Eric Adams must be NYC’s wartime mayor

The murder of rookie Police Officer Jason Rivera, 22, and the serious wounding of his partner, Officer Wilbert Mora, mark another low moment in New York s decline. Three other city cops were wounded in previous shooting incidents just this month. 

Mayor Adams made clear his determination to stop the violence in a powerful speech Friday night at Harlem Hospital. We are going to find these guns, and we are going to find those who carry them and use them, he vowed. 

He talked of saving our city and the need to stop the debate and work together. To my ears, it sounded like a declaration of war, and I hope it was. 

There is no other choice. Adams must become a wartime mayor. Otherwise, his tenure will be a failure before its gets started, a casualty of mayhem, murder and fear. 

The enemy is the malignant idea that having a grievance, real or imagined, gives you a license to steal, to rob, to kill. The unraveling of the fragile social contract that began during COVID and grew during the anti-police riots in the summer of 2020 has metastasized into a full-blown attack on everything America represents, including the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  

via nypost.com