we have to deal with the real perception, we'll put our police officers doing patrol again. giving that moral back in the police department. >> you're saying that the crime problem in this city is more perception than reality? >> no. it's a combination of both, of new yorkers must be safe. they're not safe enough for me. even if it is less than six crimes a day, that is too many for me and i'm clear on that. >> but mayor, the new york city crime statistics are that year to date, crime in the subways is up 41% over the same period last year and serious crime, mayor felonies are up even more than that. that's not perception. that's reality. >> right. as i stated, if you do an analysis of the six major cities in america, the crime waves tackling all of our cities, new york city is the safest out of the six mayor cities in america. also showed how i have turned around the moral of the police