{"id":1960907,"date":"2023-06-29T19:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T23:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-nyc-mayor-adams-loses-it-on-older-woman-after-she-asks-him-a-question-at-event\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T19:46:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T23:46:05","slug":"watch-nyc-mayor-adams-loses-it-on-older-woman-after-she-asks-him-a-question-at-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-nyc-mayor-adams-loses-it-on-older-woman-after-she-asks-him-a-question-at-event\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Adams loses temper with elderly woman at event after she asks a question."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fwatch-nyc-mayor-adams-loses-it-on-older-woman-after-she-asks-him-a-question-at-event%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=1960907&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--><h2>Why is it that every time a black Democratic politician has to answer a tough question, it always becomes about race?<\/h2>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-equality-act-is-the-greatest-threat-to-religious-freedom-in-our-lifetime-we-must-stand-against-it\/\" title=\"The \u2018Equality Act\u2019 Is The Greatest Threat To Religious Freedom In Our Lifetime. We Must Stand Against It.\">town hall meeting<\/a> in Washington Heights, Manhattan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyc-coming-pizza-coal-wood-oven-pizzerias-must-slice-carbon-emissions-75\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York City<\/a> Mayor Eric Adams got into a heated exchange with a white woman who complained about rent increases.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/eric-adams-compares-white-woman-asking-him-question-plantation-owner-1809875\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>, the incident occurred at a \u201cTalk with Eric\u201d town hall on Wednesday evening and was captured on video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NYC Mayor Eric Adams puts a white woman in her place for having the audacity to ask him about the rising costs of rent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the mayor of this city and treat me with the respect that would deserve to be treated. I\u2019m speaking to you as an adult. Don\u2019t stand in front like you\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iHfbEn1lRF\">pic.twitter.com\/iHfbEn1lRF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1674439079226937344?\">June 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe clearly frustrated older woman gesticulated with her hands and pointed her finger at Adams while accusing him of doing nothing about the \u201chorrible rent increases last year and this year\u201d despite his promises.<\/p>\n<p>You can hear her in the video refer to him as, \u201cYou, Mr. Mayor,\u201d which shows that she respected his position but was merely trying to point out the person she felt was at fault.<\/p>\n<p>Adams\u2019 response was to berate the woman: \u201cFirst if you\u2019re going to ask a question don\u2019t point at me and don\u2019t be disrespectful to me. I\u2019m the mayor of this city and treat me with the respect [which] I deserve to be treated. I\u2019m speaking to you as an adult. Don\u2019t stand in front like you treated someone that\u2019s on the plantation that you own,\u201d Adams said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGive me the respect I deserve and engage in a conversation\u2026treat me with the same level of respect I treat you. So don\u2019t be pointing at me, don\u2019t be disrespectful to me, speak to me as an adult because I\u2019m a grown man,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI walked into this room as a grown man, and I\u2019m going to walk out of this room as a grown man; I answered your question,\u201d he said, shutting her off and moving on.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/29\/eric-adams-compares-woman-complaining-about-rent-to-plantation-owner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, the woman was later identified as Jeanie Dubnau, an assistant professor of biology at Rutgers University who has lived in the city for over 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>Dubnau is a longtime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-undisclosed-number-dead-large-philadelphia-house-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public housing<\/a> advocate and has been vocal in holding New York City mayors accountable for their actions.<\/p>\n<p>Adams is not the only mayor she has held to task. In 2015, during a town hall meeting in Washington Heights, she went after then-Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-nyc-mayor-de-blasio-wants-bidens-next-labor-secretary-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill de Blasio<\/a> regarding his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-looking-to-fund-equity-and-affordable-housing-programs-by-reducing-tax-refunds\/\" title=\"Colorado Looking to Fund Equity and Affordable Housing Programs By Reducing Tax Refunds\">affordable housing initiatives<\/a>, which, she said, were leading to gentrification in the neighborhood and the closure of local businesses along <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hillary-chelsea-clintons-night-broadway-takes-foul-turn-nasty-surprise-left-near-seats-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broadway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/10\/15\/nyregion\/mayor-de-blasio-at-rare-public-forum-presents-himself-as-a-protector-of-tenants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> described her exchange with de Blasio as a \u201csharp exchange\u201d in which Dubnau \u201cassailed the mayor\u2019s housing strategy to use market-rate developments to add affordable apartments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Was she also treating de Blasio as \u201con the plantation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course not.<\/p>\n<p>Playing the race card to deflect the conversation has become the favorite tool in the belt of black Democrats because it garners immediate sympathy, as evidenced by the people applauding Adams in the video, and distracts from their failures.<\/p>\n<p>Adams needs to be listening to his constituents instead of scolding them.<\/p>\n<p>Major crimes in the Big Apple have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/05\/nyregion\/new-york-crime-stats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increased<\/a> by 22 percent since last year.<\/p>\n<p>City officials in New York\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/more-nyc-migrants-city-shelters-than-homeless-first-time-ever-tipping-point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday that, for the first time, they are providing care and assistance to a greater number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dems-push-bill-give-immigrants-free-health-insurance-food-stamps-immediately-upon-entering-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">migrants<\/a> seeking asylum in the U.S. than to longstanding homeless residents.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-shreds-joe-biden-in-rebuttal-speech-biden-is-tearing-us-apart-after-promising-to-unite-nation\/\" title=\"Tim Scott Shreds Joe Biden In Rebuttal Speech: Biden Is Tearing Us Apart After Promising To Unite Nation\">drug epidemic<\/a> is so bad that the city has started installing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/18\/ex-top-cop-bill-bratton-slams-nycs-drug-vending-machine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vending machines<\/a>\u00a0with crack pipes, lip balm and NARCAN to cater to the needs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2021-cant-be-any-worse-can-it\/\" title=\"2021 Can't Be Any Worse, Can It?!\">drug addicts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UPDATE: NYC Vending Machine Offering Free Drug Paraphernalia and Narcan Emptied, Within 24 Hours via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gatewaypundit?\">@gatewaypundit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5LNGKIMw84\">https:\/\/t.co\/5LNGKIMw84<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Gateway Pundit (@gatewaypundit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gatewaypundit\/status\/1666251012477157383?\">June 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nWhile NYC is turning into Gotham, Adams acts like his biggest problem is getting his feelings hurt because an older white lady pointed her finger at him while making valid points about his lack of leadership.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">that woman was Jeanie Dubnau, a housing activist w\/ RENA. she helped my building unionize and sue our landlord over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-nyc-mayor-adams-loses-it-on-older-woman-after-she-asks-him-a-question-at-event\/\" title=\"NYC Mayor Adams loses temper with elderly woman at event after she asks a question.\">inconsistent heat\/hot water<\/a>, lack of repairs, and rent overcharges<\/p>\n<p>she\u2019s right and eric adams dodged this question bc he\u2019s a coward who takes money from landlords <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sESyonDlEe\">https:\/\/t.co\/sESyonDlEe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 aldo (@_alvendi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_alvendi\/status\/1674397017986985988?\">June 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nTwitter users were quick to criticize.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOuch\u2026 Not a Good Look\u2026,\u201d one Twitter user wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Other users expressed their frustration with the mayor and their intention to vote him out of office in the next election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdams don\u2019t care about us. He\u2019s got to go,\u201d another user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ouch\u2026 Not a Good Look\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patricia (@Trishalla2012) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Trishalla2012\/status\/1674278262376112129?\">June 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">She was 100% correct and he deflected. Adams don\u2019t care about us. He\u2019s got to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex (@alexjallot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexjallot\/status\/1674233609597730817?\">June 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe truth is, Adams likely knew full well that Dubnau was not a racist treating him like he was \u201con the plantation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The failing mayor just used the handy race card in his pocket to get her off the subject.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-nyc-mayor-adams-loses-older-woman-asks-question-event\/\">Watch: NYC Mayor Adams Loses It On Older Woman After She Asks Him a Question at Event<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a town hall meeting in Manhattan, Mayor Eric Adams engaged in a heated exchange with a white woman who voiced concerns about rent hikes. Newsweek reported that, unfortunately, it seems that whenever a black Democratic politician faces a challenging question, the focus inevitably shifts to matters of race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2105,"featured_media":1960908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1960907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960907","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\/2105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1960908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}