{"id":503487,"date":"2022-10-25T00:46:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T21:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/vote-no-on-the-three-dangerous-equity-proposals-on-nyc-ballot\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T00:46:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T21:46:50","slug":"vote-no-on-the-three-dangerous-equity-proposals-on-nyc-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vote-no-on-the-three-dangerous-equity-proposals-on-nyc-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"#Vote &#8216;No&#8217; on the three dangerous &#8216;equity&#8217; proposals on NYC ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-6a3be7ef389c6\" 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-6a3be7ef389c6\" 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\/vote-no-on-the-three-dangerous-equity-proposals-on-nyc-ballot\/#%E2%80%9CVote_%E2%80%98No_on_the_three_dangerous_%E2%80%98equity_proposals_on_NYC_ballot%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Vote &#8216;No&#8217; on the three dangerous &#8216;equity&#8217; proposals on NYC ballot&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CVote_%E2%80%98No_on_the_three_dangerous_%E2%80%98equity_proposals_on_NYC_ballot%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Vote &#8216;No&#8217; on the three dangerous &#8216;equity&#8217; proposals on NYC ballot&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/bob-mcmanus.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Bob McManus\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/bob-mcmanus.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/bob-mcmanus.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Life in New York is difficult. Why should voters make it worse by <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>roving three corrosive \u2014 and potentially dangerous \u2014 changes to the City Charter on the Nov. 8 ballot?<\/p>\n<p>They should not.<\/p>\n<p>The measures, a parting gift from a mayor who made almost everything in his city worse, would amend the charter \u2014 effectively New York City\u2019s constitution \u2014 to embrace \u201cracial justice and equity\u201d as a \u201cstated value\u201d of municipal governance.<\/p>\n<p>So what\u2019s wrong with \u201cequity,\u201d who\u2019s against it \u2014 and why?<\/p>\n<p>New Yorkers have heard this song before, in 2019, when a \u201cracial justice and equity\u201d argument supported the state penal-code \u201creforms\u201d now driving the city\u2019s crime wave. Does anybody think a second chorus would be a good idea?<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, embracing \u201cracial equity\u201d as a municipal \u201cstated value\u201d could sink any realistic hope of rolling those \u201creforms\u201d back. Beyond that, voter approval would undermine New York\u2019s civil-service system, create discord in city offices and further hobble public education by further eroding objective scholastic testing.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time \u2014 and maybe this is the real point \u2014 approval would mean a bonanza for the city\u2019s activist lawyers, lobbyists and race-mongering advantage-seekers.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cracial justice and equity\u201d commission Bill de Blasio established as his dubious mayoralty was ending advanced the proposals; at the very least, they represent endnotes to a legacy of decay and decline.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, more of the same is baked into the proposals. (The first proposal on the ballot is a separate, statewide one.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Question 2 seeks approval of a \u201cstatement of values\u201d for the city. This declaration is throat-clearing, intended to set up the next proposal \u2014 which is where the trouble starts.<\/li>\n<li>Question 3 requires the creation of a municipal agency specifically dedicated to achieving \u201cracial equity\u201d \u2014 in context, equality of outcomes \u2014 across all aspects of public life. It mandates unsound policy in pursuit of impossible goals \u2014 a recipe for bitterness and strife.<\/li>\n<li>Question 4 would prohibit calculating the value of income-transfer benefits \u2014 including cash grants, food stamps and rent subsidies \u2014 in an individual\u2019s income when determining eligibility for additional benefits. This would deepen <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> dependency in the name of \u201cequity\u201d and inflate poverty statistics, both long-term progressive objectives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So there\u2019s the package. The proposals are interlocking, each meant to bolster the others, creating a platform for multi-layered mischief.<\/p>\n<p>Again, New York has a history of this sort of thing. Allegations of race-based disparities in arrest, conviction and incarceration rates animated the 2019 penal-law changes \u2014 even though there was virtually no proof innocent or undeserving people were going to prison.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bill-de-blasio-charter-changes-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A walking stick hangs on a privacy booth as a person votes during the New York City Mayoral election at PS 81 in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. November 2, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-24384636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bill-de-blasio-charter-changes-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bill-de-blasio-charter-changes-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bill-de-blasio-charter-changes-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Voters should look out for three dangerous proposals on the ballot in this upcoming election.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Andrew Kelly<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thus is the word \u201cequity\u201d a polemical device, meant to deflect criticism when evidence of actual unfairness doesn\u2019t exist. And in Question 3, it is used to support the notion that a proper role for government is to promote \u2014 if not compel \u2014 equal social outcomes. As opposed to opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>In practical terms, Question 3 is an assault on the civil-service merit system \u2014 and, indeed, on merit-based government right across the board.<\/p>\n<p>Each city agency would have its own \u201cequity\u201d sub-bureau; detailed goal-setting would be required \u2014 as would regular reporting of progress as defined by \u201cequity\u201d bureaucrats themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The objective, again, is to use the force of law to erase race-based statistical \u201cdisparities.\u201d No doubt some foolish people believe this is possible.<\/p>\n<p>But it is not. Not in a dynamic, socially churning city of 8.4 million people. And even if it were, government-enforced race-based outcomes would stand on its head a foundational American principle: equality before the law.<\/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\/10\/bill-de-blasio-charter-changes-05.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Aerial view of NYC.\" class=\"wp-image-24384637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bill-de-blasio-charter-changes-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bill-de-blasio-charter-changes-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bill-de-blasio-charter-changes-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New York City is a dynamic city filled with 8.4 million people.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, that goal has been elusive too \u2014 devilishly so \u2014 but it has been driving social progress for two-plus centuries. Who really thinks a formal embrace of spoils-system politicking, inevitably driven by race, ethnicity, personal privilege and greed, is a good idea?<\/p>\n<p>To be sure, the civil-service merit system is embedded in the state Constitution \u2014 but to the activists that sort of thing is just a challenge, not an impediment.<\/p>\n<p>The activists also view racialized public education and municipal procurement as positives \u2014 never mind decades of experience to the contrary. And then there were the 2019 \u201cequity\u201d-driven penal-law changes.<\/p>\n<p>Really, who wants more of that?<\/p>\n<p>There is, to paraphrase New York\u2019s greatest modern mayor, no racialized way to pick up the refuse \u2014 that is, to run a functional government and to ensure a safe city.<\/p>\n<p>Fiorello La Guardia made the wheels turn. Bill de Blasio caused them to fall off. Adopting the latter\u2019s \u201cequity\u201d nostrums as a template for the future makes no sense at all.<\/p>\n<p>So vote \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Email: bob@bobmcmanus.nyc<\/em><\/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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