{"id":307667,"date":"2021-07-25T05:34:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T02:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/eric-adams-making-excellent-use-of-months-before-he-becomes-nyc-mayor\/"},"modified":"2021-07-25T05:34:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T02:34:14","slug":"eric-adams-making-excellent-use-of-months-before-he-becomes-nyc-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/eric-adams-making-excellent-use-of-months-before-he-becomes-nyc-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"#Eric Adams making excellent use of months before he becomes NYC mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Eric Adams making excellent use of months before he becomes NYC mayor<\/strong>”
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Eric Adams is almost certain to win the November mayoral election, but he won\u2019t take office until January \u2014 which leaves him facing a challenging five-month stretch as he seeks to retain (or, better, build) momentum without actually holding power. So far, he\u2019s handling it well.<\/p>\n

No mayor since Abe Beame, who became the Democratic nominee in June 1973, has had to wait that long \u2014 and Beame soon fell into the utter disaster of civic bankruptcy. Adams, by contrast, is coming in after the disasters of COVID and the lockdowns and amid the crisis of rising crime that he\u2019s vowed to solve.<\/p>\n

He also has to put some<\/em> attention to not blowing the general<\/a> election. That seems unlikely, since Democrats enjoy a nearly 7-1 voter-enrollment edge over Republicans. But Adams surely wants the largest possible mandate, and far-left progressives (police defunders, Democratic Social<\/a>ists) detest his centrist positions. They won\u2019t vote for Republican Curtis Sliwa, but they might stay home or vote third-party, narrowing Adams\u2019 winning margin.<\/p>\n

Happ<\/a>ily, he\u2019s not playing it safe by wavering on core issues, particularly crime. \u201cSafety, safety, safety\u201d is still the top of his agenda, he says. Unlike anti-cop progressives, he values the lives wrecked by crime (often minorities) and also knows workers and tourists won\u2019t return absent public safety.<\/p>\n

More, he\u2019s laying down clear markers. On Monday, he called for an overhaul of the state no-bail laws and blasted the criminal-justice system for freeing criminals who should be locked up: \u201cWe should definitely not be allowing a person that discharges a gun to be out the next day,\u201d he said. Judges \u201cneed to do their job and give bail.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also bolstering ties with a diverse set of powers:<\/p>\n