MTA Chairman Janno Lieber and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. (Getty)
Mayor Eric Adams also addressed the public sentiment in remarks earlier this year.
"Public safety is the actual safety and it's how people are feeling," he said in March. "We know we have over 4 million riders a day and a reliable system. We know we have approximately six felonies a day out of those 4 million riders. But if they don't feel safe, then we're not accomplishing our task."
"Stats don't matter if people don't believe they are in a safe environment," he said, according to WNBC.
Lieber said at the March meeting he would not be "surrendering our city to anyone."
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