Eric Adams doesn't feel safe riding the NYC Subway

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TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan (WABC) -- Just days after a woman was killed after being pushed in front of an MTA subway train, New York City's mayor made a stunning admission about the city's transit system.

At a City Hall press conference, New York City Mayor Eric Adams made a promise and a stunning admission.

"We're going to make sure New Yorkers feel safe in our subway system. And they don't feel that way now," Adams said. "I don't feel that way when I take the train every day, or when I'm moving throughout our transportation system."

The mayor's confession -- that even he does not feel safe using his own city's public transit, comes just three days after Michelle Go was killed in Times Square.

It happened just after 9:30 a.m. Saturday inside the Times Square-42nd Street subway station.
40-year-old Michelle Go was struck and killed in the apparently random attack.

Police say the man accused of shoving her, who police identified as 61-year-old Simon Martial, has a history of mental illness and is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation.

Go was an Upper West Side resident who worked as a consultant for Deloitte.

The mayor's about-face on subway safety was welcome news to the man who runs the transit system.

"I think Mayor Adams is showing that he gets it, he gets how New Yorkers are feeling," Acting MTA Chairman Janno Lieber said. "He gets that even though, statistically, the chances of being the victim of a crime on the subway are very, very low -- and, God forbid, being a crime victim of a crime like the one that took place in Times Square. But New Yorkers also perceive a lack of safety because they are seeing and hearing about these extraordinary, alarming subway pushing episodes."

The incident happened less than two weeks after New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared that homeless outreach and police presence would be stepped-up dramatically.

As for the victim, Go was a consultant with the management firm Deloitte, whose volunteer work with the New York Junior League included helping the homeless.

"She clearly had a very strong passion for working one-on-one with these populations in need," said New York Junior League President Dayna Cassidy. "She was a very compassionate soul who wanted to be rewarded by that direct impact and directly working with those individuals and watching them evolve over time."

Go's family released a statement calling her "a beautiful, brilliant, kind, and intelligent woman."

Ben Wei organized a vigil for 6 p.m. Tuesday night in Times Square, where Mayor Adams spoke.


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He'll be ok
 

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He knew the subways weren't safe. He said that bs before because he's trying to get folks back to work & ride the subways again.

Anyways, hopefully this gets the junkies & homeless the hell out the system.
 

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