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Arrest. how did that assault happen? seven prior times that they were struggling with addiction or mental health. we need to connect them to services. it's intuitive, common sense. i don't understand the pushback. >> katie: jesse, bragg is basically accusing the new mayor and the police chief of reading the memo incorrectly and not understanding what he means by downgrading charges for violent felons. >> jesse: the d.a. is not going to last in manhattan. he can't. it's not san francisco or philly. it's an international business mecca. it's like the biggest tourist attraction in the western hem...

He was a joke because he was incompetent. you can't be an ideologue in new york city. you have to be competent. we will not tolerate a crime wave in this city. if you're going to have a d.a. who is going to allow ex-cons to prey on innocent new yorkers and then make sure they get into therapy. instead of prison. not going to happen. >> katie: dana, it's not just the police and the mayor. it's business leaders meeting with the d.a. to talk about consequence is for employees, businesses. >> neil: i think it follows what jesse was saying. the business community is like no, actually we are going t...

A society that's plagued by endemic racism. we talked about it, including the christmas tree arsonist, there are mentally ill people on these streets, new york city especially. bragg is using that to benefit the hardened street criminal. mentally ill people are not robbing banks. mentally ill people are not breaking into homes. they are not assaulting women. some of them, some of them are doing some pretty crazy stuff, but there are a lot of criminals that are taking advantage of i guess kind of like the absentee landlord that's taken over our cities. everything that comes out of the sky's mou...

If we don't do these things, new york won't come back. never bet against new york. i live in and my kids go to school and i vote in new york and i think if esther bragg had said this during the campaign i wouldn't have voted for him. you would think that mayor adams would say i think mayor adams and his police commissioner, they are committed to the things we have articulated. i would hope and encourage the d.a. to think about changes to bail reform. think about a coalition or partnership with the city and others around making the subways safer. to greg's point and points we have made many tim...