<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> posted a job for a new rat czar to help with the city&#8217;s infamous rat problem.
According to a <a href="https://a002-oom03.nyc.gov/IRM/Handlers/Campaign/Attachments.ashx?attachmentId=78646d83-e510-4769-945c-4d557c9080bc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">job posting</a> on the mayor&#8217;s website, the office of the Deputy Mayor for Operations is looking for an executive to handle the city&#8217;s rat control operation. But the city appears to be looking for a particular character; the job listing is looking for applicants with a &#8220;virulent vehemence for vermin&#8221; and the &#8220;killer instinct&#8221; to help curtail the millions of rats that populate America&#8217;s largest metropolis.
&#8220;Despite their successful public engagement strategy and cheeky social media presence, rats are not our friends — they are enemies that must be vanquished by the combined forces of our city government,&#8221; the job listing states. &#8220;Rodents spread disease, damage homes and wiring, and even attempt to control the movements of kitchen staffers in an effort to take over human jobs. Cunning, voracious, and prolific, New York City’s rats are legendary for their survival skills, but they don’t run this city — we do.&#8221;
&#8220;The ideal candidate is highly motivated and somewhat bloodthirsty, determined to look at all solutions from various angles, including improving operational efficiency, data collection, technology innovation, trash management, and wholesale slaughter,&#8221; the listing continues.
It adds that the ideal candidate must be &#8220;able to burrow into the depths of city government&#8221; to cooperate with the various city agencies and health officials. &#8220;As leader of the &#8216;Rat Pack,&#8217; you will work with your colleagues from across city government, traveling throughout the five burrows, educating, evaluating, and eradicating in equal measure,&#8221; the city said.
In order to qualify for the position, an applicant must be a resident of New York City, have a Bachelor&#8217;s degree and 5-8 years of relevant experience, as well as a &#8220;swashbuckling attitude, crafty humor, and general aura of badassery.&#8221;
The rat czar will have to work with subject matter experts to devise the city&#8217;s rat mitigation strategy, and work with other agencies to control and track the rat population. Of course, the czar will be expected to catch and kill the rodents as well.
&#8220;Rats will hate this job posting,&#8221; the city concludes. &#8220;But 8.8 million New Yorkers and your city government stand ready to work with you to reduce the rat population, increase cleanliness, and prevent pestilence.&#8221;
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There’s NOTHING I hate more than rats.
If you have the drive, determination, and killer instinct needed to fight New York City’s relentless rat population — then your dream job awaits.
Read more: <a href="https://t.co/ybNxcJeJP7">https://t.co/ybNxcJeJP7</a>
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1598304533125693440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
Last month, New York City Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a> took an initial step in fighting the rat infestation, by imposing restrictions on how long residents can leave their garbage out on the street. Beginning on April 1, 2023, residents will be fined for putting their trash on the curb before 8 p.m., <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/10/20/1130150756/new-york-rats-trash-rule-mayor-eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NPR</a> reported.
Adams also touted his own rat mitigation reputation as Brooklyn borough president. &#8220;Everyone that knows me — they know one thing. I hate rats,&#8221; Adams said at the time. “When we started killing them in Borough Hall, some of the same folks were criticizing us and called me a murderer because I was killing rats. Well, you know what? We&#8217;re going to kill rats.&#8221;
Earlier this month, Adams signed <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/851-22/mayor-adams-signs-legislation-fight-rats-build-cleaner-city#/0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">four pieces of city legislation</a> to institute &#8220;rat mitigation zones&#8221; throughout the city, requiring the city health department to create zones by April 1, requiring construction sites to be professionally exterminated for rats, and requiring buildings that receive multiple rodent-related code violations to use city-approved rat traps for two years.

‘Bloodthirsty,’ ‘General Aura Of Badassery’: NYC Is Hiring A New Rat Czar, And It’s Something Else

NYC Is Hiring A New Rat Czar: Candidates Must Be 'Bloodthirsty' With A 'Swashbuckling Attitude' And A 'General Aura Of Badassery'

Animals

Eric Adams

Mayor

New York City

U.S.

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> Mayor Eric Adams said the city will begin to involuntarily hospitalize <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mental-illness" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mentally ill</a> residents.
In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OVMFqc7tGI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a> Tuesday, Adams announced that first responders in the city would be able to remove people who appear to be mentally ill and pose a danger to themselves. First responders will be able to remove individuals and take them to a hospital for evaluation, and the individuals will be held until a treatment plan is established.
&#8220;It is not acceptable for us to see someone who clearly needs help and walk past,&#8221; said Adams. &#8220;For too long, there&#8217;s been a gray area where policy, law, and accountability have not been clear, and this has allowed people in need to slip through the cracks. This culture of uncertainty has led to untold suffering and deep frustration. It cannot continue. We need to change that culture and clarify our expectations. No more walking by or looking away. No more passing the buck. Going forward, we will focus on action, care, and compassion. If severe mental illness is causing someone to be unsheltered and a danger to themselves, we have a moral obligation to help them get the treatment and care they need.&#8221;
&#8220;It begins with an immediate shift in how we interpret our obligation to those in need and calls upon our outreach workers to take deeper actions and more intensive engagement,&#8221; Adams continued. &#8220;We can no longer deny the reality that untreated psychosis can be a cruel and all-consuming condition that often requires involuntary intervention, supervised medical treatment, and long-term care. We will change the culture from the top down and take every action to get care to those who need it.&#8221;
Adams issued a <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/assets/home/downloads/pdf/press-releases/2022/Mental-Health-Involuntary-Removals.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">directive</a> to first responders Tuesday, outlining the procedures necessary for removing an individual for mental health concerns. According to the directive, New York state&#8217;s mental hygiene law, a peace officer, police officer, or mental health professional working on a mobile crisis outreach team may take an individual into custody or direct him to be removed for the purpose of a psychiatric evaluation if that person &#8220;appears to be mentally ill and is conducting themselves in a manner likely to result in serious harm to self or others.&#8221;
The directive instructs mobile crisis workers, police, firefighters, and EMS workers to escort or facilitate transport to the nearest hospital, to inform hospital staff of the person&#8217;s condition, and remain with him or her until he or she is admitted as a patient. Once the individual has been admitted, the city would instruct the hospital to keep that person in the hospital until they are in stable condition, and only release them once a long-term care plan is established, Adams said, via <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/29/nyregion/nyc-mentally-ill-involuntary-custody.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
On top of the new directives, Adams announced a hotline and new trainings to help first responders assess a situation before making a call about whether to remove an individual.
&#8220;[T]he common misunderstanding persists that we cannot provide involuntary assistance unless the person is violent, suicidal, or presenting a risk of imminent harm. This myth must be put to rest. Going forward, we will make every effort to assist those who are suffering from mental illness and whose illness is endangering them by preventing them from meeting their basic human needs.&#8221;

NYC To Start Hospitalizing Mentally Ill Residents Involuntarily, Taking Them Off Streets, Adams Announces

Health

Homelessness

Mental Illness

The number of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/students" target="_blank" rel="noopener">students</a> who are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homelessness" target="_blank" rel="noopener">homeless</a> went up last year, adding to the city’s problems with homelessness and housing.
New data distributed on Wednesday showed that over 104,000 students in New York City’s public school system were homeless over the last school year. The overall number of students enrolling in public schools in the city went down at the same time. Almost one in ten students in the city were living in conditions that were not their own homes, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/26/nyregion/nyc-homeless-students.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Around 30,000 students were in shelters, and around 69,000 were living with other families. In addition, 5,500 youth were staying in parks, abandoned structures, and vehicles. Over 60% of homeless children who were living in temporary housing facilities were “chronically absent” last year, meaning they were gone for at least 10% of the days of school.
The homelessness figure went up 3% from the year before, and this marks the seventh year in a row that the number has been over 100,000 students. The number didn’t include newly-arrived migrant children who are homeless.
The issue is one that continues to be a concern for New York City, especially as students from all areas of life struggle with schooling after the pandemic lockdowns.
Homelessness has plagued the city for decades. Over 63,000 people are sleeping in shelters every night, and the number of adults doing so is 86% more than it was a decade ago, according to <a href="https://www.bowery.org/homelessness/facts-homelessness/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Bowery Mission</a>. The <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-homeless-shelter-population-spiking-migrant-crisis-20221012-q2bjacxzqvhdhikuuajibe7f4u-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">record</a> number of people in public shelters was set in 2019 at 61,415. However, that record was broken this month as the number reached 62,174.
Last month, Democratic Mayor of New York City <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a> questioned the very nature of New York City’s shelter situation as migrants arrived in the city. New York City has a “right to shelter,” which means that all homeless people can have access to a public shelter.
“In this new and unforeseen reality, where we expect thousands more to arrive every week going forward, the city’s system is nearing its breaking point,” Adams <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/facing-ongoing-wave-of-homeless-migrants-adams-says-nyc-should-reassess-how-it-handles-shelter-requests" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. “As a result, the city’s prior practices, which never contemplated the busing of thousands of people into New York City, must be reassessed.”
The mayor’s chief counsel later <a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/9/19/23357320/right-shelter-eric-adams-asylum-homeless#:~:text=For%20decades,%20New%20York%20has,city-run%20homeless%20shelter%20system." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, “we are not reassessing the right to shelter. We are reassessing the city’s practices around the right to shelter.”
According to a Market Place <a href="https://www.marketplace.org/2022/09/02/homelessness-in-new-york-city-is-being-compounded-by-inflation-high-rents/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a>, inflation and the increased costs of housing in the city is making life even more difficult for people.
“Those jolts to the economy, they’re impacting real people’s lives and putting them on one side of homelessness or the other,” James Winans, CEO of the Bowery Mission, said, per Market Place. “I think when your housing is unstable, and your employment is unstable, it just follows that any increase in the day-to-day cost of living is going to impact everyone, including those most on the margins.”

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Number Of NYC Homeless Students Went Up Last Year To Over 104,000

Homeless Students In NYC School System Went Up 3% Last Year To Over 104,000

Education

Students

Every day, some <a href="https://new.mta.info/coronavirus/ridership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3.8 million commuters</a> move through the concrete and steel arteries of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fan-credits-gwen-stefani-for-inspiring-her-to-save-herself-after-she-says-she-was-pushed-onto-subway-tracks">New York City subway system</a>.
The 472 subway stations and trains that flow in and out of the heart of Manhattan to almost every extremity of the Big Apple make up the lifeblood of the city. But for the last few years, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (<a href="https://new.mta.info/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MTA</a>) is hemorrhaging that lifeblood.
They are projected to lose $500 million in subway revenue this year due in large part to the rising tide of violence underground.
Ridership Down 40%
As of October 2022, ridership in the NYC subway system is down almost 40% from pre-pandemic levels. But despite that drastic reduction in ridership, homicides are at a 25-year high. So far, this year, there have been nine murders in the subway. Since 2020, there have been 23.
That is more than the total number of subway killings for the prior 11 years from 2008 to 2019 combined.
In a recent speech addressing the uptick in transit violence, our flailing mayor and former transit cop, Eric Adams, blamed the media for the ‘perception’ that the system is unsafe. He accused them of highlighting a handful of sensational crimes to create that perception.
‘I Felt Unsafe’
But his tone was very different ten months ago when, on his first day in office, <a href="https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/01/19/adams-says-he--felt-unsafe--while-riding-subways" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he rode the train from his home in Brooklyn to work</a> and said…“I felt unsafe. I saw homeless everywhere yelling on the trains. There was a feeling of disorder.”
He promised to address the problem…“ We’re going to drive down crime and make sure New Yorkers feel safe on our subway system.” Unfortunately, he has been a spectacular failure at both.
The numbers don’t lie. Violent crime is up over 40% downstairs over last year. In addition to the murders, there are countless other victims — people shoved onto the train tracks, assaulted and robbed.
One only has to peruse social media sites to see the mayhem whether it’s a crew of women dressed in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/like-villains-from-a-batman-movie-the-green-goblin-gang-takes-nyc-crime-to-another-level" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Green Goblin outfits </a>beating and robbing passengers, a homeless man pooping in a Transit Authority mop bucket or a mentally ill vagrant smearing feces in a woman’s face. Tell the victims of those crimes and the families of the murder victims that chaos in the subway is based on a perception created by the media.
When recently challenged by reporters on subway crime, <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/10/18/mayor-adams-stop-trying-to-fool-people-that-the-crime-crisis-is-all-in-their-heads/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adams doubled down</a>, boasting, “We have an average of less than 6 crimes a day on a system with over 3.5 million riders.” 
If you ride the subways everyday you know that number is absurd and if Adams were being honest he would acknowledge that his number only reflects the seven major index crimes like murder, rape, robbery and felony assault. It does not include, crimes like sexual abuse, pickpockets, the mentally ill menacing and harassing passengers, Assault 3, disorderly conduct or a slew of other crimes.
So Why Is Subway Crime Up So Dramatically?
Like most other criminal justice issues facing the country, the same woke, liberal politicians who created the problem with their soft-on-crime policies are now scratching their heads pretending to wonder how they can fix it.
Manhattan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-teen-brutally-attacked-a-cop-and-has-multiple-felony-arrests-the-manhattan-da-just-defended-offices-leniency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">District Attorney Alvin Bragg</a>, head of perhaps the most prestigious and important prosecutor’s office in the country, is one of the main culprits behind the violent crime spike. Everyday, the blood of innocent victims stains his reputation as he continues to behave more like a defense attorney than a prosecutor. 
When he took office in January, Bragg gave subway riders the green light to evade the fare by announcing loudly and proudly that in the name of equity his office would <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-low-level-offenses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no longer prosecute crimes like fare evasion</a> and other misdemeanor crimes a direct contradiction of the oath he took to enforce the laws of NY State. 
If he knew anything about fighting crime in the subways or anywhere else, he would have known this was a colossal mistake that goes against everything we’ve learned in the last twenty-five years of policing in New York City.
I was a Transit cop for several years before our department merged with the NYPD. It was my experience that the average, law abiding citizen pays their fare and obeys the law. Stopping people who jump the turnstile, urinate or even defecate in public, or commit other minor crimes, was and is a very useful tool in catching the real criminals who move through the system.
Targeting Minorities
Bragg and other, clueless, social justice warriors, argue that targeting turnstile jumpers and other minor offenses is an injustice that disproportionately affects the minority community, a premise that is as absurd as their disastrous policies.
No matter what the corrupt media or these race-baiting politicians tell you, police officers enforce the laws without regard to race. The mostly minority NYPD is no exception.
Are there officers who abuse their authority? Sure, but having served two years as a squad commander in the Internal Affairs Bureau and arresting a few of them, I can tell you it is a minuscule number in the scheme of things and the offenders come in all different colors, shapes and sizes.
The enforcement of these important statutes underground and in the streets above creates an atmosphere of law and order that actually lessens the number of people of any color being stopped or arrested for minor crimes.  When the criminals know bad behavior will not be tolerated, they are much less likely to commit crimes. That would actually reduce the number of people arrested or stopped.
It was the “Broken Windows” strategy of policing that inspired a crime fighting tool called Compstat that eventually helped make New York City the safest big city in America after the most violent period in its history.
But when you strip away proven policing tactics in the subways, decriminalize bad behavior while weakening the ability of officers to do their job by passing laws that that turn crime fighters into the report takers of the past, the result is anarchy and chaos. And as usual, the people who suffer the most are the people who Alvin Bragg, Kathy Hochul and Eric Adams claim they are trying to protect.
So How Can We Fix It?
As former NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly recently said, “It’s not brain surgery.” We have the recipe. We’ve made the dish. People loved it. 
Almost three decades ago, Rudy Giuliani, Commissioner Bill Bratton, And Deputy Commissioner Jack Maple and the rest of the NYPD served up a dish of law and order to the streets of New York that dramatically reduced violent crime  to historically low levels. 
Murders across the city went from more than 2,000 in the early 1990’s to less than 300 by 2014. We simply need to go back to what we started doing back then and stopped doing under the failed disgrace of a mayor, Bill De Blasio.
In the subways, we need to bring back specialized Transit Police Units like plainclothes anti-crime, the decoy squad, the Tactical Patrol Force, and homeless outreach. These units and many others were instrumental in creating a feeling of safety and order in the subways. Criminals were much less likely to commit a crime when they were unsure if the man dressed as a priest sitting in the subway car or the Hasidic Jewish man standing on the platform was a member of the police department or a member of the clergy. 
The mentally ill and homeless were routinely removed from the system and taken to more conventional shelters or hospitals by homeless outreach officers working with other city agencies to keep them out of the subway. 
There was a strong uniformed presence in the subways with a Transit Police Officer on every train from 8:00pm to 4:00am when passengers were most vulnerable. 
Those are just a few examples of proven techniques that made the subway a safe and reliable mode of travel and will undoubtedly work again. But none of this happens without laws being changed and politicians being replaced by those who will to take the handcuffs off of the cops and put them back on the criminals. 
Barack Obama was right when he said, “Elections have consequences.”  That has never been truer than it will be this November. 
So, make your voice heard.
John Dove is a retired NYPD Detective Lieutenant and the former co-executive producer of CSI-NY starring Gary Sinise.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Subway track paltform in New yrok city

Murder Up, Ridership Down As Leftist Leaders Run NYC Subway System Off Rails

Crime

Readers Pass

Subway

Let&#8217;s say you are a single guy living in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/el-salvador" target="_blank" rel="noopener">El Salvador</a> without a whole lot going for you. Your girlfriend left you and you get paid a few hundred bucks per month. Your station on God&#8217;s green Earth is no bueno.
Then on the news, you hear that bleeding-heart New York City <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-says-bused-migrants-could-be-housed-on-cruise-ships" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mayor Eric Adams</a> (D) is opening his taxpayer-funded arms to provide you with a free bed, a rotating menu of food, 24/7 snacks, coffee, and even XBoxes just for single men.
Better yet, the chances are that the United States federal government <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/03/11/ice-arrest-deportation-number-biden-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won&#8217;t even deport you</a> once you cross the southern border. You just have to claim that you are seeking asylum and you&#8217;ll get a free pass into the nation. At some point, maybe, once the <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/10/04/biden-bid-to-streamline-asylum-backlog-slammed-by-immigration-advocates-opponents-as-unworkable/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">backlog dries up</a>, you&#8217;ll have a court case — but not to worry, you&#8217;ll have <a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/9/30/23381145/asylum-migrants-nyc-housing-jobs-lawyers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">non-profits galore</a> coming to your aid when that happens.
Why wouldn&#8217;t you illegally immigrate to America? You would be an idiot not to. It&#8217;s a no-brainer!
On Thursday, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-unveils-new-migrant-shelter-complete-with-xboxes-tvs-and-couches" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that New York City unveiled its newest shelter for the city’s growing illegal alien population — hundreds of whom have been shipped to the Big Apple by southern states. The rest, it would appear, ventured there on their own as President Joe Biden&#8217;s border crisis sweeps the nation.
The temporary location will house up to 500 single men. Critics claim it&#8217;s a tent, but the space is pretty darn fancy.
The location has ample bedding, home entertainment options, free phone calls, and even some home cooking for the men.
“The meals are all culturally appropriate — it is South American fare,” Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol told reporters on Wednesday.
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&quot;The meals are all culturally appropriate—it is South American fare,&quot; Emergency Mgmt Commissioner Zach Iscol said. 
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And they say there&#8217;s no such thing as a free lunch!
Plus, if you play your cards right, you can stick it out in the U.S.A until the Biden-Harris administration finally <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/absolute-dereliction-of-duty-kamala-pushes-mass-amnesty-blasts-migrant-busing-on-late-night-tv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">jams mass amnesty through</a>. Then you can stay forever — granted you might actually receive fewer benefits as an American citizen.
That&#8217;s because America&#8217;s elected officials — particularly from the Democratic Party — are more interested in putting the needs of other nations first. According to Democrats like Adams, the U.S. has a solemn duty to accept record amounts of illegal aliens and pay to support to them — even as the country suffers from the worst inflation in decades.
In the view of Leftists, policies that secure the border, discourage individuals from coming unlawfully, and don&#8217;t incentivize illegal immigration in the first place are immoral.
Instead, states and towns all around the nation — the argument goes — need to follow New York City&#8217;s example and welcome illegal aliens. The current situation is <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/10/07/state-of-emergency-adams-says-nyc-migrant-influx-to-cost-1b/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">costing</a> New York City at least $1 billion.
Due to that gigantic price tag, Adams has been chiding other communities for not doing more of their so-called fair share.
&#8220;Although our compassion is limitless, our resources are not,&#8221; Adams <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/728-22/as-city-anticipates-surpassing-highest-recorded-shelter-census-mayor-adams-declares-asylum-seeker#:~:text=But%20though%20our%20compassion%20is,was%20ever%20designed%20to%20handle." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
In turn, he has been demanding that the federal government step in and help foot the bill.
Again, a simpler solution, and more cost-effective in the long run, would be to simply secure the border.
Until that happens, Americans cannot really blame downtrodden folks for taking advantage of Leftist lunacy.
The scorn for this crisis really should fall on American leaders — including <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/why-are-senate-republicans-pushing-amnesty-again/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">soft-on-illegal immigration Republicans</a> — for being so stupid.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Illegal Aliens

Illegally Immigrating Is A No-Brainer: Free Video Games, Empanadas, And 24/7 Snacks In NYC

Democrat

Illegal Immigration

Former &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; host <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-wallace/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Wallace</a> cornered Democrat New York City Mayor <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a> during a recent CNN interview, pushing back on his claims that &#8220;perception&#8221; was making the skyrocketing crime rates in his city appear worse than they really were.
Wallace, who left Fox News after nearly two decades just last year, spoke to Adams as part of his new interview-based series, &#8220;Who&#8217;s Talking To Chris Wallace?&#8221; — and the topic turned to the dramatic uptick in violent crime that has impacted multiple American cities, not the least of which being the Big Apple.
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&#8220;We have an average of less than six crimes a day on a subway system with 3.5 million riders. But if you write your story based on a narrative, then you’re going to look at the worst of those six crimes and put it on the front pages of your paper every day,&#8221; Adams began, first blaming media for creating a narrative that made his city look more dangerous. &#8220;So I have to deal with those six crimes a day, felony crimes, and the perception of fear.&#8221;
Adams went on to say that his team had successfully decreased gun violence in the city, claiming that officials had taken &#8220;over 5,700 guns&#8221; off the streets and made a number of arrests on gun crimes.
&#8220;We are attacking the problem exactly the way I stated,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;You’re saying that the crime problem in this city is more perception than reality?&#8221; Wallace asked.
&#8220;No, it’s a combination of both. New Yorkers must be safe,&#8221; Adams replied.
&#8220;But Mayor, the New York City crime statistics are that year to date, crime in the subways is up 41% over the same period last year, and serious crime, major felonies, are up even more than that,&#8221; Wallace pushed back. &#8220;That’s not perception. That’s reality.&#8221;
&#8220;If you do an analysis of the six major cities in America, the crime waves is tackling all of our cities. New York City is the safest,&#8221; Adams insisted. &#8220;So yes, we have a real crime problem that we’re addressing. But part of that is the perception that every day, those six crimes are being highlighted over and over again.&#8221;
Adams continued to reference the &#8220;six crimes&#8221; he said were occurring daily within the city&#8217;s subway system but did not mention that crime had been ticking upward outside of the public transit system as well. The New York Police Department released <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/p00056/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-july-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crime statistics</a> in July of 2022 and determined that the city&#8217;s overall crime rate was up 30.5% year-over-year. Additionally, shooting incidents were up 13.4%, and murders were up 34.3%.

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New York has unveiled its new tent shelter for the city&#8217;s growing migrant population, complete with XBoxes, big-screen televisions, and couches.
The Randall&#8217;s Island Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center is set to temporarily house up to 500 single men bused from southern border states.
The location features 500 cots, along with television, video games, board games, telephone services, and three meals per day, along with snacks and coffee for those who stay at the location.
&#8220;The meals are all culturally appropriate — it is South American fare,&#8221; Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol told reporters on Wednesday.
Other assistance at the new facility includes laundry services, showers, and lockers for migrants to store personal items. Bus services are also expected at the location, with 24-hour security provided.
The new amenities may make it difficult to encourage some of the migrant men to leave, with some speculating that the guests could be living better than many legal residents in New York City.
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Omg. The criminal migrants live better than people in NYC <a href="https://t.co/UOHSjxgKLy">https://t.co/UOHSjxgKLy</a>
&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1583085104317931520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Democrat Mayor Eric Adams, who declared a state of emergency due to the arrival of migrants, ordered the establishment of the site. The change was made to relocate the temporary shelter to Randall&#8217;s Island from Orchard Beach in the Bronx after concerns about flooding.
<a href="https://www.fox5ny.com/news/randalls-island-tent-shelters-ready" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to</a> FOX 5, it cost $325,000 to move the shelters and another $325,000 to set them up again.
As of last week, the city claims at least 18,600 asylum seekers have entered the city. The Randall&#8217;s Island site serves as just one of many responses to house the growing number of migrants.
In addition, a temporary humanitarian relief center has been set up at the Row NYC Hotel in midtown Manhattan to initially house 200 families, potentially serving additional families in the weeks ahead. A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-homeless-shelter-population-hits-record-numbers-following-influx-of-migrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> by Adam last week also noted that 46 hotels citywide have served as emergency shelters.
New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has activated National Guard members to help staff the new location. A unit of 100 reservists was mobilized for deployment earlier this month.
“The National Guard will provide logistical and operational support to the city’s relief center once it is ready to open,” Hochul spokesman Avi Small said, <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/10/04/hochul-activating-national-guard-to-run-nycs-migrant-tent-city/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> reporting by the New York Post.
Norwegian Cruise Line confirmed earlier this month that the company has been in discussions with New York City to house migrants relocating to the city, though no official decision has yet been made.
“The chartering of cruise ships to companies, government entities and other organizations for various uses is a standard business practice across our industry,” a spokesperson for the Norwegian Cruise Line <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/norwegian-cruise-line-says-nyc-reached-out-house-migrants-cruise-ship-final-deal-not-yet-made" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“While we can confirm that New York City has approached us about a potential charter of a cruise vessel, no agreement has been reached and we cannot speculate about the outcome of any ongoing business discussions,” the spokesperson added.

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NYC Unveils New Migrant Shelter, Complete With Xboxes, TVs, And Couches

NYC Unveils New Migrant Shelter, Complete With Xboxes, TVs, and Couches

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New York City&#8217;s homeless shelter population has reached record levels as a growing number of migrants enter the city.
The city&#8217;s Department of Homeless Services reported in its latest <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dhs/downloads/pdf/dailyreport.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statistics</a> on Tuesday that 62,556 people were registered in its shelter system, <a href="https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Social-Services/DHS-Daily-Report/k46n-sa2m/data">surpassing</a> the previous record set in 2019.
The new record included 11,960 families with children, comprising nearly 38,000 of the sheltered homeless, along with another 19,998 single adults. The single adults consisted of 15,558 men and 4,440 women, according to the report. The numbers do not include an unknown number of unsheltered homeless in the city.
“As the numbers of asylum seekers entering New York City continues to increase without an end in sight, the city’s family-focused Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center will soon open to serve families with children and provide them with the care and compassion they deserve. Our team will continue to work with these families and assess if they want to actually stay in New York City and, if not, help them get to their desired destinations,” New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams said in a <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/741-22/mayor-adams-placement-family-focused-humanitarian-emergency-response-relief-center" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press statement</a> on Monday.
“This is not an everyday homelessness crisis, but a humanitarian crisis that requires a different approach, and these humanitarian emergency response centers will take on a multitude of looks with the similarities that they will all help triage and provide immediate support to arriving asylum seekers. We will continue to respond with care and compassion as we deal with this humanitarian crisis made by human hands,&#8221; he added.
As of Monday, the city claims at least 18,600 asylum seekers have entered the city. To respond, a temporary humanitarian relief center has been set up at The Row hotel in Manhattan to initially serve 200 families, with the potential to serve additional families in the weeks ahead.
The mayor&#8217;s statement noted that 46 hotels citywide have served as emergency shelters. The Randall’s Island Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center, only serving adults, is expected to open soon.
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Camp for asylum seekers is taking shape on Randall’s Island. Story TK. <a href="https://t.co/t3xazZutvu">pic.twitter.com/t3xazZutvu</a>
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The Randall&#8217;s Island location is expected to provide temporary shelter in tents to 500 adults. Adams recently stated that the city did not ask for this crisis, but is seeking to respond to the growing needs.
“This crisis is not one of our own making, but one that will affect everyone in this city,” Adams <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-have-not-asked-for-this-nyc-mayor-declares-state-of-emergency-over-illegal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“New Yorkers are angry. I’m angry, too. We have not asked for this,” he added. “There was never any agreement to take on the job of supporting thousands of asylum seekers.”
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Eric Adams declares a state of emergency over NYC&#39;s immigrant crisis:
&quot;We have not asked for this. There was never any agreement to take on the job of supporting thousands of asylum seekers.&quot;<a href="https://t.co/3mOmtoTjCS">pic.twitter.com/3mOmtoTjCS</a>
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Despite the declaration of an emergency and much effort to address the city&#8217;s growing migrant crisis, the levels pale in comparison to the number of migrants at the nation&#8217;s southern border.
A new <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/10/12/el-paso-launches-online-dashboard-to-track-migrant-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">online dashboard</a> released by the city of El Paso along the border of Texas recorded 13,000 migrants passed through the city in September alone. More than 62,000 passed through the city from April to mid-September in the community of approximately 974,000 people.

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New York City Mayor <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a> declared a state of emergency on Friday, saying that his city was not equipped to handle the influx of illegal immigrants coming via bus from Texas.
Adams, who has previously boasted about the fact that <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> is a <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/sanctuary-cities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sanctuary city</a>, delivered the statement at a press conference, arguing that the crisis had begun with political violence in South America, but American political maneuvering had served to exacerbate the problem.
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency over the city’s migrant crisis, saying that the more than 17,000 asylum-seekers from Central America and South America are straining the city’s resources <a href="https://t.co/R90NZrqKcu">https://t.co/R90NZrqKcu</a> <a href="https://t.co/OGKUwU4szj">pic.twitter.com/OGKUwU4szj</a>
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&#8220;This is a humanitarian crisis that started with violence and instability in South America and is being accelerated by American political dynamics,&#8221; Adams said. &#8220;Thousands of asylum-seekers have been bused into New York City and simply dropped off without notice, coordination, or care — and more are arriving every day.&#8221;
&#8220;This crisis is not one of our own making, but one that will affect everyone in this city,&#8221; he continued, noting that many of the asylum-seekers could not legally work in the United States and would need far more than a few meals or a bed for a night or two — and he argued that took resources away from New Yorkers in need.
&#8220;New Yorkers are angry. I&#8217;m angry, too. We have not asked for this,&#8221; he added. &#8220;There was never any agreement to take on the job of supporting thousands of asylum seekers.&#8221;
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Eric Adams declares a state of emergency over NYC&#39;s immigrant crisis:
&quot;We have not asked for this. There was never any agreement to take on the job of supporting thousands of asylum seekers.&quot;<a href="https://t.co/3mOmtoTjCS">pic.twitter.com/3mOmtoTjCS</a>
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Adams <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/us/nyc-mayor-emergency-migrants/index.html?utm_term=link&amp;utm_content=2022-10-07T15%3A15%3A33&amp;utm_source=twCNN&amp;utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">went on</a> to note that the city is dealing with over 60,000 people in the shelter system — some of whom are illegal immigrants who have been bused into the city — which has forced the system to operate at near 100% capacity.
So far, the city has designated 42 hotels to serve as temporary shelters and has enrolled well over 5,000 migrant children in the appropriate schools — and the city expects to spend over $1 billion to manage the influx of migrants by the end of the fiscal year.
Per Adams&#8217; declaration, the city will mobilize the appropriate agencies to work together in constructing Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers. The state of emergency will remain in effect for at least 30 days, after which Adams will determine whether or not it needs to be extended.

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Norwegian Cruise Line confirmed that the company has been in discussions with New York City to house migrants relocating to the city, though no official decision has yet been made.
The cruise line first shared the details in a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/norwegian-cruise-line-says-nyc-reached-out-house-migrants-cruise-ship-final-deal-not-yet-made" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> to Fox News Digital on Saturday.
&#8220;The chartering of cruise ships to companies, government entities and other organizations for various uses is a standard business practice across our industry,&#8221; a spokesperson for the Norwegian Cruise Line said.
&#8220;While we can confirm that New York City has approached us about a potential charter of a cruise vessel, no agreement has been reached and we cannot speculate about the outcome of any ongoing business discussions,&#8221; the spokesperson added.
New York City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams first noted last month that migrants bused to his city could temporarily live on cruise ships. The development was revealed during an interview on CBS2’s “The Point with Marcia Kramer” broadcast.
“[W]e examined everything from the legality of using any type of cruise ship for temporary housing. We’re looking at everything to see, how do we deal with this?” Adams <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/681-22/transcript-mayor-eric-adams-appears-wcbs-s-point-marcia-kramer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Kramer.
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“We are predicted with the influx of opening, probably, 38 additional emergency shelters. So we have to find temporary measures to address this issue,” he later added.
A <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/30/adams-close-to-deal-for-norwegian-cruise-ship-full-of-migrants-in-nyc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second cruise line</a>, Estonia&#8217;s Tallink, has also reportedly been in discussions with the city regarding housing migrants on a cruise ship. Tallink previously housed Ukrainian refugees in Estonia earlier this year.
New York City has already opened a &#8220;tent city&#8221; to house migrants coming to the Big Apple. After originally opening a center at Orchard Beach, flooding concerns have led to the announcement of moving the tent location to the Icahn Stadium parking lot.
&#8220;Following this weekend&#8217;s storms, New York City Emergency Management determined that, while we would be able to put in place the necessary ponding mitigation measures, relocating the Orchard Beach humanitarian relief center to Randall&#8217;s Island is the most efficient and effective path forward, and work is underway to make this move,&#8221; Adams said in a <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/718-22/mayor-adams-on-city-s-humanitarian-emergency-response-relief-center-asylum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> Monday night.
The city claims more than 16,000 people have gone through its shelter intake process in recent months. The tent location will house up to 500 migrants at a time, according to the mayor&#8217;s statement.
Texas reported last week that it had bused more than 8,100 migrants to Washington, D.C., since April, over 2,900 migrants to New York City since August 5, and more than 870 migrants to Chicago since August 31.
&#8220;The busing mission is providing much-needed relief to our overwhelmed border communities,&#8221; according to a <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/es/news/post/operation-lone-star-stops-human-smuggling-attempts-at-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> from Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX).
Adams blasted Abbott over the migrant busing situation last month during an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-mayor-calls-migrant-busing-an-american-crisis-blames-republican-governors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday.
“These migrants and asylum seekers are not coming to any particular city, they’re coming to America,” the mayor argued, adding, “This is an American crisis that we need to face – a humanitarian crisis that were made by human hands by some of the governors in our southern states.”

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NBA superstar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kyrie-irving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kyrie Irving</a> can put a price on his decision to forego the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID vaccine</a>, and it is north of nine figures.
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The Brooklyn Nets guard says he gave up a $100 million, four-year contract extension all because he refused to get the vaccine when the NBA and the city where he plays were putting enormous pressure on players to take the jabs.
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“I gave up four years, 100-and-something million deciding to be unvaccinated and that was the decision,&#8221; Irving said during Nets media day on Monday. &#8220;[Get this] contract, get vaccinated or be unvaccinated and there&#8217;s a level of uncertainty of your future, whether you&#8217;re going to be in this league, whether you&#8217;re going to be on this team, so I had to deal with that real-life circumstance of losing my job for this decision.”
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Irving was only able to play road games until late in the season because of New York City’s vaccine mandate. He wound up playing for his option-year salary, but had to forego home game paychecks while he sat on the bench. The 30-year-old all star said had hoped to reach a deal with the team, but instead went into the season at loggerheads with Nets management.
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“We were supposed to have all that figured out before training camp last year,” Irving said. &#8220;And it just didn&#8217;t happen because of the status of me being vaccinated, unvaccinated. So, I understood their point and I just had to live with it. It was a tough pill to swallow, honestly.”
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Irving played in 29 of the team’s 82 games, averaging a stellar 27.4 points per game. The team posted a 44-38 record and made the playoffs, but were swept by the Boston Celtics in the first round.
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Nets GM Sean Marks denied that the team put undue pressure on Irving.
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“There&#8217;s no ultimatum being given here,” Marks said. “Again, it goes back to you want people who are reliable, people who are here, and accountable. All of us: staff, players, coaches, you name it. It&#8217;s not giving somebody an ultimatum to get a vaccine. That&#8217;s a completely personal choice. I stand by Kyrie. I think if he wants, he&#8217;s made that choice. That&#8217;s his prerogative completely.”
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Marks said the real standoff was between Irving and the city. Earlier this month, New York mayor Eric Adams announced he’s ending the private employer vaccine mandate but keeping one in place for city workers. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nets-kyrie-irving-calls-covid-vaccine-mandate-one-of-biggest-violations-of-human-rights-in-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Irving blasted that decision</a>, called forced vaccinations a human rights violation.
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“If I can work and be unvaccinated, then all of my brothers and sisters who are also unvaccinated should be able to do the same, without being discriminated against, vilified, or fired,” Irving wrote in a Twitter post. “This enforced Vaccine/Pandemic is one the biggest violations of HUMAN RIGHTS in history.”
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NBA Star Kyrie Irving Reveals Shocking Price He Paid For Refusing To Get COVID Jab

NBA Star Kyrie Irving Reveals Price He Paid For Refusing To Get COVID Jab

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Thousands of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Yorkers</a> left their democrat-run state for the warmer and more conservative <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> in August.
A monthly-record of 5,833 New Yorkers changed their drivers licenses to Florida last month, according to a New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/20/record-number-of-new-yorkers-swap-to-florida-licenses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> of data from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. That brought the year’s total to over 41,000 Empire State citizens leaving the blue bastion for the south.
“First it was the billionaires. Then it was the rich following behind them. Now you have the middle class,” said Alvin Valley, a fashion designer who moved to Palm Beach during the COVID pandemic.
“A lot of families just began to feel like New York was becoming unlivable,” Valley added, the Post reported. “Especially for younger couples with kids in their thirties and forties. They don’t want to get on the subway. It’s a safety issue, it’s a schools issue.”
The New York exodus began when people left the heavily-restricted state during the pandemic to live in the Republican-led Florida that had lifted COVID restrictions, but <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/serious-crimes-up-in-nyc-report-finds-as-new-mayor-dismisses-concerns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rising crime</a> rates in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-man-brandishes-axe-in-nyc-mcdonalds-smashes-property-frightens-customers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a> also seem to play a factor in people’s decision to leave.
John Macari, a retired NYPD Lieutenant, told the Post that COVID vaccine mandates coupled “with the rise in crime and zero competence from our elected officials and a lot of people just don’t see a future in New York City for themselves.”
In April, New York City Mayor Eric Adams attempted to <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/179-22/mayor-adams-new-campaign-digital-billboards-five-florida-markets-denouncing-don-t#/0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lure</a> Floridians into moving to the city by purchasing digital billboards in the Sunshine State that displayed messages falsely referring to the newly-passed “Parental Rights in Education” law as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
“I am the mayor of New York City, but I have a message for Florida’s LGBTQ+ community — come to a city where you can say and be whoever you want,” Adams said at the time. “Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is the latest shameful, extremist culture war targeting the LGBTQ+ community. Today, we say to the families living in fear of this state-sponsored discrimination that you will always have a home in New York City.”
Adams’ billboards apparently did not work as New Yorkers continue to leave for Governor Ron DeSantis&#8217; Florida at a record rate, while Florida’s population is still growing. The current trend suggests that last year’s record of 61,728 New Yorkers moving to Florida could be overtaken this year.

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