The top cop, in an interview with city investigators, blamed "outside agitators" for violence during demonstrations after the murder of George Floyd. That puts him at odds with Mayor de Blasio, who apologized for the police response.
Republican NYC Mayoral Hopeful Challenges Democrats to Ride Subways for 24 Hours
Curtis Sliwa, a Republican candidate for New York City mayor, was on Wednesday morning set to complete a 24-hours straight subway ride after challenging Democrats to join him on the journey in a bid to draw attention to his tough-on-crime policy posture.
“It’s like Dante’s Inferno,” Sliwa told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement on Wednesday, shortly before concluding the ride, when asked to recap his experience.
“When you spend more than four hours in the subway, you feel like you need to take a shower because the odors are so strong and attack your nasal senses,” he said. “Some of the homeless and emotionally disturbed people use the subway as a moving hotel,” he said, adding that uniformed police assigned to the platforms were “very noticeable” but he did not see any police patrolling inside of the moving trains.
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Several bills are pending in the Legislature that seek to recalibrate our policing system and help prevent another murder like Mr. Floyd’s from occurring.
N.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates Keep Focus on Crime After a Feisty Debate
Back on the campaign trail, the leading Democrats traded barbs over their competing visions for public safety.
Maya Wiley, left, paused during a walking tour at the Clemente Center in Manhattan on Friday to discuss public safety.Credit.Brittainy Newman for The New York Times
May 14, 2021Updated 7:32 p.m. ET
On the day after the leading Democratic candidates for mayor faced off in the first major debate of the election season, Andrew Yang attended a conference on the future of the waterfront. Scott M. Stringer went to a vacant lot in Brooklyn to talk about affordable housing. Maya Wiley toured a Puerto Rican cultural center on the Lower East Side. Eric Adams attended fund-raisers, and Raymond J. McGuire greeted business owners on Staten Island.