Submitted by kinetic_hermetic t3_10l7jjd in nyc
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wickatoid t1_j5v2co5 wrote
Lock him up!!!!
tinoynk t1_j5v2j0u wrote
Biting the hand that feeds. Media alarmism about crime is the entire reason he got elected in the first place.
mowotlarx t1_j5v2xaq wrote
The only people who will subscribe to this newsletter are the journalists who will be reporting on it. Great use of city resources to boost the fragile ego of a single man.
mowotlarx t1_j5v2znf wrote
The truth? Or his truth?
mission17 t1_j5v33te wrote
The NYC press has been more generous to Adams than most every other mayor this century.
UpperLowerEastSide t1_j5v3yvr wrote
Also he benefited off media alarmism about crime in the run up to the 2022 Midterms.
mowotlarx t1_j5v83mx wrote
And boy are they regretting it now.
LostSoulNothing t1_j5v91d7 wrote
"Mayor Adams Uses City Personnel and Funds to Create and Distribute Promotional Materials for Reelection Campaign" fixed that for you
Ok-Ad-2605 t1_j5vdcqq wrote
Not a day goes by that I don’t regret voting for him. What the hell was I thinking??
Grass8989 t1_j5vddd4 wrote
Yeah all of those poor and low income PoC that voted for Adams in the primary (and were the ones that gave him the win) were really swayed by Fox News and similar “fear mongering” media.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-nyc-mayoral-analysis/
There’s the breakdown of the demographics and districts that voted for each candidates in the mayoral democratic primary.
“Black, Latino and low-income voters from New York City’s outer boroughs gave Eric Adams a decisive edge in the 2021 Democratic mayoral primary in June. The average median income in assembly districts that the Brooklyn Borough President carried was roughly $55,000, compared to $111,000 in the districts where former sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia received the largest share of votes.”
I know actual statistics aren’t fair sometimes, but to paint an entire group of voters as uninformed and fear mongering is extremely patronizing.
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ifallsmn218 t1_j5vejyw wrote
I remember when he spoke to my women’s group way before he was mayor; he kept telling us these percentages and specific crimes and I remember looking at the woman next to me saying ‘what is he talking about?!’
Those crimes are indeed up but those percentages were so inaccurate. I went away thinking…somethings not right with this one. Don’t trust him.
kinetic_hermetic OP t1_j5vfvze wrote
Exactly right
kinetic_hermetic OP t1_j5vfyo6 wrote
The Only Way Is The Adams Way
kinetic_hermetic OP t1_j5vg25u wrote
He always brags about being thick skinned but in reality it’s like garlic paper
UbiSububi8 t1_j5vg9cr wrote
He was complaining yesterday about people worried that the police were recording folks who came out of a Drake concert, saying it was for their protection and to show the cops were on the job. They complained on twitter, he got the question, and blamed the people posting on twitter.
Such spin.
That’s just a mistake on his and the department’s part, and he refuses to admit it. Tell people why the cops are there - if their rationale is actually benign - before they get freaked out. Simple.
But he’s just spinning.
And blaming the people who posted to twitter (and insulting them) instead of seeing the situation from their perspective is a sign of a selfish leader who doesn’t care about his constituents.
And creating an “alternative press” to counteract the regular media is just a pissy-pants way of trying to deflect blame/criticism.
And to make it worse, he chose the Trump “fake news; press is bad; only believe what I tell you” approach.
He’s lucky NYC doesn’t have recall.
wefarrell t1_j5vh0ep wrote
>In light of the Monday missive, some of Adams’ critics drew parallels between the mayor and former President Donald Trump, who’s infamous for referring to the media as the “enemy of the people” and accusing reporters of spreading “fake news.”
Immediately about Trump when I saw this headline.
myassholealt t1_j5vhpye wrote
> all of those poor and low income PoC
as someone from that demographic and living in Jamaica Queens, I can say with confidence that a decent amount of votes from people I know were based on name recognition alone. It was a popularity contest and Adams was the guy people knew the best.
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BigDickJimmy1123 t1_j5vkkuv wrote
Low information voters. I’ve been living and working in Manhattan since I graduated college in 2020 and my life is entirely unaffected by the so called “crime wave”. I work from home and outsource my shopping to gig workers but when I do go outside to meet friends for drinks in LES I rarely see any crime. The only crime issue that needs to be addressed is people parking in bike lanes
Grass8989 t1_j5vl3wc wrote
Lmao, almost got me. You really encompassed the viewpoint of the average redditor who posts on this sub in a few sentences. Kudos!
spicytoastaficionado t1_j5vnekw wrote
The local press coverage this moron complains about is just reporting that covers issues he campaigned on fixing as mayor.
tinoynk t1_j5vorco wrote
I've lived in NYC my entire 30+ years, have lived in Washington Heights for 4+ years, take the train 5+ times/week often late back to the Heights, and I rarely see any crime. Honestly can't remember the last time I saw something worse than a lazy bumfight.
I guess it's funny to just make shit up to attempt to prove some dumbass point, but maybe try actually living here instead of brigading/shitposting like a fucking twat, or just to the fuck back to r/podunkshitholenobodycaresabout where you belond.
tinoynk t1_j5vp24a wrote
Yea it's easy to get morons to agree with your nonsense point if you make shit up.
What a pair of dolts you two are.
Grass8989 t1_j5vqhew wrote
I don’t doubt that name recognition helped him, but the common theme seems to be to paint everyone that voted for him as a borderline right wing fear mongerer. Last time I checked Eastern Brooklyn and the entirety of the Bronx don’t vote “right wing” nor are they Fox News target demographic.
Grass8989 t1_j5vquzt wrote
Did you really want Silwa to win?
thesweetestchill_ t1_j5vufh2 wrote
What a terrible mayor
neutral_cloud t1_j5vum0n wrote
At least he finally went on Brian Lehrer recently and took calls from New Yorkers. De Blasio was terrible, but he was on there all the time, hearing from people and getting yelled at live on the air. And generally he was more accessible. Before then, what did Adams do? He went on Ezra Klein (New York Times) and then later published an op-ed in The Economist (hard paywall, clearly not intended for ordinary citizens/voters). I think Adams is arrogant. He thinks he's too good for media scrutiny, or even to hear from ordinary New Yorkers.
Use-Quirky t1_j5vxm0n wrote
I miss Deblasio
tinoynk t1_j5w0w4x wrote
No they’re not… so as long as he gives them material he’s gold. And he’s not a lifelong politician so he’s incapable of not saying a dumb thing once in a while, and crime will always happen in NYC so then every publication gets to have some thinkpiece on why a crime happens after we elected a cop as mayor.
NoodleShak t1_j5w532s wrote
Man had you told me that wed have a bigger clown that The Blas a few years ago I would have laughed more than I ever have.
And. Here. We. Are.
mowotlarx t1_j5w5gn8 wrote
I do hand that to de Blasio. He did that show every single week. He always took questions. It was a consistent spot for people to reach him. Eric Adams is all over the place, focusing mainly on cheesy shock jocks to just love him.
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_Maxolotl t1_j5wdaci wrote
Eric Adams lies a lot.
semxlr5 t1_j5wdfdf wrote
I just think that’s neat 🤪
Ok-Ad-2605 t1_j5wi6w3 wrote
No but I wish I had been more active in the primary stage and we had gotten a better democratic candidate
chargeorge t1_j5wp9qb wrote
what a stupid bunch of things to say.
Fox news isn't the only source that's been on the crime hype train, local TV stations and the post have been going even harder. Also are we going to pretend like a half of a quarter of a half of the population of NY is a great representation of opinion? It's a system not designed to capture voter opinion on issues, because the dem party of NY doesn't want that, they want to push machine candidates.
Also stop trying to use minorities to shield your shitty opinions. You aren't protecting anyone.
HPheavyindustry t1_j5wr7l9 wrote
So hearing from your leaders directly is a problem now?
_allycat t1_j5wwlk0 wrote
Why doesn't he just tweet complain about people being unfair to him all day like everyone else?
through_the_gears t1_j5wxpm4 wrote
Maybe he should try being less of an idiot
Grass8989 t1_j5x5yph wrote
Blame the people who didn’t vote in the primary then. You shouldn’t be discounting or ignoring the people who actually did with a “but if” scenario.
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randothrowawayaccnt t1_j5xswkk wrote
>a cop
This is literally why I wrote him off, and never considered him.
He seems to have 5 press conferences a day.
We're still one of the safest big cities in the country. But the politics of fear always gets us a "law and order" asshat.
chargeorge t1_j5y9p47 wrote
Did I blame anyone? Maybe the politicians who designed a system to suppress participation or the people who try to make sweeping generalizations without an iota of critical thinking.
HistoryAndScience t1_j5ye2g7 wrote
Can’t wait until he proposes a law to imprison a person for 5 years for spread fake news about his administration
Sk8ngWST t1_j5zsh36 wrote
I mean the guy has an approval rate of 29% sooo...
Sk8ngWST t1_j5zsykv wrote
You can't even drive over 30mph in a 25 at 2 am when u have an emergency thanks to his cameras. Not to mention he is turning the already surveillance state into a deeper one, trash everywhere, budget cuts, etc etc i can't think of a positive thing he has achieved as of now
devolka t1_j641ufj wrote
I mean... when you're running the largest, safest, richest, most successful city into the ground at the speed of light... you tend to have to invent your good news
kinetic_hermetic OP t1_j5v26sh wrote
> In a Jan. 9 appearance on AM-970 radio, Adams claimed “the most disappointing aspect” of being mayor is that “many people who should be cheering for the city have been doing just the opposite,” including journalists who have ”no desire of just properly reporting the truth.”