Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) said she is hopeful that New York City’s public safety standards can be restored. She said although most New Yorkers want crime reduced, Mayor Eric Adams’ efforts will be limited by a Democrat majority in the state legislature. “There’s a tide turning, and New Yorkers have made it clear. Three out of four New Yorkers are saying they want more public safety, they want this restored,” Malliotakis told Steve Lance, host of NTD’s Capitol Report program, in response to a question about the new mayor being able to restore public safety. Violent crime in New York has surged in recent years, and there were more than 1,800 shooting incidents in 2020 and in 2021. “Eric Adams has said the right things in terms of wanting to reinstate public safety, to his credit. I think that there’s still those politicians who keep pandering to the far left and aren’t embracing …