Watch: NYCMayor joined us this morning to answer questions about crime and policing in New York City, as well as his plans to address mental illness and fire safety concerns.
spoke with CBS News New York on Monday to address the issues facing New Yorkers, from crime to mental illness. show overall crime was down 5.5% in February, compared to the same time last year. Major crimes in the subways were down just over 9%.
"It is the continuation of when I inherited a city that we saw an increase in violence, we saw an increase in our seven major crimes, such as robbery, burglary, homicides. We have a double digit decrease in shootings, double digit decrease in homicides. Our subway, due to our Subway Safety Plan, is extremely safer," he said."We have work to do, we're not spiking the ball.
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