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NYC Mayor Eric Adams has proven to be the troublesome, selfish Democratic city “leader” we’ve become accustomed to, despite pre-election appearances suggesting he would be a new brand of Democrat to bring some form of sanity back to the Big Apple.
NYC Mayor Has Hissy Fit
This is further demonstrated by an event that occurred last week at a neighborhood gathering in Washington Heights.
Adams became furious after receiving harsh criticism on the recent approval of rent hikes by the Rent Guidelines Board, which Adams appointed. He yelled at a senior white woman critic, labeling her a “plantation owner” for no apparent reason.
At a town hall gathering in Washington Heights on Wednesday, Adams admonished Jeanie Dubnau, a Holocaust survivor, saying, “Don’t stand front and center like you treated a person who is on the plantation that you own.”
@NYCMayor went off on a woman during his town hall tonight: “I’m the mayor of this city and treat me with the respect that would deserve to be treated. I’m speaking to you as an adult. Don’t stand in front like you treated someone that’s on the plantation that you own.” pic.twitter.com/Qwn8TgYFD1
— Myles Miller (@MylesMill) June 29, 2023
When Dubnau rose during the discussion, she pointed at Adams and asked, “Why in New York City, where the property market is managed by you, are we experiencing these terrible rent hikes the year before and this year?”
This started a conversation involving the mayor and Dubnau. She was referring to the recent rate increases that the city’s Guidelines Board authorized for rent-stabilized apartments.
The mayor is the one who appoints members of the board.
This woman is Jeanie Dubnau, the Co-Founder of the Riverside Edgecombe Neighborhood Association (RENA), a tenants & housing rights advocacy organization in Upper Manhattan. She has +40 years advocating for low-income New Yorkers of all races. Jeanie is not a racist & this was wrong. https://t.co/KA3lEQDlYu
— Juan Rosa (@JuanRosa_NYC) June 29, 2023
“All right, first off, if you’re planning to ask me something, don’t point at me or treat me disrespectfully. Please treat me with the reverence that I deserve because I am the mayor of this city,” stated Adams, continuing with the word “plantation,” and adding, “I’m addressing you as a grown-up.”
Unnecessary Reaction
Adams has faced widespread criticism for overreacting and turning this issue into a racial matter when it had nothing to do with race. Critics are also displeased with the way he spoke to a Holocaust survivor.
This article appeared in The Patriot Brief and has been published here with permission.
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