Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who won his office with a tough-on-crime message, faces longstanding issues of trust between the police and the community with some critics saying the NYPD hasn’t taken hate crimes seriously enough
New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks at a Jan. 18 vigil for Michelle Go, who was killed in a Times Square subway station the weekend before. | Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesNEW YORK — Attacks on Asian American New Yorkers have become so prevalent since the pandemic began that a lawmaker is calling on the governor to declare a state of emergency.
Some are hopeful that Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who won his office with a tough-on-crime message, is taking the issue more seriously by implementing changes at the NYPD. But for many Asian Americans, those alarming statistics do not capture the true scope of the violence that has rocked their community. Asian New Yorkers have faced a long string of unprovoked attacks by strangers, many of which were not classified as bias crimes. Even some of the most high-profile assaults and killings, such as the death of the woman shoved in front of a train, have not been designated as acts of hate.
In explaining the ouster last month, Adams said: “I thought we were too slow in designating, investigating something as a potential hate crime. And I wanted to make sure that someone was in charge of the unit that understood my vision.”, who said a man called her a “carrier” on a subway train and spit on her twice in October after becoming irate when he tried to give her a fist bump and she declined.
“How many more of us need to be sliced with a box cutter, bashed in the head with a rock, or more recently punched over 125 times before it gets labeled a hate crime?”Asian American leaders said they’re cautiously optimistic that the shake-up will signal a new approach. Still, pressure is building on Adams two and a half months into his term to deliver on his central campaign“We understand that part of this is an inherited problem, and we believe that this problem runs deeply.
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