The city's mayor, Eric Adams, has spoken openly about being beaten by police as a teenager. Mayor Eric Adams: I think a number of things went wrong. Mayor Adams: Well, clearly we could not ignore the ethnicity of the officers that are involved. We have increased the number of members from the AAPI community, Spanish speaking officers, Muslim officers. Having the right supervision there that can immediately deescalate a situation or stop when it gets out of hand and pick the right officers to assign.

Source: CNN January 30, 2023 22:46 UTC