NYC Mayor Eric Adams defends the NYPD's use of social media amid an investigation by the DOI. Adams criticizes council members for attacking city employees. Adams dismisses criticism of his administration's competency, citing crime rates and NYC's bond rating.
One notable thing out of the gate on Myrie's (potential) mayoral bid is that he's going right at Adams around "competence," management, "leadership," etc — which may in part dispel Adams' attempts to say those types of attacks are false, racist narratives https://t.co/eCkHs8Xjd5
NYC program to keep patients' HIV levels 'undetectable' faces Mayor Adams' budget cuts https://t.co/KOLN3Htehu
The NYC Mayor Eric Adams back his police department again over NYPD executives using social media to tell their side of the story. https://t.co/l8xKV25QMF
Eric Adams, asked about DOI’s investigation into the NYPD’s use of social media, says he hopes they’ll also look at council members who have been “constantly brutal” to city employees. “No one has challenged them” and top police leaders are saying “stop attacking these officers.”
I asked Mayor Eric Adams about Zellnor Myrie’s criticism that he’s incompetent. He says if you look “past personality” and “just look at the numbers” of what he’s done, citing crime and NYC’s bond rating - “competency is not what you can critique this administration for.”