After centuries of being shut out of political perches in the nation’s largest city, Black politicians have been elected in an unprecedented wave, presenting them with a rare opportunity to deliver for communities of color.
Mayor Adams confessed to a roomful of reporters Tuesday that he has his own trepidations about riding the subway just three days after the tragic murder of Michelle Go, a Manhattan woman who perished after being pushed into the path of a train by a mentally ill homeless man.
Despite Hizzoner’s defense, government watchdogs have mostly raised concerns about the Bernard Adams and Philip Banks picks because the former appears to violate city ethics law while the latter involves an individual embroiled in one of the worst public corruption scandals in modern New York history.
The mayor said Sunday his sibling was qualified to run his security and his new deputy mayor for public safety did nothing wrong in a 2014 corruption probe.