{"id":437195,"date":"2022-04-24T23:41:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T20:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/eric-adams-must-govern-without-gimmicks-to-turn-nyc-around\/"},"modified":"2022-04-24T23:41:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T20:41:42","slug":"eric-adams-must-govern-without-gimmicks-to-turn-nyc-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/eric-adams-must-govern-without-gimmicks-to-turn-nyc-around\/","title":{"rendered":"#Eric Adams must govern without gimmicks to turn NYC around"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27fbcb002b5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27fbcb002b5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/eric-adams-must-govern-without-gimmicks-to-turn-nyc-around\/#%E2%80%9CEric_Adams_must_govern_without_gimmicks_to_turn_NYC_around%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Eric Adams must govern without gimmicks to turn NYC around&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEric_Adams_must_govern_without_gimmicks_to_turn_NYC_around%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Eric Adams must govern without gimmicks to turn NYC around&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams just had a bad week. It wasn\u2019t that anything particularly awful h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened last week, fortunately \u2014 an unusual spell sadly broken by the death Sunday of firefighter Timothy Klein in Brooklyn. It\u2019s that <em>without<\/em> the constant stimulation of crisis, all the mayor\u2019s worst traits were on display. If he wants to be a successful mayor, he\u2019d better stop using it as a crutch.<\/p>\n<p>Bad trait #1: hiding behind techno-gimmicks. Adams, the mayor who converted his first paycheck this year into cryptocurrency and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/eric-adams-rat-traps\">once displayed<\/a> a vat of drowned rats to hype a new way of controlling rodents, thinks that unproven tech is going to save the subways.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last Monday, nearly a week after the Brooklyn attack, Adams repeated <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/219-22\/transcript-mayor-eric-adams-makes-education-related-announcement\">his call<\/a> for subway metal detectors. \u201cI\u2019m excited about the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> that\u2019s associated with keeping people safe,\u201d he said, promising \u201cfoolproof\u201d tech. And he put Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks in charge of the project.<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019mon. New York\u2019s subways aren\u2019t getting metal detectors \u2014 not unless we want to push ridership even lower <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/new.mta.info\/coronavirus\/ridership\">than it is<\/a> (just shy of 60% of \u201cnormal\u201d). Even the most expensive weapons-detection technology available is cumbersome, requiring an attendant at each pass-through gate. New Yorkers aren\u2019t going to wait in line for 15 minutes to enter a subway station.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the subways already have an entry-control system \u2014 the turnstile. As of late last year, about 8% of \u201ccustomers\u201d were evading it, either jumping over or walking through the exit gate. How will presumably unarmed attendants keep people from waltzing right through metal detectors?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22103479318808.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A passenger looks out onto the platform while riding a northbound train in 36th Street subway station.\" class=\"wp-image-22019533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22103479318808.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22103479318808.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22103479318808.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22103479318808.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Adams said the metal detectors would be \u201cfoolproof\u201d technology.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/John Minchillo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We don\u2019t need a gimmick to make the subways safe again. Adams\u2019 police need to stop more people from jumping over turnstiles, and they need to stop more people with large, bulky bags for a respectful search \u2014 something they have the right to do in the subway system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nope, Adams is wielding a gimmick to distract from the fact that in March, according to Metropolitan Transportation Authority figures out last Friday, violent felonies in the subways, at 105, were a whopping third above the level last March (77). They\u2019re 59% above what they were in March 2019 (66).<\/p>\n<p>Also in March, <em>arrests <\/em>in the transit system were still 29% below what they were three long years ago \u2014 and civil summons for farebeating were down 9%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22103478603729.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"NYPD officers guard the entrance to the 36th Street subway station where a shooting attack occurred the previous day during the morning commute.\" class=\"wp-image-22019558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22103478603729.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22103478603729.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22103478603729.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22103478603729.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>According to Metropolitan Transportation Authority figures, violent felonies in the subways, at 105, were a third above the level last March.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/John Minchillo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for tasking Phil Banks with finding \u201cfoolproof\u201d technology that does not exist?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Banks has\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/27\/nyregion\/philip-banks-corruption-investigation.html\">a record<\/a>\u00a0of accepting gifts from people wanting favors from the city and then lying about it. Putting him in charge of choosing a nonexistent technology for a lucrative city contract is a recipe for corruption.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Onto the second flaw: hiding behind supposed racism. Threatened with a full federal takeover of Rikers Island, Adams implied that such a move would be racist because Rikers inmates,\u00a0he said, \u201clook like me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No, the inmates don\u2019t look like him at all \u2014 they\u2019re about 40 years younger than him, to start with.<\/p>\n<p>No one expected Adams to turn the Rikers mess around in four months. What we <em>did<\/em> expect was that the mayor would choose a competent corrections commissioner, one who would <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecity.nyc\/2022\/4\/19\/23032983\/feds-consider-taking-over-nyc-jails-corrections-us-attorney\">show up<\/a> to scheduled meetings with the existing federal monitor and wouldn\u2019t <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/nyc-crime\/ny-jails-commissioner-security-aide-dui-crash-davelle-williams-molina-20220411-vf3rhicihbf5tgjx4mmlkmzehq-story.html\">name a convicted<\/a> drunk driver his \u201cconfidential assistant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, erraticism. Adams was\u00a0supposed to go\u00a0to the memorial service for 12-year-old Kade Lewin, killed by a \u201cstray\u201d bullet in Brooklyn. The mayor didn\u2019t show and blamed a meeting that he had already canceled twice.<\/p>\n<p>OK, so cancel it a third time, then. Or did the mayor no longer want to associate himself, four months into his mayoralty, with the bloodshed happening on his watch?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22098696170369.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks during the press conference at Harlem Hospital after the shooting of a New York City Police Department officer.\" class=\"wp-image-22019569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22098696170369.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22098696170369.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22098696170369.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22098696170369.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Adams implied a full federal takeover of Rikers Island would be racist.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Yuki Iwamura<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Adams wasn\u2019t shy, though, about\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/231-22\/transcript-mayor-eric-adams-nyc-parks-u-s-environmental-protection-agency-celebrate-18-2\">hiding behind<\/a>\u00a0\u201cbabies being shot\u201d when a reporter followed up with a question about why he hadn\u2019t released his taxes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Come to think of it, why hasn\u2019t he? Adams\u2019 accountant shouldn\u2019t have too hard a time closing the books on the income of a salaried government worker with a pension and a few modest real-estate investments.<\/p>\n<p>Adams still has a lot of public goodwill, his 62% favorable rating\u00a0shows. To keep it, he should cut out the bad habits.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nicole\u00a0Gelinas\u00a0is a contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute\u2019s City Journal<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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