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Major crime continues to drop, rat sightings are down, and the construction of affordable housing is going up — but budget cuts last year also hurt things like cleanliness and tree planting, the annual Mayor’s Management Report, released Wednesday, shows.

Mayor Eric Adams touted his administration’s wins in a video summary of the report where he highlighted improving numbers for public safety, garbage containerization, affordable housing, summer jobs, and affordable child care access.

“We are taking on every quality-of-life issue from rats to potholes

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