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Double digit increases in robberies, felony assaults, and rape. just a day after this assault on the nypd officers at the harlem train station, a 25-year-old man was stabbed at the sterling street station while on board the number 2 train pulling into the station by an attacker. that man is free at this time. we expect julie and bill, to hear from mayor eric adams at 9:45 on a separate topic and listening to hear if he has anything else to say about crime, bail and this incident. >> bill: the nypd retired lieutenant. what bryan just said is alarming. crime is up 53% in the subways. the mayor i...

>> it was common for sometime. we haven't seen that for several weeks. as for the mayor in new york, he is a former transit cop, remember, nypd. he needs to get on the subway and ride it and do it every day and bring tv cameras with him and let people know they aren't going to take this. he needs to walk the sidewalks of new york city and bring tv cameras with him and needs to be out there. he has yet to do that. >> he needs to be out there talking to the cops. they're so frustrated for so many years with our former mayor deblasio who didn't feel like the mayor was giving them the support they...

The cameras that were not working and the, quote, the uniform officer approached, said his radio was not working and asked passengers to call 911. i want to play for you the mayor's response. >> because of the thick walls, because it's underground, from time to time there is a malfunctioning, but it doesn't happen often. during the days when i was a transit cop, it was well known that your radio didn't operate but we have gotten much better and i'm a little surprised to find we had a radio that was inoperative. we'll look into that. >> what do you make of that answer? >> anybody who has ever s...

System in new york, which as you know, jim, it's the way people get around in new york. it's what makes new york possible. i was asking for a long time during the de blasio era, let's get the cops on the platforms and on the trains like the old days when you and i were growing up in new york, jim. that's what riders want, it's where they feel vulnerable, it's where bad stuff happens generally. the mayor has said to his police department that he wants cops on trains like he used to do when he was a transit cop. he wants cops on platforms. that's what we need. we also want to see an upsurge in o...

Purchase a weapon. >> one other thing we heard that might change or has been a suggestion comes out of this tragedy, this is from the head of the mta. the person who runs the mass transit here in new york. thinks it's time for a stronger and more visible police presence on the subway system. let me play this for you. >> i was asking for long time to get the cops on the platforms and on the trains like the old days when you and i were growing up in new york, jim. that is what riders want. it's where they feel vulnerable. it's where bad stuff happen, generally. the mayor said to his police depar...