Does NYC Want a Cop for a Mayor?

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🗓️ 9 June 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In the last year, New York City has experienced a surge in violent crime, reflecting a trend across major cities nationwide. In a heated race to be the city’s next mayor, one candidate, former New York police captain Eric Adams, is using the issue of public safety to his advantage. Guest: Eric Lach, staff writer at The New Yorker. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:12.9	Am I Morty?
0:14.0	Am I me?
0:15.2	I don't know.
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0:34.4	I went to Harlem a few weeks ago to see one of the democratic candidates running to be
0:38.8	mayor of New York.
0:40.1	His name is Eric Adams.
0:41.4	I am Eric Adams, the Brooklyn ball president and a cat.
0:48.2	Adams has consistently pulled at or around the top of the heap of people running in the
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