All the answers you got Jack are correct. I would add that there's quite the anomaly with the office of Mayor in NYC in that it is a hard dead-end for a political career. The tight Tammany Hall machine crumbled when Mayor LaGuardia was elected. Since then we have had 11 more freely-elected mayors. I would argue the best of the lot was Da…
All the answers you got Jack are correct. I would add that there's quite the anomaly with the office of Mayor in NYC in that it is a hard dead-end for a political career. The tight Tammany Hall machine crumbled when Mayor LaGuardia was elected. Since then we have had 11 more freely-elected mayors. I would argue the best of the lot was David Dinkins. But for the most part, these 12 modern mayors were center-right and far right wing guys. Dinkins and de Blasio stick out as being center-left. And none of them went on to another elected office after being mayor. Most of them didn't stick around government after their terms. One went completely bonkers and did crimes! Knowing the job is tough, a political dead end, and by default a job that has to kneel to the NYPD, most progressives don't want to pursue the job. The NYPD is not manageable. It cannot be controlled by us civilians. It's our biggest expense and we just have had to accept it. If we question it, we invite the wrath of police brass and cop unions on social media. The 8.5 or so million New Yorkers who aren't cops are just bloodbags to feed law enforcement budgets. And yet I stay, 29 years, because jetting to Europe (AKA civilization) is easy, and every day is fun and exciting. As Mayor Adams has said, you could wake up one morning, get to the office early, and have a 767 fly into your tower. That was fun! Been there done that! What else do you have for me, NYC? I have about 30 years to go before death takes me.
I want the office of NYC mayor abolished. Just have the City Council run this town and appoint a manager like a soccer club. If no one wants to run, then appoint a sucker to be the executive for a little while and have the suckers go through a revolving door.
All the answers you got Jack are correct. I would add that there's quite the anomaly with the office of Mayor in NYC in that it is a hard dead-end for a political career. The tight Tammany Hall machine crumbled when Mayor LaGuardia was elected. Since then we have had 11 more freely-elected mayors. I would argue the best of the lot was David Dinkins. But for the most part, these 12 modern mayors were center-right and far right wing guys. Dinkins and de Blasio stick out as being center-left. And none of them went on to another elected office after being mayor. Most of them didn't stick around government after their terms. One went completely bonkers and did crimes! Knowing the job is tough, a political dead end, and by default a job that has to kneel to the NYPD, most progressives don't want to pursue the job. The NYPD is not manageable. It cannot be controlled by us civilians. It's our biggest expense and we just have had to accept it. If we question it, we invite the wrath of police brass and cop unions on social media. The 8.5 or so million New Yorkers who aren't cops are just bloodbags to feed law enforcement budgets. And yet I stay, 29 years, because jetting to Europe (AKA civilization) is easy, and every day is fun and exciting. As Mayor Adams has said, you could wake up one morning, get to the office early, and have a 767 fly into your tower. That was fun! Been there done that! What else do you have for me, NYC? I have about 30 years to go before death takes me.
I want the office of NYC mayor abolished. Just have the City Council run this town and appoint a manager like a soccer club. If no one wants to run, then appoint a sucker to be the executive for a little while and have the suckers go through a revolving door.
https://www.modifiedlimitedhangout.com/blog/2014/12/21/new-york-is-a-right-wing-city
“Europe (AKA civilization)”
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Ireland, Iceland, Denmark. I meant those.
Oh hell no! It's like Hizzoner heard me:
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/21/eric-adams-charter-revision-committee-00159306