Mayor Eric Adams is earning praise from Republicans, which is always a danger sign for Democrats.
He’s also receiving criticism from members of his own party, which is noth- ing out of the blue either.
The reactions came after he told an audience of Upper West Side residents that the city’s continuing influx of thousands of migrants “will destroy New York City.”
“I’m gonna tell you something, New Yorkers, never in my life have I had a problem that I didn’t see an end- ing to. I don’t see an ending to this,” the retired New York City police captain said during a town hall event last week. “This issue will destroy New York City.”
“Destroy New York City?” Good riddance, say some wags, but I’m not one of them.
Sounds like he’s lived something of a charmed life until now if this is the only endless problem he’s seen. After all, he’s mayor of New York, the nation’s biggest city, meaning it also has its biggest collection of problems, along with — in many eyes — its biggest collection of assets. Although, I keep my loyalties to Chicago Pizza.
But as awful as the migrant issue has been for the Big Apple in the short term, I keep my faith in New York’s powers of resilience in the long run. Yes, I had some doubts in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. But the city came back and has thrived, unlike, say, Rudy Giuliani’s reputation.
When it comes to resiliency, I still keep faith in the city that survived the catastrophic Great Chicago Fire. It was one of the worst disasters in American history, yet it still manages to hold on to the adjective “Great” in its name.
While Adams was singing the blues in his sense of being forsaken by Washington, despite the apparent benefits of having a Democratic president in the White House, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was offering a peek at his plans to set up “base camps” for migrants throughout the city and move almost 1,600 adults and children who have been sleeping in Chicago police stations into large tents to get through Chicago’s infamous winter. Another 418 were sleeping inside O’Hare International Airport, according to city data, …
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