Reporters Ask the Mayor: Subway Safety, Dissatisfaction and A New Lawsuit
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week's event, including on subway safety, a sexual assault allegation against the mayor and more news.
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| 0:00.0 | Brian Lear on WNYC now as usual on Wednesday mornings after Mayor Adams Tuesday |
| 0:15.7 | news conferences. Our lead Eric Adams reporter list, Kim joins us with excerpts and analysis |
| 0:21.6 | and to take your calls. |
| 0:23.1 | Subway safety, a right to shelter, a settlement on that |
| 0:27.1 | with a legal aid society regarding migrants |
| 0:30.0 | and New Yorkers already here. |
| 0:31.6 | Very much in the news, that just happened a couple of days ago. |
| 0:34.6 | The sexual assault lawsuit filed against the mayor for an alleged assault in the early 1990s. |
| 0:41.7 | And this morning there's a new survey out showing a lot of dissatisfaction among |
| 0:45.8 | New Yorkers with the quality of life right now. |
| 0:48.3 | Hi Liz, thanks for coming on as always. |
| 0:50.6 | Good morning Brian. |
| 0:51.8 | And let's start with subway safety and the recent |
| 0:55.2 | deployment of more police and the National Guard and listeners here is a very |
| 0:59.5 | specific question that Liz herself asked the mayor. |
| 1:04.4 | Yes. |
| 1:04.8 | Something that I've seen and I also hear a lot from New Yorkers when they talk about taking the trains. |
| 1:10.1 | We're seeing the police officers on the platforms, but not so much riding the trains. |
| 1:17.0 | What's the reason for that? And is there a way to incentivize them to ride? |
| 1:22.0 | Because I think that a lot of New Yorkers say that that might actually |
| 1:25.8 | give them the biggest reassurance because sometimes the things that make them |
| 1:30.8 | nervous for things that are happening on the train while they're riding while they're |
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