{"id":1496266,"date":"2022-05-29T08:44:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T12:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1496266"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:46:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T12:46:11","slug":"nyc-mayor-adams-fails-to-keep-promises-to-citys-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayor-adams-fails-to-keep-promises-to-citys-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Adams Fails to Keep Promises to City\u2019s Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-mayor-adams-fails-to-keep-promises-to-citys-businesses%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1496266&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Almost the very moment Daniel Enriquez <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/27\/family-mourns-q-train-shooting-victim-daniel-enriquez\/\">was senselessly murdered<\/a> last Sunday on the Q train, Eric \u00adAdams, dressed in designer bright-red jacket and navy-blue pants, was pressing the flesh with celebs at an event a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/07\/fashionable-eric-adams-shows-nyc-how-to-bounce-back-at-met-gala\/\">few blocks away.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know Adams has been in the job only five months, but wining and dining with the cool kids is something our new mayor seems to \u00adenjoy \u2014 maybe a bit too much \u2014 as his campaign promise to reduce <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/21\/nyc-shootings-leave-almost-two-dozen-people-injured\/\">\u00adviolent crime increasingly<\/a> looks like a bad joke on New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<p>Adams is a frequent customer at some of the city\u2019s glitziest and most pricey restaurants (on a salary of around $250,000). He recently partied in Beverly <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/05\/mayor-adams-says-he-was-with-dave-chappelle-after-horrific-la-attack\/\">Hills with Dave Chappelle <\/a>after attending the Milken Institute Global Conference. And who can forget his Met Gala appearance? Adams was photographed on the red carpet sporting an \u201cEnd Gun Violence\u201d jacket \u2014 as if we all need to be reminded.<\/p>\n<p>Last Sunday, Adams was hanging with Kanye West, Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and others for a fashion show at the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/23\/anna-wintour-mayor-eric-adams-attend-ralph-lauren-show\/\">New York Stock Exchange\u2019s<\/a> heavily fortified headquarters when a maniac with nearly two dozen prior arrests allegedly shot Enri\u00adquez dead <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/23\/mta-ceo-says-his-kids-ride-train-where-daniel-enriquez-was-shot\/\">in a subway car.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enriquez worked at Goldman Sachs; he wasn\u2019t a fat-cat banker, but a very middle-class researcher. When he was murdered, he was taking the subway headed to Sunday brunch because he couldn\u2019t afford to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/22\/family-of-slain-straphanger-slams-city-hall-for-transit-crime\/\">Uber it into Manhattan<\/a> from his home in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>Does all this make Adams a bad mayor? No. Even our mayors need to have some downtime.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s part of a growing narrative about <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/09\/eric-adams-at-100-days-great-talk-but-nyc-needs-results\/\">Adams\u2019 nascent mayoralty,<\/a> particularly among the business elite, that he loves the trappings of the job more than doing it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-medium-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Daniel-Enriquez-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"322\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Daniel-Enriquez-2.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Enriquez, a Goldman Sachs employee, was shot to death while riding the Q train on his way to Manhattan for brunch.\" class=\"wp-image-22453970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Daniel-Enriquez-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=644 644w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Daniel-Enriquez-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=483 483w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Daniel-Enriquez-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=322 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Daniel-Enriquez-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=161 161w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Daniel-Enriquez-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Daniel Enriquez, a Goldman Sachs employee, was shot to death while riding the Q train on his way to Manhattan for brunch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Letting down supporters<\/h2>\n<p>Buyer\u2019s remorse is starting to roil the relationship between the mayor and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/15\/adams-nyc-to-nix-dozens-of-fines-on-businesses-in-effort-to-cut-red-tape\/\">the city\u2019s business leaders.<\/a> They were among his biggest supporters, writing checks left and right because he promised to make the city safe for them and their workers.<\/p>\n<p>And now they\u2019re worried that they\u2019ve been conned because the rot that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/25\/bill-de-blasio-talks-up-record-during-congressional-campaign-forum\/\">Bill de Blasio created<\/a> as mayor and Adams promised to fix \u2014 out-of-control crime, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/25\/city-hall-says-1300-homeless-nyers-moved-from-subway-to-shelter\/\">homelessness and other<\/a> quality-of-life issues \u2014 continues to place residents at the mercy of criminals and the criminally insane.<\/p>\n<p>The business community has a lot at stake in Adams doing what he said he would do and it goes beyond profits and taxes. Most of the 500,000 people employed in banking, real estate and insurance in NYC aren\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/18\/park-avenue-1-billion-office-tower-nears-completion\/\">super-rich traders<\/a> or investment bankers. They are average people. They toil in back offices, or as tellers or researchers, like Enriquez.<\/p>\n<p>They need to take public transportation, and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/23\/mayor-adams-calls-subway-killing-nyers-worst-nightmare-as-he-promises-action\/\">Adams\u2019 campaign promises<\/a> gave them \u2014 and the people who run the companies where they work \u2014 hope they could survive their commute.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/eric-adams-met-gala-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/eric-adams-met-gala-1.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Adams Met Gala\" class=\"wp-image-22454043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/eric-adams-met-gala-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/eric-adams-met-gala-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/eric-adams-met-gala-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/eric-adams-met-gala-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Mayor Eric Adams seems to be reveling in the spotlight at events like the Met Gala, which he attended with longtime partner Tracey Collins on May 2. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yet crime is soaring, particularly on subways \u2014 felonies are up more than 50% in April compared to a year earlier \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/28\/no-cash-bail-law-a-bust-ny-voters-demand-changes-poll\/\">bail reform has kept<\/a> criminals on the streets. When you\u2019re not being mugged, you realize taxes are still too high.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the lawlessness, Adams said he wants business leaders to drop flexible <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/08\/workers-are-returning-to-the-office-finding-it-has-its-charms\/\">pandemic work arrangements <\/a>and bring the rank-and-file back to the office so they spend their money in city bars, restaurants and shops.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Michelle-Go-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Michelle-Go-1.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle Go\" class=\"wp-image-22453972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Michelle-Go-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Michelle-Go-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Michelle-Go-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Michelle Go, a senior manager at consulting conglomerate Deloitte, was fatally shoved onto an incoming train at the Times Square subway station.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He even wants people to keep taking the subway, imploring JPMorgan <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/17\/jpmorgan-shareholders-reject-special-payout-to-jamie-dimon\/\">chief Jamie Dimon<\/a> to ride the train to work because it\u2019s \u201csafe.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Legitimate subway fear<\/h2>\n<p>Huh? Neither Dimon nor anyone I know who can afford an Uber is going near any subway platform out of fear they\u2019ll suffer the same fate as Michelle Go, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/22\/michelle-gos-employer-backed-pro-homeless-group\/\">Deloitte US employee<\/a> killed in January when she was randomly shoved in front of an oncoming train.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Enriquez murder, Kathy Wylde of the Partnership for New York City, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/08\/nyc-could-face-decline-of-workers-returning-to-offices-over-crime\/\">Gotham\u2019s largest business<\/a> advocacy group, had this to say about Adams and crime: \u201cEmployers are eager to bring people back to the office, but they are not going to issue mandates that expose employees to personal injury or worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In private, business leaders are less circumspect.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Subwayshooting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Subwayshooting.jpg\" alt=\"Queens subway shooting\" class=\"wp-image-22453990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Subwayshooting.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Subwayshooting.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Subwayshooting.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Employers are reluctant to send their employees back in the office amid fears of shootings, assaults and fatal shoves in the subway.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Peter Gerber<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAdams needs to stop traveling, stop bulls\u2013tting everybody and stop <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/12\/nightlife-mayor-eric-adams-takes-manhattan-for-nyc-restaurant-opening\/\">going to hot clubs<\/a> and focus on crime,\u201d a CEO of a prominent NYC company told me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another suggestion: Stop leaking that you have your eyes on the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/24\/eric-adams-for-president-not-so-fast-mr-mayor\/\">White House while<\/a> Gotham is burning.<\/p>\n<p>Adams met with Wylde and about <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/25\/keechant-sewell-hosts-private-meetings-with-nyc-businesses-on-security\/\">100 business leaders<\/a> on Thursday to discuss the Enriquez murder and crime, which could be the start of a dialogue that forces the mayor to come to grips with the situation.<\/p>\n<p>They didn\u2019t pull any punches, I am told. They told him the subways aren\u2019t safe and that was even before last weekend\u2019s slaying.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s hope Adams got their message and, by all means, enjoys the city\u2019s nightlife, restaurants and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/29\/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-parties-with-cara-delevingne-aap-rocky-at-one-vanderbilt\/\">hanging with celebs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But first live up to your promise to make sure people <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/23\/nyc-subway-slay-is-sad-proof-that-working-from-home-is-safer\/\">like Daniel Enriquez<\/a> or Michelle Go are safe, or there won\u2019t be much of a nightlife to enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost the very moment Daniel Enriquez was senselessly murdered last Sunday on the Q train, Eric \u00adAdams, dressed in designer bright-red jacket and navy-blue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1496266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1496266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1496266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1496266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1496266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}