NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — At a press conference Monday, Hamodia reporter Reuvain Borchardt, renowned for asking city officials tough questions, asked NYC Mayor Eric Adams on when New Yorkers can expect him to fulfill his campaign pledge to lower crime.
Mr. Borchardt asked the “law and order” mayor: “When can we expect crime to drop? You’ve been in office 7 months. You ran on a platform of lowering crime. When can we expect to see decreases in crime?”
Adams mostly avoided culpability and diverted the question, saying twice, “We are doing our job”, then placing blame on other government officials.
“When we get all our partners on board,” the mayor said. “We’re doing our job and we also need the public on board. NYPD has taken thousands of guns off the streets, we are making arrests, that which is in our span of control, we are doing the maximum.”
He added, “This police dept. has done an amazing job. Now, judges, lawmakers, prosecutors, the criminal justice system has several pieces to it. Every piece must work. We do need help from every level of government.”
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"We need to get the public on board"
You mean you're going to ask criminals to please stop committing crimes? https://t.co/FSDSGRAis8— Yaakov M (@yaakovmshow) August 1, 2022
Why the sarcastic tone in reporting this? The man is right on target: The police may be doing a great job of finding and arresting those who commit crimes, but if the leftist DA’s decline to prosecute or only charge the perp with a lesser crime, and if the judges release the perp with no bail – what do you think the criminal is going to do? That’s right: commit another crime, since he knows the police are working in vain.
So take it to heart: realize that most of the blame lies with leftist DA’s, weak judges and lawmakers who refuse to label some actions as crime (instead of misdemeanor or lower).
what a strange question, asking a black supremacist to reign in black violent crime wave choking the city. Remember when the jury acquitted OJ Simpson of double murder only because he was black and his victims white? It’s the same mentality. This is why DA Bragg, who is black, will never go after black thugs. I can’t explain it, but this is how these people are.
maybe the public should protest and make their voices heard, and to tell the Brags idiot to step down
NY Jews just keep voting democrats , don’t except different results!
One police officer, upon hearing the question posed to the Mayor, was heard muttering to himself, “I don’t know when we can expect CRIME to drop, but unless we solve this problem, the VICTIMS will continue to drop like flies.”
Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell is missing. She has not worked a single day ever since Adams selected her for her race and gender. Why is she not getting any criticism?! Isn’t it HER job as commissioner to fight crime?!
It will drop when Jews will stop voting for Demorats …
Empty promises empty results from this pathetic mayor and his administration.
Under Trump crime rates skyrocketed. Going to take a bit of work to clean that up.
Homicides are down 4.3% this year, shooting victims down 5.8%, and shooting incidencts down 9.3%.