Midweek Takes #16

11/3's small thoughts and ~legislative~ review

Eric Adams takes aim at the future of New York City. What’s his game?

There’s not a lot to say about Mayor-elect Eric Adams that I or others haven’t already written about:

New York City Mayor's Race, Transportation Edition

Progressives aren’t particularly thrilled about the prospect of an ex-cop at the helm of NYPD’s reform. Who can blame them?

At a time where many of his Democratic counterparts are pushing for reform measures and even the redirection of funds from local departments to social services, Adams has said he would bring back a variation of stop and frisk and would revive a controversial plainclothes anti-crime unit with a new mission of stopping the flow of illegal guns.

—Nia Prater, “Eric Adams Romps to Victory As the Next Mayor of New York,” New York Magazine, 11/2/2021

Police reform aside, Eric Adams is keen on reinvigorating the “business” community, whatever that means:

Cheers erupt and flashbulbs go off and he launches into a tidy little speech about the American Dream. Did you know? It’s still alive, even right here in…