Eric Adams

How New York’s Crime Statistics Became a Political Fairy Tale

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How NYC’s Crime Statistics Lost All Meaning in 2023 In 2023, New York City’s crime reporting system experienced an unprecedented breakdown that undermined two decades of statistical reliability. When the state finally released its delayed 2023 crime statistics in November 2024, the numbers revealed more than mathematical discrepancies – they exposed a systematic manipulation of […]

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Manhattan’s Community Boards: A $382,716 Black Hole

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How Manhattan’s Community Boards Shield Public Spending from View Your tax dollars are disappearing into a black hole of secrecy in Manhattan. Since 2021, twelve community boards have hidden $382,716 in public spending behind a simple yet troubling label: “N/A (Privacy/Security).” They’ve marked both payee names and purposes as “N/A,” turning public expenses into private

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NYC: Where Transparency Takes a Vacation

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When Transparency Takes a Vacation Amid the swaying palms of Puerto Rico, New York City officials and their growing entourages continue their annual ritual of luxury networking at taxpayer expense. The SOMOS conference, nominally about Hispanic legislative priorities, has devolved into New York’s premier Caribbean junket – where politicians and their staffs strike poolside deals

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VP Debate Fact Check: Walz’s Misleading Claims and Adams’ Data Suppression

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In the recent vice presidential debate, Tim Walz made a troublingly disingenuous claim about gun violence research, stating, “And we can start to get data, but here’s the problem, if we really want to solve this, we’ve got folks that won’t allow research to even be done on gun violence.” (57:49 into debate video) Walz’s

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NYC Politicians Misuse Crime and Incarceration Statistics to Further Their Agendas

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Recently, the New York City Council overwhelmingly voted (42-9) to overturn Mayor Eric Adams’ veto of two bills: Intro 586-A, a bill that requires the NYC Police Department (NYPD) to document all investigative encounters, and Intro 549-A, a bill to ban solitary confinement in city jails. Supporters of both bills leveled charges of institutionalized racism

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