Mayoral Candidates Are Feeling the Heat as New Yorkers Grow Fed Up With Subway Crime

Do Mayor Adams or any of his challengers have an effective plan or the political will to fix the problem?

AP/Yuki Iwamura
Police officers patrol the F train platform at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station. AP/Yuki Iwamura

Mayor Adams is running for re-election this year, but a spate of violent subway crimes is tarnishing his former-cop, tough-on-crime image. His challengers on both sides of the aisle are pouncing. Does the mayor or any of these candidates have an effective plan or the political will to clean up the subways and reduce crime?

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