NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- A new poll shows Mayor Eric Adams is beginning to lose the confidence of voters, with a majority disapproving of his handling of crime, a key focus of his campaign.
The Quinnipiac University poll of 1,249 registered New York City voters found 43% approve of the job Adams is doing, while 37% disapprove. That’s down from a 46% approval and 27% disapproval in February’s poll.
With 49% of voters surveyed saying crime is the “most urgent” issue facing the city, 54% disapprove of the mayor’s handling of crime, while 37% approve. In February, 49% approved and 35% disapproved.
When it comes to gun violence in the city, 43% of voters are very or somewhat confident Adams will reduce gun violence in the city, while 53% are either not so confident or not confident at all. That’s down from 58% and 39%, respectively, in February.
The poll was released the same day a 51-year-old mother of an NYPD officer was fatally shot in the head answering her door in Ozone Park, Queens. Hours after that shooting, two men were gunned down in a recording studio in Midtown Manhattan early Thursday.
After the fatal Midtown shooting, area resident Fiona Lennon said she lives in fear. "It's ridiculous. I feel trapped in my apartment," she said. "I actually feel trapped in my apartment. It is really dangerous, an awful neighborhood now. And the mayor's doing nothing. I believe he's in California today promoting himself."
After walking the red carpet at the Met Gala on Monday, the mayor flew to Los Angeles for a technology panel discussion Wednesday at the Milken Institute Global Conference. During the panel, he discussed his interest in gun detection technology for the subway system.
Nearly every major index crime is up in the city this year compared to 2021, with an overall increase of 41.6%, according to NYPD data through May 1. Grand larceny is up 53.5%, robbery 44.5% and felony assault 19.8%.
Still, 50% of voters think tourism in the city will increase in the next 12 months, the poll found. Another 14% think it will decrease, while 34% believe it will stay about the same.
The poll was conducted April 28 to May 2 with a margin of error of +/- 2.8 percentage points.
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