Eric Adams’ Answer to Reporters Challenging His Decision to Ditch NY Before Winter Storm? “I Deserve Private Time”
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Eric Adams was doing some PR clean up yesterday after he skipped town last week, which was timed nicely to avoid a “once in a lifetime blizzard.”
From the Daily Wire:
New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended himself Wednesday after facing criticism last week for fleeing the city as the Big Apple braced for a severe winter storm during the Christmas holiday.
“Every mayor traveled away,” Adams told reporters. “I deserve private time — I’m a believer of that.”
Adams, a retired police captain who took office on January 1, 2022, reportedly took a couple of days off last week to travel to the U.S. Virgin Islands while the city of about 8.8 million people braced for the winter blast.
Western New York suffered from a “once in a generation” winter storm that also swept across much of the country, producing dangerous conditions that knocked out power for more than a million customers, foiled holiday travel plans, and killed nearly 30 in the Buffalo area.
Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for the Empire State on Thursday as the approaching winter storm threatened all sorts of hazards, including plummeting temperatures, slick roads, strong winds, and power outages.
However, New York City’s mayor felt he needed to escape the major metropolitan area ahead of the natural disaster.
“I deserve to walk out of the building without a reporter hiding behind a flowerpot — without someone following me,” Adams said. “I deserve a moment to really de-escalate, and there will be many days that my body and my mind is going to tell me, ‘Eric, you need to get away.’”
The New York Post reported that Adams made the first deputy mayor responsible for the city in his absence, who held a press conference “giving a complete diagnosis of what’s happening.”
Adams returned to the city on Saturday night, where the Post spotted him attending Christmas Eve midnight mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in midtown Manhattan.
I’m old enough to remember the internet having a total meltdown over Ted Cruz doing this same thing last year…
I’m not arguing about whether politicians are allowed to do this kind of thing. They can… it’s just that the optics are… not great…
I found it to be a crappy thing to do when Ted Cruz did it, and I still think it’s crappy now.
I feel like whenever your governor declares a state of emergency, that’s your cue, as both a “leader” and a civil servant, to at least be physically present. Even when the area you’re in charge of isn’t going to get the worst of it…
Someone’s bound to cut holes in that analysis, but I think we need to have higher standards for these people. The fact that you have to be at least 60% weasel to be a “successful” politician doesn’t sit right with me…
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Actually, if he took his job seriously, he would face the responsibility for his city and the citizens before he ever took a minute for himself. If he needs a respite, I suggest he take up meditation and engage in that daily as he works his ass off to make New York a better place for all of the people living and working there.
He can jet off to a luxury resort when he leaves office.