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   General Sherman to All   
   Re: Dumbass Mayor Adams claims NYC is BA   
   29 Sep 23 01:25:51   
   
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   From: general.sherman@splcenter.org   
      
   On 27 Sep 2023, "Vlad 'The Lad'  Putin"  posted   
   some news:uf2lal$3cbh2$1@dont-email.me:   
      
   > Proof niggers are just plain stupid.   
      
   Eric Adams is trying to con us into believing New York City “is thriving.”   
   Sorry, Mr. Mayor, but we’re not wearing rose-colored glasses.   
      
   On Sunday, Adams spoke at a brunch for New York Sun Founder members at the   
   American Hotel in tony Sag Harbor. He said, “The city is not coming back.   
   We’re back back.”   
      
   Apparently he thinks his job is public relations, not actually solving the   
   city’s problems.   
      
   A Siena College poll shows more New York state voters disapprove than   
   approve of Adams’ response to the migrant crisis.   
      
   So what does the mayor do?   
      
   Last week he launched a highly coordinated social-media campaign,   
   requiring all 20 city agencies to tweet out a message applauding New York   
   City’s welcoming of migrants. “New York remains a beacon for all who come   
   to our shores.”   
      
   The propaganda blitz, paid for by tax dollars, praises the “brave New   
   Yorkers ready to help,” including the mayor, of course. It’s a slap in the   
   face to New Yorkers already footing most of the bill for the crisis.   
      
   Adams dished more PR spin at Sunday’s breakfast. Here’s a taste:   
      
   There are only two kinds of Americans, “those who live in New York and   
   those who wish they could.”   
      
   Reality check: The city is going from Big Apple to shrunken apple, losing   
   population massively. Some 400,000 people fled during 2020 and 2021, and   
   in 2022 Manhattan was the only borough that did not lose population.   
      
   Worse, 158 financial firms have moved their headquarters out of New York   
   City since 2019, taking nearly $1 trillion in managed assets with them.   
      
   Adams just returned from a whirlwind three-day trip to Israel, in part to   
   attract business.   
      
   Why not keep the businesses already here?   
      
   Last year, financial firms paid $5.4 billion in New York taxes and   
   accounted for nearly a quarter of all personal income-tax collections.   
      
   Taxpayers are leaving, and migrants who consume tax dollars are flooding   
   in.   
      
   The media hype about crime in Times Square “is not the reality.” He added,   
   “People are out dining, dating, eating, enjoying the beauty of what this   
   city has to offer.”   
   Reality check: Times Square is overrun with junkies smoking crack pipes,   
   drug dealers selling within view of cops, the homeless sprawled out and   
   migrants loitering aimlessly.   
      
   In the last two years, major crime has skyrocketed 50% in the NYPD’s   
   Midtown South precinct, which includes Times Square, Madison Square   
   Garden, Grand Central Station and Port Authority Bus Terminal.   
      
   “There is no disorder,” Adams insisted. He claimed the city feels safe and   
   orderly.   
   Reality check: Petty crime, including shoplifting, is soaring.   
      
   The subways are what New York Post columnist Steve Cuozzo calls a “rolling   
   lunatic asylum.”   
      
   Car thefts, illegal drug-dealing and fare beating are out of control. The   
   mayor should be empowering the newly appointed NYPD Commissioner Edward   
   Caban to crack down on small crimes because these send a dangerous message   
   that anything will be tolerated.   
      
   On the migrant crisis, the immediate remedy is “allowing people to work.”   
   Adamssaid, “They’re professionals, they’re writers, they’re journalists,   
   they’re in medical professions. We have a shortage of nurses.” Adams   
   added. “We were given a gift; we now need to manage that gift.”   
   Reality check: That’s crazy talk.   
      
   Instead of having the backbone to tell President Biden to close the   
   border, Adams and fellow Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul are using work   
   authorization as a political default position.   
      
   Hochul claims there are roughly 460,000 job openings in the state, more   
   than enough for every migrant seeking work.   
      
   All that’s needed is for Biden to cut the red tape on work authorizations.   
      
   The nutty assumption is that a migrant can fill any job.   
      
   Data on the latest newcomers are not available, but according to Pew, most   
   migrants do not speak English and do not have higher education.   
      
   California needs farm workers. New York needs hospitality workers. But   
   beyond that, job openings are in nursing, software development and   
   computer support, per Hechinger Report and the US Bureau of Labor   
   Statistics.   
      
   Migrants are not job-ready for these positions.   
      
      
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