Never mind “If you see something, say something” — Mayor Eric Adams actually wants New Yorkers to do something.

More specifically, he wants a revival of Good Samaritans who rise to the occasion when fellow New Yorkers are in trouble.

“[People] believe helping is having your camera out and taking a video of it — you know, that is not helping someone,” Adams told me. “We need to really have a campaign talking about how it’s important to look after your fellow New Yorker, because there’s been a number of cases where … people just stood by.” 6

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Having written extensively about public safety in New York — including some of my own horror stories being harassed on the street — I was eager for the opportunity to sit down with the mayor at Gracie Mansion to discuss how he would co

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