crying defund the police, their communities won't suffer. it is our city against the killers. the harlem mothers views aligned with the city�*s new mayor, eric adams is a former police captain who was elected promising more officers on the street, including a controversial unit of plainclothes police in the community. jarrel e daniels spent six years in prison for gang violence. he now helps young inmates and advocates for criminaljustice reform. the previous new york city administrations in the early 2000s and late �*90s and they followed a tough on crime policy. we have fallen back into that same model and it�*s not really a productive model. you really think we are returning the model? i think we�*re close to it. we on the bridge of being back at the same state. gun violence is a crisis across america. a lot is at stake for democrats as they grapple with public safety and police reform. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york.