSUE A
FAIR HIKE ISSUE OR SOMETHING TO
CATCH UP ECONOMICALLY.
WHAT CAN BE DONE?
WE SAW ONE INSTANCE WHERE THE
CAMERAS DIDN’T WORK PROPERLY.
ALWAYS SOME ISSUE THAT FEELS
LIKE JUST FROM THE OUTSIDE
LOOKING IN, THAT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN CORRECTED A LONG TIME AGO.
>> WELL, I THINK AS FAR AS OUR
IMMEDIATE ISSUE, AS MANY POLICE
OFFICERS AS WE CAN GET SHOULD BE
IN THE SUBWAY SYSTEM.
THEY SHOULD BE ON THE PLATFORM
AND IN THE MEZZANINE AND RIDING
THE TRAINS IF POSSIBLE.
YES, WE HAVE A BIG DEPARTMENT.
BUT ABOUT 2,500 POLICE OFFICERS
IN THE TRANSIT BUREAU.
IT TAKES MORE.
THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS
ON THE MANPOWER AND INCREASING
THAT AS MUCH AS THEY CAN. >> Charles: COMMISSIONER, THIS
>> Charles: COMMISSIONER, THIS
IS A GOLDMAN SACHS PLOYEMPLOYEE.
A WEEK AGO, JAMIE DIMON WAS
ASKED TO RIDE THE SUBWAY.
DO THEY THINK THEY’RE SAFER THAN
THEY ARE OR IS THIS ANOTHER
PUBLICITY STUNT?
>> TRANSIT CRIME IS UP 62% THIS
YEAR.
SO AS I SAID, THE NUMBERS TELL
THE STORY.
THEY SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
ALL THE TIME.
CRIME.
SURVEYS THAT SHOW THAT PEOPLE
ARE NOT RIDING THE SUBWAY NOT
BECAUSE OF COVID BUT BECAUSE OF
THE FEAR OF CRIME.
>> Charles: THE FAMILY, THE
SISTER RENERD TO THE BAIL
REFORM.
THE REVOLVING DOOR.
MOCKERY OF JUSTICE.
IS THERE ANY CHANCE?
HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE
BEFORE POLITICIANS HEAR THESE
PLEAS?
>> WELL, THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK THE MAYOR IS ASKING FOR
A REASONABLE ADDITION TO THE
BAIL REFORM WOES.
49 STATES IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE
JUDGES WITH THE ABILITY TO MAKE
A DETERMINATION ON
DANGEROUSNESS.
THE ONLY STATE THAT DOESN’T HAVE
IT IS NEW YORK STATE.
THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN ASKING THE
LEGISLATURE FOR.
SO FAR NO RESPONSE.
I THINK YOU’LL HAVE TO KEEP
KNOCKING ON THE DOOR.
SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE WITH