<p>Former &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; host <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-wallace/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Wallace</a> cornered Democrat New York City Mayor <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a> during a recent CNN interview, pushing back on his claims that &#8220;perception&#8221; was making the skyrocketing crime rates in his city appear worse than they really were.</p>
<p>Wallace, who left Fox News after nearly two decades just last year, spoke to Adams as part of his new interview-based series, &#8220;Who&#8217;s Talking To Chris Wallace?&#8221; — and the topic turned to the dramatic uptick in violent crime that has impacted multiple American cities, not the least of which being the Big Apple.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Wallace Confronts NYC Mayor Eric Adams With Increased Crime Stats: &#39;That&#39;s Not Perception That&#39;s Reality&#39; <a href="https://t.co/45if3GYkMP">https://t.co/45if3GYkMP</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/Mediaite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mediaite</a> <a href="https://t.co/p6EHIF4B9g">pic.twitter.com/p6EHIF4B9g</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Tommy moderna-vaX-Topher (@tommyxtopher) <a href="https://twitter.com/tommyxtopher/status/1583095494326202369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;We have an average of less than six crimes a day on a subway system with 3.5 million riders. But if you write your story based on a narrative, then you’re going to look at the worst of those six crimes and put it on the front pages of your paper every day,&#8221; Adams began, first blaming media for creating a narrative that made his city look more dangerous. &#8220;So I have to deal with those six crimes a day, felony crimes, and the perception of fear.&#8221;</p>
<p>Adams went on to say that his team had successfully decreased gun violence in the city, claiming that officials had taken &#8220;over 5,700 guns&#8221; off the streets and made a number of arrests on gun crimes.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are attacking the problem exactly the way I stated,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>&#8220;You’re saying that the crime problem in this city is more perception than reality?&#8221; Wallace asked.</p>
<p>&#8220;No, it’s a combination of both. New Yorkers must be safe,&#8221; Adams replied.</p>
<p>&#8220;But Mayor, the New York City crime statistics are that year to date, crime in the subways is up 41% over the same period last year, and serious crime, major felonies, are up even more than that,&#8221; Wallace pushed back. &#8220;That’s not perception. That’s reality.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;If you do an analysis of the six major cities in America, the crime waves is tackling all of our cities. New York City is the safest,&#8221; Adams insisted. &#8220;So yes, we have a real crime problem that we’re addressing. But part of that is the perception that every day, those six crimes are being highlighted over and over again.&#8221;</p>
<p>Adams continued to reference the &#8220;six crimes&#8221; he said were occurring daily within the city&#8217;s subway system but did not mention that crime had been ticking upward outside of the public transit system as well. The New York Police Department released <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/p00056/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-july-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crime statistics</a> in July of 2022 and determined that the city&#8217;s overall crime rate was up 30.5% year-over-year. Additionally, shooting incidents were up 13.4%, and murders were up 34.3%.</p>

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