Mayor Adams

A new phrase that has become popular in the past few years is virtue signaling. This refers to the act of publicly expressing opinions or taking actions that are intended to demonstrate one's moral superiority or good character. One of the more well publicized were the actions of former NY city mayors who championed sanctuary city status for New York. Mayor Adams followed in their foot steps when in June of 2021 Adams emphasized the importance of NY City remaining a sanctuary city. This is the way these mayors showed their compassion for migrants. So far so good. Starting in April of 2022 Texas began sending migrants to NY City and since then Adams changed his view. Migrants were not only using up a large part of the cities budget but they were committing large numbers of crimes. Adam's asked for help from the federal government but was ignored. When he started to blame Biden he was charged with using campaign money for personal use. Trump is promising to solve the problem with migrants and Adams is asking for his help. Adams wanted to change the sanctuary city status but the city council refused. “They stated they’re not willing to change the sanctuary city law. I think they’re wrong. I have my teams looking at my power as executive orders. It was one thing to champion migrants when they were in Texas but another thing when they came to New York City. It is like wealthy people who live in safe gated communities whereas a different story for those who live in the inner city. Remember when some migrants were sent to Martha's Vineyard and they were quickly sent away.