UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) -- The possibility of National Guard troops being deployed to New York City, much in the same way that they've been activated in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, has been suggested repeatedly by President Donald Trump, after he ordered the two other urban deployments.

Mayor Eric Adams spoke about the possibility and why he and his top brass in law enforcement are advising the Trump administration against it, in an in-depth interview with PIX11 News on Tuesday.

In the one-on-one interview at Gracie Mansion, the mayor said that his administration is pointing the White House to NYPD crime statistics that show a safe city whose record for keeping crime rates low has only grown stronger under his watch.

"Our crime is the lowest it has been in decades, whe

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