Democrat policy failboat... NY Black Democrat Mayor Eric Adams, and Gov Hochul, call homeless human beings a Cancer to be Removed, seek to focus on "appearances" optics instead of the problem...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4vtRjrXLS8 Alongside Adams, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul echoed his comments, saying that: "we know it’s a big problem. But shame on us if this moment in time, if we don’t turn over every single stone, find every possible way to to deal with this." Adams called it a complex problem, saying: “You can’t put a band-aid on a cancerous sore," but, “You must remove the cancer and start the healing process.” Of course, this prompted outrage among some with Shelly Nortz, the deputy executive director for policy at the Coalition for the Homeless, calling the mayor's comment “sickening" and said “criminalizing homelessness” was not the answer. “Repeating the failed outreach-based policing strategies of the past will not end the suffering of homeless people bedding down on the subway. It is sickening to hear Mayor Adams liken unsheltered homeless people to a cancer. They are human beings," Nortz said. Police Commissioner Keechant Seweell said the police department will start enforcing the new rules in New York City subway this week. The mayor, who has emphasized the appearance of crime and disorder as being just as important to tackle as the actual crime statistics, said it was unacceptable that the system allowed, in one case, a woman to live under a stairway inside a station for months.