{"id":444862,"date":"2022-05-10T01:47:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T22:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/de-blasio-and-mccrays-pathetic-nypd-meddling\/"},"modified":"2022-05-10T01:47:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T22:47:29","slug":"de-blasio-and-mccrays-pathetic-nypd-meddling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/de-blasio-and-mccrays-pathetic-nypd-meddling\/","title":{"rendered":"#De Blasio and McCray&#8217;s pathetic NYPD meddling"},"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-6a29067fa67ef\" 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-6a29067fa67ef\" 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\/de-blasio-and-mccrays-pathetic-nypd-meddling\/#%E2%80%9CDe_Blasio_and_McCrays_pathetic_NYPD_meddling%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;De Blasio and McCray&#8217;s pathetic NYPD meddling&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDe_Blasio_and_McCrays_pathetic_NYPD_meddling%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;De Blasio and McCray&#8217;s pathetic NYPD meddling&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In 2014, The Post reported that then-First Lady Chirlane McCray had meddled with NYPD hiring \u2014 and threw a tantrum when her purported pick for commissioner, Phillip Banks III, resigned under Commissioner Bill Bratton.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McCray then took to the pages of The Daily <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> to denounce us as \u201chaving created a fictional character.\u201d\u00a0But the only fiction here is McCray\u2019s. An ongoing lawsuit has brought to light details suggesting she <em>was<\/em> deeply involved in hires of NYPD brass.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Joanne Jaffe \u2014 the NYPD\u2019s first female 3-star chief \u2014 was pushed out in 2017 in favor of a Latina woman, the suit claims, with McCray (and her husband, then-Mayor Bill de Blasio) allegedly deeply involved in picking her replacement. McCray also allegedly wanted Rodney Harrison, who is black, to get the Chief of Department post.<\/p>\n<p>Sure looks like meddling to us.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Why all the need for new NYPD hires? Four chiefs got the boot around the same time; Jaffe was one. Per the lawsuit, it\u2019s because she was white and de Blasio wanted more blacks and Latinos in the top spots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That McCray misused her (unelected) status to make seemingly race-based calls is bad enough. That de Blasio, an elected official, was aligned with this is worse still.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/de-blasio-mccray.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The lawsuit claims that former NYPD chief Joanne Jaffe was pushed out in 2017 for a candidate favored by de Blasio and McCray.\" class=\"wp-image-22200216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/de-blasio-mccray.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/de-blasio-mccray.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/de-blasio-mccray.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The lawsuit claims that former NYPD chief Joanne Jaffe was pushed out in 2017 for a candidate favored by de Blasio and McCray.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Choosing brass on the basis of skin color, rather than overall qualifications, not only risks lowering competence, it undermines morale. Maybe that seemed \u201caffordable\u201d back in 2017, with crime at historic lows. But this was hardly de Blasio\u2019s only undermining of the NYPD and public safety, and his fellow progressives in the Legislature and City Council added fuel to the fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And now it\u2019s all come home to roost: Those historic safety gains are eroding.<strong> <\/strong>Major crimes are up overall 34.2% year on year<strong> <\/strong>and shootings almost double \u2014 <em>double<\/em> \u2014 the pre-pandemic level.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And the overwhelming majority of major crime victims in the city are black and Hispanic. Indeed, black New Yorkers, 24% of our overall population, were a hideous 65% of murder victims in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A mayor seeking more diverse top brass in a diverse city is not in itself unworthy. But clumsy racial reengineering of the high command (and who knows how far down it went?) betrays the duty of elected officials (and their unelected spouses) \u2014 with the very groups they sought to boost suffering most.\n                        <\/p><\/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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