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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAfter the first debate, the mayor's race is still, unsurprisingly, Eric Adams' to lose.
City & StateNo one was putting money on Republican Curtis Sliwa heading into the first New York City mayoral debate on Wednesday night. As Democratic political strategist Chris Coffey put it to the New York Post earlier in the day, He needs Eric Adams to drop dead on the stage, and Im not even sure that would work.
But Adams not only survived the speedy debate; he coasted through it, doling out in some instances specific policy plans, and in others non-answers to moderators. At the end of the day, its still the Democratic Brooklyn borough presidents race to lose.
Because Adams is as good as guaranteed to win the election, Wednesdays debate offered a chance for a team of moderators to pin him down on how his likely administration will tackle some of the most challenging issues being handed down from Mayor Bill de Blasios tenure. On the question of mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for city workers a policy de Blasio announced on Wednesday Adams said he supported the move. Hed potentially go further, mandating the vaccine for all students once its approved for younger kids. Its one of just a few issues on which Sliwa staked out the opposite position, opposing the COVID-19 vaccine mandates entirely.
Adams in recent weeks also broke with de Blasios plan to end the citys controversial Gifted & Talented program. Addressing a question on the topic on Wednesday, Adams and Sliwa both said the program should be expanded. One thing that seems likely to change under an Adams administration is the screening test for four-year-olds. I dont believe a four-year-old taking the exam should determine the rest of their school experience. That is unacceptable, Adams said on Wednesday.
Adams and Sliwa were united in their calls for immediate reforms at Rikers Island. Conditions at the jails complex have been described as brutal and dysfunctional. The majority of the 14 deaths in city jails this year occurred there. Adams reiterated on Wednesday his support for the plan to close Rikers and build new borough-based jails, but said that more thought needed to go into where those jails will be built. As for what the city can do to immediately address the crisis, Adams said that improving conditions for corrections officers and speeding up bottlenecks in court that keep inmates there longer are both crucial. In answering the question about how he will address the Rikers crisis, Sliwa said that he will increase the number of corrections officers and divide inmates up so that members of the same gangs arent together. That's what allows them to run Rikers Island and I can say that, because I've been on Rikers Island, Sliwa said.
But Adams not only survived the speedy debate; he coasted through it, doling out in some instances specific policy plans, and in others non-answers to moderators. At the end of the day, its still the Democratic Brooklyn borough presidents race to lose.
Because Adams is as good as guaranteed to win the election, Wednesdays debate offered a chance for a team of moderators to pin him down on how his likely administration will tackle some of the most challenging issues being handed down from Mayor Bill de Blasios tenure. On the question of mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for city workers a policy de Blasio announced on Wednesday Adams said he supported the move. Hed potentially go further, mandating the vaccine for all students once its approved for younger kids. Its one of just a few issues on which Sliwa staked out the opposite position, opposing the COVID-19 vaccine mandates entirely.
Adams in recent weeks also broke with de Blasios plan to end the citys controversial Gifted & Talented program. Addressing a question on the topic on Wednesday, Adams and Sliwa both said the program should be expanded. One thing that seems likely to change under an Adams administration is the screening test for four-year-olds. I dont believe a four-year-old taking the exam should determine the rest of their school experience. That is unacceptable, Adams said on Wednesday.
Adams and Sliwa were united in their calls for immediate reforms at Rikers Island. Conditions at the jails complex have been described as brutal and dysfunctional. The majority of the 14 deaths in city jails this year occurred there. Adams reiterated on Wednesday his support for the plan to close Rikers and build new borough-based jails, but said that more thought needed to go into where those jails will be built. As for what the city can do to immediately address the crisis, Adams said that improving conditions for corrections officers and speeding up bottlenecks in court that keep inmates there longer are both crucial. In answering the question about how he will address the Rikers crisis, Sliwa said that he will increase the number of corrections officers and divide inmates up so that members of the same gangs arent together. That's what allows them to run Rikers Island and I can say that, because I've been on Rikers Island, Sliwa said.
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After the first debate, the mayor's race is still, unsurprisingly, Eric Adams' to lose. (Original Post)
brooklynite
Oct 2021
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marble falls
(57,080 posts)1. But, but, but Curtis really rocked that beret.
no_hypocrisy
(46,088 posts)2. Curtis is in denial.
Last edited Fri Oct 22, 2021, 06:45 AM - Edit history (1)
The former producer of his radio program said on his radio program that "internal polling" shows the race to be "much tighter" than the media is reporting.