Never mind “If you see something, say something” — Mayor Eric Adams actually wants New Yorkers to do something.
More specifically, he wants a revival of Good Samaritans who rise to the occasion when fellow New Yorkers are in trouble.
“[People] believe helping is having your camera out and taking a video of it — you know, that is not helping someone,” Adams told me. “We need to really have a campaign talking about how it’s important to look after your fellow New Yorker, because there’s been a number of cases where … people just stood by.”
NY Post contributor Rikki Schlott speaks to the mayor.
Read more at https://nypost.com/2025/08/22/us-news/new-yorkers-need-to-put-down-phones-protect-each-other-eric-adams/
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