NY Mayor Eric Adams wants civilian guards.

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[secondwind]

1. Gun permits for civilians...............

hmmmm.. NO

WTF is going on in NY???!?!!??

[Celerity]

5. damn shame Maya Wiley did not win

[madaboutharry]

7. She would have brought dignity and great intellect.

Wiley would have been a fine mayor.

[brooklynite]

9. My money was still on Kathryn Garcia

[msongs]

2. does he want to have his own private army above the law? nt

[Hekate]

11. Praetorian Guard?

[msongs]

13. SS nt

[Me.]

15. Yes

and he said the reason he wants his brother heading his protection detail is because when he goes to a nightclub he doesn't want a bunch of cops hanging around. In addition, there is already an ethics investigation on him not getting approval for his brother. In addition, the brother is no longer a deputy commissioner and his salary has been reduced from 240K to 210K.

[madaboutharry]

3. The new mayor seems to be another flake.

Really NYC? Of the millions and millions of democrats in New York City, this was the best choice?

[3catwoman3]

6. He doesn't seem to be off to...

...a very good start.

[Mr.Bill]

4. Can't he trust the NYPD with his security?

If not, I wonder why?

[brooklynite]

10. He's had NYPD security at Brooklyn Borough Hall for years...

Any reason he should be worried?

[Me.]

16. He Said...

who wants a bunch of cops hanging around if he goes. to a night club.

[blogslug]

8. Ironic

Considering his former opponent:

(there was an extremely large pic of Curtis Sliwa here before I got creeped out and deleted it)

Sigh. NYC could have had Maya Wiley. Oh well. I live in TX. I got no room to judge.

[58Sunliner]

12. What?

[RockRaven]

14. I don't trust NYPD with my safety either, but I didn't purposely seek out the position of their

nominal boss... That seems an odd choice for someone with no better plan than this to deal with security concerns.

Either a better security plan or not seeking that office seems in order...