Is Bill de Blasio done?

[hopper]

If his approval goes below 40% he would be in trouble in a Dem Primary. I don;t see him losing a Democratic Primary even at 42-43% approval. It would be hard for a Republican Mayor to get elected with "The Bronx" and Mid-Upper Manhattan Voters.

DeBlasio seems polarizing to me. If his relationship with the NYPD gets worse it might be hard for him to consider running for re-election.

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[ag]

This strikes me as something he can't just shake off.

Yeah, I guess, he might only get 60% of the vote next time.

[free my dawg]

He needs to give Scott Walker a call tonight and ask him for advice. And then tomorrow morning he needs to smash the police union.

[Maxwell]

The police department does need some improving, and the fact that police department is getting worked up over that idea is ridiculous yet not surprising.

Not everything is some kind of popularity contest. DeBlasio is clearly in the right.

[Paul Kemp]

freedomhawk lol


Also, nice job making a poll that doesn't match the thread title. Christ...

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

This strikes me as something he can't just shake off.

He'll be fine.

But will he be liked?

haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate

[publicunofficial]

I'm sure when the GOP runs a pro-police, pro-stop-n-frisk, pro-brutality candidate for Mayor, the minorities and progressives will be enthused.

Not like those groups are a decently sized voting block of NYC or anything.

[Kraxner]

I'm sure when the GOP runs a pro-police, pro-stop-n-frisk, pro-brutality candidate for Mayor, the minorities and progressives will be enthused.

Not like those groups are a decently sized voting block of NYC or anything.

Bless your heart, but we had republican mayorship from 1994 to the first month of 2014.


It took a long downward trend in crime mainly because of Giuliani's tough on crime policies until people warmed up again to a democrat mayor and a lot of people are saying now that De Blasio was a mistake.

[publicunofficial]

I'm sure when the GOP runs a pro-police, pro-stop-n-frisk, pro-brutality candidate for Mayor, the minorities and progressives will be enthused.

Not like those groups are a decently sized voting block of NYC or anything.

Ignoring the politicized language, NYC had republican mayorship from 1994 to the first month of 2014.

Counting Michael Bloomberg as a Republican is a bit of a stretch, but sure.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Joke thread.

[Iosif]

An absolute disgrace to Napoli fans.

Napoli fans are a disgrace to Napoli fans.

[user12345]

I don't see what del Blasio has done wrong.

Apparently, you're doing something wrong if you agree that there are problems in how our police force operators. But he's gonna be fine.

[Antonio the Sixth]

hahahaha

[CountryClassSF]

This strikes me as something he can't just shake off.

I agree. If he had some decency in him, which he does not, he would step down.  Ray Kelly needs to run in the next election.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

OK, when we're done being stupid, should we actually wait for polls before writing the guys obituary?

[Linus Van Pelt]

This reminds me of Benghazi: the killing of some public servants by violent murderers gets blamed on a higher-up public official for largely incomprehensible reasons.

[Türkisblau]

He needs to breakup the police union, bad.

[CountryClassSF]

He needs to breakup the police union, bad.

Leftists supporting union busting.  Who'd have thought? FDR is rolling in his grave.

[Smash255]

I'm sure when the GOP runs a pro-police, pro-stop-n-frisk, pro-brutality candidate for Mayor, the minorities and progressives will be enthused.

Not like those groups are a decently sized voting block of NYC or anything.

Bless your heart, but we had republican mayorship from 1994 to the first month of 2014.


It took a long downward trend in crime mainly because of Giuliani's tough on crime policies until people warmed up again to a democrat mayor and a lot of people are saying now that De Blasio was a mistake.

Crime was declining in NYC three years in a row before Giuliani took office, and is continuing to decline with the policy shift despite the ramblings from those on the right.

Bloomberg never really was a Republican

[King]

It would be one thing if it was just officers were slain, but this guy shot his girlfriend, too. This is just another indictment about how 2 years after Sandy Hook as a nation we've done nothing about helping loons with access to weapons.

If it weren't police officers in the news, this guy would've taken out his bullets on other people to send his incoherent message.

[Keystone Phil]

It would be one thing if it was just officers were slain, but this guy shot his girlfriend, too. This is just another indictment about how 2 years after Sandy Hook as a nation we've done nothing about helping loons with access to weapons.

If it weren't police officers in the news, this guy would've taken out his bullets on other people to send his incoherent message.

Some people at least tried to do something about it.

[Lief 🗽]

He needs to breakup the police union, bad.

Leftists supporting union busting.  Who'd have thought? FDR is rolling in his grave.

Don't be an idiot:

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[© tweed]

a cool article from The Nation: How to Survive a Cop Coup: What Bill de Blasio Can Learn From Ecuador


first a little background, de Blasio is the first mayor in 20 years that hasn't 100% given the NYPD carte blanche to act as a standing army and then defend them without fail in the rare instance a few of of them (ie the 41 shots into an unarmed black guy) got indicted.

Dinkins was hated by the cops:  Comparisons have been made to the cop revolt in 1992 against mayor David Dinkins, who tried to set up a civilian review board to assess police brutality. Thousands of police, led by Rudy Giuliani, swarmed City Hall and shut down the Brooklyn Bridge. As The New York Times reported, “Asked why the department did not take stronger action to control the protesters, Raymond W. Kelly, the Acting Police Commissioner, said the size and vehemence of the protest had caught police commanders by surprise.”

thousands of off-duty cops broke through  a barricade set up around City Hall was overrun and also took to shutting down Brooklyn Bridge.  the on-duty cops, of course, did nothing.




anyway, de Blasio needs to step up and be the champion of civilian control of the police.  tell Lynch to go fck himself.  half-measures to appease the PBA will only make him look weak and mealy-mouthed and further weaken his position.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

What did for Dinkins wasn't so much crime in general (even if that was absolutely part of the atmosphere that made him vulnerable) but his tin-eared response to the Crown Heights riots two years earlier. I don't see this as comparable.

[Lief 🗽]

Don't worry fascists. Looks like de Blasio has been brought to heel. The cop coup has succeeded.