#mayor of New York

[kemetic-dreams]

[kick-a-long]

WOAH! Eric Adams, mayor of new york, was apparently FEDERALLY indicted!!

no details but we all think it's some kind of corruption. because asking if the mayor of new york might be corrupt is like asking "is a duck wet?" the answer is always "sometimes. often. they definitely prefer to be."

[racefortheironthrone]

Why is that every Mayor of NYC, regardless of party, becomes some variety of a--hole? Are there examples of non-a--hole NYC mayors?

This seems a bit facile to me, and overlooks the nuances of a lot of NYC history. So let's look through the last fifty years of mayors and see whether it's actually true that they all become an asshole.

John Lindsay (1966-1973):

Like a lot of mayors in this period, Lindsay's main problem was NYC's long-term economic and demographic decline and the knock-on effects on the city's finances and resulting conflicts over public spending. To give him credit, while Lindsay did start the process of borrowing from Peter (the capital budget) to pay Paul (current expenses) and taking on debt to cover the hole in the capital budget, he also tried to deal with the problem by lobbying the state legislature to let him raise taxes and thus increase revenues.

That being said, the hate that Lindsay got as mayor, and he got a lot, didn't come from balanced-budget advocates. It came from white people in the outer boroughs who hated the fact that Lindsay tried to desegregate the city by pushing scatter-site public housing, that he backed a civilian complaint review board, and was otherwise viewed as being too sympathetic to black people, Latinos, and hippies.

Verdict: not an asshole. Fuck the haters.

Abe Beame (1974-1977):

The first (observant) Jewish mayor of NYC, Beame was a man tortured by the contradictions between his desire to maintain NYC's social democratic traditions and the awful economic situation he inherited. Beame became mayor during the 1973-1975 recession, which was at the time the worst since the Great Depression, and pretty much immediately had to deal with the NYC Fiscal Crisis, and was also mayor during the 1977 Blackout because clearly the Fates just fucking hated this guy.

If Lindsay was hated by white people for being too friendly with black people, Beame brought white people and black people together in their hatred of him for his public sector layoffs, his wage freezes, and his cuts to public spending. And while it's true that Beame absolutey adopted the logic of austerity and should be criticized for that, it should also be remembered that he was dealing with a well-organized and highly politicized capital strike that was backed up at the Federal level by the Ford Administration.

Verdict: kind of an asshole, but largely because he got mugged by Wall Street and the White House.

Ed Koch (1978-1989):

I think Ed Koch is the first person so far on this list that I'd call a genuine asshole (albeit a popular asshole for much of his career, hence his three terms). Starting with the fact that he got his start as a crusading left-wing politician in the Village and then abandoned his principles to run as a "law and order" candidate in the 1977 mayoral election, Koch had a long track record of running to the right whenever it benefited him personally, no matter who it hurt.

So what's on Koch's list? Well, we've got more budgetary austerity for working people while hiring thousands of more cops, starting the process of handing over the city to the developers, his opportunistic support for the death penalty, the massive corruption scandals in the Transportation and Parking departments, ettc.

However, I think the single biggest black mark on Koch's record is his abysmal handling of the AIDS crisis. Despite being a (closeted) member of the LGBT+ community, or perhaps because of it, Koch was both inactive and silent on the epidemic for years. Not only did the city spend almost no resources to deal with AIDS in the crucial early years, but a lot of ugly shit happened in NYC public hospitals that mayoral intervention could have put a stop to - but Koch did nothing.

There is a good reason why, if you talk to surviving ACT-UP members today about Ed Koch, they will spit at the mention of his name.

Verdict: asshole.

David Dinkins (1990-1993):

New York City's first black mayor, Dinkins reminds me a lot of John Lindsay, in the sense that his detractors were overwhelmingly motivated by racial animus refracted through the lens of policing. The fact that crime rates in NYC began to drop significantly during his tenure as mayor (well before Guiliani), or that he massively expanded the police force - none of that matters because he tried to make the Civilian Compliant Review Board legitimately civilian and independent of the NYPD.

That was enough to touch off a massive, and openly racist, police riot at City Hall, which Guiliani happily attended to stoke the flames of resentment against a black mayor who dared to tell the NYPD what to do.

Verdict: not an asshole. Fuck the haters.

Rudy Guiliani (1994-2001):

In the wake of the 2020 election, a lot of columnists wrote breast-pounding op-eds, asking themselves what went wrong that America's Mayor had seemingly lost his mind in service to the Trump campaign.

As someone who grew up in Guiliani's New York, let me state with confidence: he was always a fascist loon, he just used to be better at it. Having ridden a wave of racist law-and-order politics to victory, Guiliani took personal credit for the decline in crime rates that was taking place nationally - to the point where he actually fired Bill Bratton for being more popular than him - and established the "Broken Windows" policy that would give rise to "Stop and Frisk."

Guiliani's alliance with the NYPD was based on the understanding that he would vocally take the NYPD's side in any police shooting or brutality case no matter how blatantly unjustified and depraved it might have been, whether that was the shootings of Amadou Diallo or Patrick Dorismond or Gidone Busch, the torture of Abner Louima, the racial profiling of the plainsclothes Street Crime Unit, and on and on.

And then there's the fact that, having made the frankly insane decision to place the Office of Emergency Management headquarters at the World Trade Center (this after the 1993 bombing), Guiliani took a frankly unwarranted level of press adulation at a time of national trauma and used it to try to illegally install himself as the unelected mayor of New York City.

Verdict: fascist asshole.

Michael Bloomberg (2002-2013):

More genteel and a better administrator than his predecessor, Bloomberg nevertheless pursued a raft of policies that were largely harmful to NYC. His housing and economic development strategies were designed to market NYC as a "luxury good" to the world's economic elite - seriously, read up on the history of the Hudson Yards development - to the detriment of affordability, beginning the process of gentrification that has left much of this city unaffordable to the majority of residents.

The main thing that makes Michael Bloomberg an asshole is his record on policing, where he doubled down on the "stop and frisk" strategies of Rudy Guiliani, going to the absolute wall in defense of them even when the courts began to knock them down as blatantly racially discriminatory. Then add to that his creation of a massive surveillance state aimed at NYC's Muslim population.

He routinely used his wealth to bribe would-be critics into silence, and then strong-armed the City Council into letting him run for a third term.

And there's the fact that he still owes me $200.

Verdict: plutocrat asshole. Where's my money, Michael? Where's my fucking money?

Bill De Blasio (2014-2021):

I've gone on record as saying that Bill De Blasio's first term was actually remarkable for progressive policy accomplishments, from establishing universal pre-K to raising the city's minimum wage to capping rents to ending stop-and-frisk, and so on and so forth.

That being said, there were two forces in New York politics that he was never able to deal with: the first was the rampant hostility of the NYPD (I was never much impressed by De Blasio's failure to stand up to the NYPD; say whatever else you will about David Dinkins, but he didn't mince words when thousands of drunk cops screaming the N-word invaded City Hall), and the second was the constant and malicious obstruction of supposedly Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo on every single conceivable political and policy issue.

However, at some point very soon after his re-election in 2017, he just lost interest in being mayor of New York City. He still turned up for work, but even his political allies could tell that he had mentally checked out. If you're going to seek the job, you gotta do the job.

Verdict: not an asshole for four years, then an asshole for four years.

Eric Adams (2021-now):

Terrible on every conceivable aspect of public policy, but especially policing (because he's an ex-cop who ran on law-and-order politics and then found that didn't stop people carrying out random shootings) and housing (because he's an absentee slumlord who keeps getting fined for rats in his buildings).

Believes in crystal magic.

Verdict: asshole, possibly crazy?

[trendingnewstoday30]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams indicted on federal charges

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing federal criminal charges, according to CBS News, the BBC's US partner.Adams, 64, was elected to lead the most populous US city nearly three years ago on a promise to rein in crime.But he and a string of top officials in his orbit have faced growing scrutiny as part of multiple federal corruption probes.The indictment remains sealed but would make Adams, 64, the first mayor in city history to be charged while in office.

Adams released a video statement late on Wednesday where he vowed to fight the charges and remain in office, asking New York residents for both "prayers and patience"."I will fight these injustices with every ounce of my strength and my spirit," he says in the video, adding "I am innocent" and he plans to request an "immediate trial so New Yorkers can hear the truth".He also took on the flurry of calls for him to resign."Now, if I am charged many may say I should resign because I cannot manage the city while fighting the case."I can also understand how everyday New Yorkers would be concerned that I cannot do my job while I face accusations, but I have been facing these lies for months. read more....

[dadsinsuits]

Eric Adams

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I know he's busy rn but hear me out:

Luigi Mangione for Mayor of New York

The #AllLivesMatter degenerates love the two-tier style of justice and complete disregard for children.

[davidaugust]

I’ll take Consciousness of Guilt for 200, Alex.

(Adams is Eric Adams, the Mayor of New York currently under federal indictment for doing bad and stupid things.)

[destielmemenews]

"Adams has consistently said he is cooperating with the investigations and has denied wrongdoing through the steady drumbeat of searches, seizures and departures of top members of his administration.

But as news of the indictment spread Wednesday night, he began to mount a defiant defense that he was being targeted by the federal government for his political views, adopting language similar to former President Donald Trump and other politicians accused of crimes."

"The indictment alleges illegal actions stretching back to 2014, from when he was Brooklyn Borough president.

“For nearly a decade, Adams sought and accepted improper valuable benefits, such as luxury international travel, including from wealthy foreign businesspeople and at least one Turkish government official seeking to gain influence over him,” the indictment reads."

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[readandwriteclub]

To run for mayor, you need to live in the district you want to represent — at the time of the election. ...the NYPD and Eric Adams are thoughtfully giving Luigi room and board rn. He'll also need 2k signatures to get on the ballot. 🗳️ It actually seems pretty simple.

Mayor Luigi Mangione

Make this happen!!!

[abloginablog]

Did anyone notice this?

@cal_cifer_2.0on TikTok- Thank you.

In my opinion, there's a noticeable openness in how they allow Luigi to be vulnerable. They recognize his significance to us, but this also creates space for those who might wish to harm him. The mayor seems to use Luigi as a human and social shield to deflect attention from his own issues.

It's particularly odd that just the day before, Mayor Adams met with CEOs, billionaires, and government officials, despite already facing trouble for previous interactions with government officials. This attempt to curry favor looks questionable.

Adams faces multiple criminal charges, including bribery and fraud, related to accepting illegal gifts and campaign contributions from Turkish nationals and officials. Prosecutors allege he accepted over $100,000 in luxury travel and gifts in exchange for favors, such as assistance with opening a consulate in New York. The indictment specifies that he received discounted hotel stays and sought foreign campaign contributions, violating campaign finance laws.

Depending on the outcome, he could face significant prison time. These accusations have raised concerns about his political future, with calls for his resignation from various lawmakers. But again, you wanted to walk him down and let him know he did this in your city… “right'”.

[scopophilic1997]

scopOphilic_micromessaging_1194 - scopOphilic1997 presents a new micro-messaging series: small, subtle, and often unintentional messages we send and receive verbally and non-verbally. (2010 & 2011)

[trexalicious]

"Catastrophic"?

From TRG

To my gorgeous good looking friends who are on X. Need your help in retweeting my post about Harry receiving NYC tax payer money (my money that comes from you) for security. This is so infuriating to me that this happening and it needs to stop, he is a private resident in the US. The only way for it to stop is by making noise online. Here is the post, please tag who you feel needs to see this to get visibility. The Royal Family does not care and will not do anything, so we need to do something. I am so tired of this. https://x.com/TheRoyalGrift/status/18...

Not endorsing a political party….as none of my business I am Canadian…..but the thought of Harry and wife running that pathetic scam about car chase, and then YOU providing more security …..well, that makes me very upset!!!

[reality-detective]

BREAKING: Mayor Adams Indictment Unsealed

Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on federal charges of bribery conspiracy, fraud and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations, according to a bombshell federal indictment unsealed by Manhattan prosecutors Thursday.

The five-count indictment — the first against a sitting New York City mayor — details for the first time the charges against Hizzoner after he was indicted by a grand jury as part of a long-running federal probe that’s ensnared a number of his closest allies and aides.

“Eric Adams the defendant, sought and accepted illegal campaign contributions in the form of “nominee” or “straw” contributions, meaning that the true contributors conveyed their money through nominal donors, who falsely certified they were contributing their own money,” the indictment said.

“By smuggling their contributions to Adams through U.S.-based straw donors, Adam’s overseas contributors defeated federal laws that serve to prevent foreign influence on U.S. elections.” 🤔

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Don Freeman drew this scene of Mayor LaGuardia at work in his office in 1936-37. I don't know whether it was for a Christmas card.

Photo: Huntington Library

[hayquetenerpatience]

It's not a migrant crisis. It's an orchestrated assault.