that testified in federal court to stop the abuse of stop and frisk. floyd versus nypd. my testimony was mentioned in the judge s decision on why she ruled against the police department for using methods that targeted black and brown people. that s first point. this is my life work of having justice and safety. second point, the type of plain clothe anti-violence unit, everyone will keep their cameras on. too many officers were turning off cameras when having interactions with civilians. that s not happening anymore. we will monitor those interactions. and in purposes where we need to better train, we will. in purposes where we need to discipline, we will. these officers are going to wear identifiable parts of police attire, apparel, such as the
garnered a good bit of support from all sides. this morning, woke up, read the new york post. they said your plan to clean up the streets, to keep new yorkers safe is complex. there s a lot to it, but they think it just may work, coming from the new york post that s pretty high praise. talk about your plan to clean up the streets, to protect new yorkers and, of course, to protect nypd police officers. this is what i did throughout the campaign and really longer than that. my observations of what was happening in my city, in our city, i sat down from the start of the campaign putting together a blueprint to end gun violence because we were having a lot of shootings throughout the summer. what i noticed, that we have a sea of violence that many rivers are feeding this violence. we have to dam each one. we look towards the police department and believe they re not doing their job.
it you won t be charged. that doesn t make sense. we need to stop the flow of guns and go after the gun dealers and manufacturers that are bringing guns into the inner city. i am going to do my part. i had to share with the american public and the new york city public, here are the rivers that s feeding the sea of violence. it is up to all of us to play a role to stop it. nypd is doing their job. everyone else must do their job. all right. new york city mayor eric adams. as always, thank you so much for being with us. we greatly appreciate it. thank you. take care. all right. you too. all right. still ahead mika, what do we have coming up next? still ahead on morning joe, the biden administration is ramping up access to high-quality masks and covid tests. we ll talk to the u.s. surgeon general about the new effort to contain coronavirus as case counts drop. plus, virginia governor glenn youngkin is facing a new
and those who commit violence. tell us about that part of your plan. also, you voiced some support for a movement that a lot in the community have wanted sometime which is to require nypd officers to live in the city in which they work which they re not currently required to do. tell us what you want there. let s look at the mental health first. mental health is crucial. we have to be honest with ourselves. we are saying, you know a person can t take care of himself, dangerous to himself, dangerous to others, but we believe it is more humane for them to live on the subway system or sleep on grate or not able to too care of themselves and in some cases create violence. i say we have to stop that. we have to make sure they get the wrap-around services they. reporter need. we have to place people in locales, in places where
that is not true. we are taking thousands of guns off the street, over 300 guns were taken off the streets since i was elected. 6,000 guns last year. 22,000 subway visits, another 1,000 cops going into the subway station. but when you look at what the police are doing, that s just one river. now look at the legislation that states it is our right to carry guns in this city. look at how our mental health system is failing. look at all of the other rivers, how our federal, state and city agencies are not coordinating the way they should. we are not stopping the flow of guns into the inner cities in america. that is what we must do and the blueprint must deal with damming every river to stop continuing to fill this sea of violence. as you know, mr. mayor, the man who police say shot and killed the nypd officer and injured another last week now has died from his injuries. authorities say la sean mcneil