NEW YORK, Jan 23 — Gun violence has rocked the first three weeks of Eric Adams’ tenure as New York mayor, piling pressure on the former cop to deliver on his promise to improve public safety in America’s largest city.
“It is our city against the killers,” said Adams, a retired police captain, on Friday night at Harlem Hospital, where the officers — who had been responding to a domestic disturbance — were taken following the incident. And they’re testing the new mayor’s tough-on-crime campaign message, while setting up a potential showdown with the left flank of his party over police funding and crime reduction strategies.
Politicians who use “defund the police” as a rallying cry appear unlikely to give Adams, who has already aggravated progressives over issues including remote learning, any leeway. While he said he disagrees with the notion of “defunding the police,” he also told AFP “more police funding is not an appropriate response.”
Ken Sherrill, a professor emeritus of political science at Hunter College, expressed surprise that Adams has not yet unveiled his pitch to tackle crime — but said this is the moment to “mould public opinion.”
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