Mayor Eric Adams’ road to make the city safer is facing some serious bumps.

Amid a handful of high profile violent crimes, New Yorkers are once again feeling uneasy.

“I talked to so many people that have just had enough. I know you say people are less frightened but that’s not what I hear when I talk to people in this room,” said a resident of Woodhaven, Queens on Wednesday night to the mayor during an unrelated event.

In response, the mayor has been announcing a flurry of police and safety programs.

The spate of violent crimes has created a challenge for the mayor and his administration, who have made public safety their top priority.

“Our city is not out of control. We have the best police department on the globe and they are delivering safety every day and I cannot thank them enough,” said Adams on Thursday at an announcement of the new gun detector pilot program in the city’s subway system.  

On Thursday, amid the public safety concerns, Adams and his top officials came together in a show of force to announce a gun detector pilot program in the subway system.

Top city officials in attendance included the police and health commissioners and Public Safety Deputy Mayor Phil Banks.

“Mayor Adams always says public safety and justice are the prerequisite for prosperity. He said it yesterday. He said it today. He’s going to say it tomorrow,” said Banks Thursday.

The Adams administration’s renewed focus on safety also comes at a time when many New Yorkers are unhappy with the overall quality of life in the city.

“The mayor has to create an environment in the subway system as well as on the streets, where people can go down in the subway and see visible signs of safety,” Wilbur Chapman, a former NYPD chief of patrol and deputy commissioner, told NY1 on Thursday.

Chapman, a former high-level police commander, noted that one of the mayor’s challenges is deploying his resources efficiently.

“He has inherited a department that has been depleted over the last 10 years of almost 10,000 officers. You can not provide the same level of safety with that fewer number of police officers when you have crime surging because you’re removing officers from one area that they're keeping safe to another,” he said.

It’s unclear how long it will take Adams to turn things around — both in perception and reality. 

The gun detector pilot won’t start for another 90 days and only be in a few stations to start with.

A plan to deploy additional mental health teams into the subway system won’t be fully staffed until the end of 2025.

“New Yorkers want immediate gratification. They want to know that tomorrow when they use the subway system they are safe,” Chapman said.