NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams unveiled his plan to tackle crime Monday with some urgency because of the five shootings involving police since he took office, including Friday's deadly shooting of officer Jason Rivera in Harlem.

Appearing on "Mornings On 1" Tuesday, Adams said curbing gun violence has always been a top priority for him.

"People want to be safe," said Adams. "And they don't believe that people who carry guns should be returned to our streets. And I knew that because I heard everyday New Yorkers. They wanted to be safe and they heard me say I would fight to make them safe. And that's why they elected me."

A major part of Adams' plan is bringing back the controversial anti-crime policing unit, which was disbanded under the De Blasio administration.

The teams of officers will be called "neighborhood safety units" now and will be deployed over the next three weeks to 30 precincts across the city where they mayor says about 80% of violence has been recorded.

It was one of the plainclothes anti-crime units that was responsible for the killing of unarmed immigrant Amadou Diallo in 1999.

The mayor said the use of technology such as body cameras are among the changes being made to prevent a similar incident from happening again.

"What we're doing is more than just having police officers in unmarked cars, which is crucial," said Adams. "But we're going to make sure they have on uniform apparel. Why? Because the complaints were that they were jumping out of cars without identifying themselves."

Other highlights from the mayor's plan include more resources to the NYPD's Gun Violence Suppression Division, which targets illegal guns and gun traffickers.

It also aims to improve coordination with the ATF and the FBI.

Adams wants to redirect funding from the de Blasio administration's Thrive NYC mental illness program toward what he calls "areas of immediate need" including support for the homeless.

He also wants to create a massive jobs program for young New Yorkers.