De Blasio’s parting vax edict while crime soars leaves double-barrelled headache for next NYC mayor
December 10, 2021 | New York
Bill de Blasio is deploying a sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandate in his final act as New York mayor but isn’t pulling out the stops to combat rising crime, befuddling critics who say the liberal leader is leaving twin headaches for Mayor-elect Eric Adams.
They say Mr. de Blasio’s edict to require shots for private-sector workers and demand proof of vaccination from children could turn into a distraction for cops trying to deal with rising rates of every major criminal offense except burglary.
“He’s inviting police into the problem he created. Who is going to enforce this stuff? They always get the short end of the stick,” said Joseph Giacalone, a retired New York Police Department sergeant and an adjunct professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice…. (Excerpts from the Washington Times)
