Mayor Eric Adams has defended the NYPD's response to a protest in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, where officers were seen punching and arresting pro-Palestine demonstrators. Adams praised the police department's handling of what he described as an 'unruly group of people,' but acknowledged that the city is reviewing the incident, which involved Lt. Joan Ferreira punching a protester. Critics, including former Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City's public advocate Jumaane Williams, have condemned Adams' response to the protests and his overall management of public housing. One of the protesters, a member of Within Our Lifetime and an anti-Zionist Jew, spoke out about being thrown to the ground, choked, and punched multiple times.
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Andrew Cuomo, the former Governor of New York, and Jumaane Williams, New York City’s public advocate, criticized Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday over his management of public housing and his response to pro-Palestinian protests. https://t.co/LuBeyfl89i
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Eric Adams said ‘I take my hat off’ to the NYPD after officers punched and violently arrested pro-Palestine protestors in Bay Ridge on Saturday. https://t.co/kUGQFJ9ArW
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Mayor Eric Adams defends the police response to the protest in Bay Ride on NY1: "I take my hat off to the police department for how they handled an unruly group of people." He said the city is reviewing "the isolated incident that people want to point out" that involved punching.