Eric Adams
Kevin C. Downs for The New York Put up
The Subject: Mayor Adams appointing his youthful brother and Philip Banks for high NYPD-related positions.
To date, Mayor Adams appears to be nothing greater than Invoice de Blasio lite (“Adams’ Unsettling Picks,” Editorial, Jan. 11).
He now not has an issue with voting rights for non-citizens. He'll enable the vaccine mandates for personal firms to proceed, and two NYPD-related appointments are 1) his brother, and a couple of) Philip Banks, who was beneath investigation by the FBI.
Adams is extra of a political animal than he ever was a cop.
Anthony Rotunno
Staten Island
The Put up editorial board is precisely right on its critique of Adams’ current choice.
After the entire debacle of the mayoral tenure of de Blasio, individuals who admire New York Metropolis and want it effectively had been wanting ahead to the management of Adams.
It’s early days but, however hiring his brother as deputy NYPD commissioner is clearly nepotism, and Adams utilizing the rationale that he’s threatened by white supremacists is each disingenuous in addition to insulting towards New Yorkers.
It’s a diversion tactic from the poor selection of his brother for deputy commissioner. Be higher, Mr. Adams.
Marion Sanders
Belle Mead, NJ
For deputy mayor, Adams tapped former NYPD Chief of Division Philip Banks III — an unindicted co-conspirator in a federal bribery investigation.
Then he tapped his brother as an NYPD deputy commissioner. In line with Adams, there's a rise in white supremacy within the metropolis, and his brother will be capable of higher shield him.
Critically? A continued barrage of crimes plagues New York Metropolis, however I actually can’t recall any folks of curiosity described as “white supremacists.”
The extra issues change, the extra they keep the identical. Very unhappy, Mayor Adams.
Steven F. Cassidy
Franklin Sq.
As a former detective with 35 years of expertise, I problem our new mayor to call an precise white-supremacist group that poses a reputable risk.
The one violent anarchists teams that I’ve seen trigger injury to houses and companies in New York Metropolis and do bodily hurt to members of the NYPD are Black Lives Matter and Antifa.
Additionally, there are numerous superior NYPD members who would do a wonderful job of dealing with his safety element. As a substitute, he used poor judgment within the nepotistic hiring of his brother.
Bryan Carty
Jensen Seaside, Fla.
Nothing like profitable an election to convey out your true colours. “White supremacy”? “My neighborhood”? It took him all of 10 days to indicate me that he's not mayor of this whole metropolis.
Between Adams and Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg, New York Metropolis is doomed.
Please don’t give us one other eight (and even 4) years of the destruction of one of many world’s best cities.
Danna Cusick
Staten Island
Already, this new mayor is attempting to slice and cube the inhabitants alongside racial boundaries.
He's proving himself to be simply one other Democratic Get together hack, towing the previous, false, normal speaking factors about white supremacy. So I suppose white cops guarding him would scare him, proper?
The opposite embarrassment, new Manhattan DA Bragg, sees criminals as the actual victims of the crimes they commit and endorses them by not imposing the legal guidelines already on the books.
Bragg’s cures are calamities, and Adams, making a crack like that about white supremacy, is already drawing battle strains within the metropolis.
Mike Pedano
South Farmingdale
The Put up’s Jan. 10 version says all of it about Mayor Adams.
He has endorsed non-citizens getting the correct to vote in native elections. He additionally cited white supremacy as a motive to rent his brother.
Adams is simply as progressive as the remainder of the Democrats. New York, you might be in for an extended haul.
Bob Robustelli
Stamford, Conn.
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