“If you got a ninja outfit on and you are running around with a sword, then something is wrong,” he said, apparently referring to an attack with a sword scabbard in the subway Thursday.
,” referring to the fatal subway shoving attack in January that made headlines around the world, “you are seeing this mental health issue that we are facing.”Michael Brochstein/Sipa USAconfined to an institution.
The mayor’s remarks stood in sharp contrast to his statements earlier in the week, when he downplayed connecting untreated mental health issues to the spasms of violence on the subways, which exploded in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.There have been nine homicides underground so far this year, up from six reported in 2021 and two in 2020. All of those figures are well in excess of pre-pandemic levels, when the system system usually averaged an entire year or more between murders.
“I think we have eight homicides this year, two more than last year,” he continued. “You can’t tie all of them to people with emotional issues.”When pressed why the homicide figures had surged, Adams then blamed guns — even though they’ve only been linked to three of the 17 homicides since the COVID outbreak.
Adams couched his about-face on Thursday by claiming that his remarks from Monday had been “misinterpreted” by reporters and that he had been talking about the fatal subway shooting of teenager on the Rockaways.
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