Mayor Eric Adams says New York has turn into "a laughingstock" due to the no-bail regulation and different reforms that launch individuals who then re-offend.
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The Challenge: Michael Goodwin’s name for Mayor Adams to strongly criticize insurance policies which are hurting the town.
Michael Goodwin is 100% right about Mayor Adams (“Good egg Eric, get hard-boiled,” July 27).
The mayoralty is greater than flashing an enormous smile, attending superstar galas and dinners and kissing infants. Whereas the mayor is having fun with all of the perks, Rome is burning.
Persons are dying within the metropolis Adams has sworn to guard, to defend and to make sure prosperity for. We will all see what’s occurring to the town, and we all know what must be achieved.
It seems that he's permitting politics to return earlier than the guarantees he made when he needs to be displaying some raging anger.
Dick Mills
Bardonia
When is Michael Goodwin going to comprehend that this metropolis was offered a invoice of products when it elected Adams as its savior?
The individuals had been duped into believing that he was a reasonable Democrat who was going to tackle Gov. Hochul and the progressive Democrats in Albany, to not point out the district attorneys.
Simply because he’s a retired NYPD captain doesn’t imply he was a cops’ cop. He was not. He was extra fascinated about fairness than he arrests.
If he was actually fascinated about decreasing crime in New York Metropolis, he would assist a Republican for governor or he could be rallying supporters on the steps of the state capitol and refusing to maneuver till these harmful felony reform and cashless bail legal guidelines are modified. However don’t maintain your breath.
Tony Rotunno
Staten Island
A hockey participant whose expertise had been primarily as a fighter as soon as mentioned: “One will need to have the need to do battle.” Sadly, as Goodwin has been stating these many months, Adams doesn't.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani was a pit bull. Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg was a technocrat who considered his applications as jobs to be achieved for the success of the town. Adams is neither.
On the uncommon events when he confronts Hochul and the Albany Legislature, he makes a one-time critique and by no means follows up. It’s as if he's afraid they are going to be indignant at him and trigger issues.
Along with his penchant for social occasions and taking part in dress-up and his failure to confront rogue district attorneys, it’s painfully apparent he doesn't have “the need to do battle.”
John Brindisi
Manhattan
Adams thinks he's good at taking part in it each methods. He is aware of the general public is uninterested in crime and police-bashing and requires defunding, so he talks that sport.
In terms of motion, he refrains from offending the onerous left, who see no drawback with criminals working wild and police being frolicked to dry.
The result's extra of the identical — crime, homelessness and the notion that we're an unsafe metropolis. This retains tourism down and hurts eating places, staff, lodges and extra.
His act of carrying designer fits and attending events has grown tiresome. It's time for individuals to get up and perceive that that is what Democrats have achieved to our metropolis.
Saul Mishaan
Brooklyn
Adams talks speak, however as a Democrat, he by no means mentions the names of these accountable.
You've gotten a bully pulpit — use it. Hochul, Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Meeting Chief Carl Heastie, and Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg are the people accountable for the crime surge.
Till he blames them straight, nothing will occur. However after all he’s a Democrat, so he’s not attempting to make waves.
Philip Vallone
Ossining
Its now evident that the present New York Metropolis mayor is not more than a tragic sack of spectacularly failed progressivism.
He performs the worn-out race card. He represents the weak spot and cowardice of so-called management that is still afraid of its personal federal and state celebration hierarchy.
The unintended impact shall be hundreds of thousands of engaged voters in lockstep, marching collectively to cease this insanity.
Jason Cary
Peekskill
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