Despite the terrifying subway shooting which sent Brooklyn straphangers scrambling this week , Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday declared the Big Apple is still “the safest big city in America.”
“I … want to say to New Yorkers: listen, people want to give the energy of because of isolated incidents that happen in our city that our city is a place of disorder …,” Adams told Q104.3 FM’s Jim Kerr before marching in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade through Midtown.
“That is just a just a lot of BS. The city is resilient.”
Hizzoner then touted stats showing shootings and homicides are down citywide while the the city has more private sector jobs that any time in its history.
“The people in this city are strong,” he said.
“Don’t let anybody give you all that BS about New York City is not resilient.
