After Times Square Shooting, Adams and Yang Stress Support for N.Y.P.D.
Eric Adams and Andrew Yang, among the front-runners in the New York City mayor’s race, said the shooting underlined the importance of public safety.
Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, was the first mayoral candidate to visit the scene where three people were shot in Times Square on Saturday.Credit...Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times
Published May 9, 2021Updated May 12, 2021
Within hours of a shooting in Times Square that left three bystanders, including a child, wounded, two news conferences were held near the crime scene: one by the Police Department, one by an elected official.