NEW YORK — More than 3 in 4 New Yorkers said they were concerned about becoming a victim of violent crime in a citywide survey released Tuesday, a sky-high figure showing the five boroughs on edge five months into Mayor Eric Adams’ administration.
In the Spectrum News/Siena College poll, conducted by phone during the last two weeks of May, 70% of New York City residents said they felt less safe than they did before the 26-month-old pandemic, and 25% described little change in their sense of security.
Adams, a former police captain who has made crime-fighting the central focus of his mayoralty, scored mixed reviews. Twenty-nine percent of New Yorkers said the mayor has done a good job as mayor, and 64% said he is doing a fair or poor job, according to the poll.
