Shifting...

Mayor Bill de Blasio should take responsibility for the city’s crime wave instead of shifting blame to state judges, the court system’s spokesman said Thursday. Earlier in the day, de Blasio said the courts should be in charge of keeping New Yorkers safe from a surge in shootings.

“I am imploring everyone at the Office of Court Administration, please, we need our court system to run again. We cannot keep this city safe if we don’t have a functioning court system, it has been too many months already. “Please hear our plea because that’s what will keep our communities safe,” De Blasio said.

But Lucian Chalfen, spokesman for the Office of Court Administration, said judges never stopped working.

“Throughout this pandemic, through the unceasing hard work and dedication of judges, non-judicial staff and court officers, the New York State Court system has continued to function. We have never closed: not for one day, not for one hour, not for one minute,” Chalfen said.

“Clearly the Mayor continues to refuse to take any responsibility for his actions, instead shifting the blame,” he added.

Blame...

Stand Down...

A New York City store owner is suing Gov. Andrew Cuomo, accusing state and city leaders of failing to send in law enforcement to respond to the rioting that happened during recent protests, according to the attorney handling the case.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Domus Design Center, an interior design business located on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, also names Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea as co-defendants.

“Basically, the city and state government owe a duty to the individual storefronts to protect them," attorney Sal Strazzullo said.

My law firm believes [that] through depositions, we’re going to be able to find that the city or state had intelligence in regards to these criminals that looted these stores and didn’t do anything about it,” he added.

Strazzullo continued, “The lackeys that are politically appointed in the NYPD probably were told to stand down and basically it is a travesty."

He added that he believes more businesses will join as plaintiffs to make it a class-action lawsuit, seeking more than $100 million in damages.

Apples...

Chanice...

Marchers with the “Power of Prayer” rally were entering Lower Manhattan from Brooklyn when anti-police activists camped out in City Hall Park confronted the marchers on the bridge.

The scuffle left three cops bloodied and Monahan with a finger wound, weeks after he took a knee with Black Lives Matter protesters.

Cops on Thursday took a woman into custody they believe participated in the bridge attack. Chanice Reyes, 24, of Morris Plains, N.J., is charged with two counts of assault on a police officer.

Peace...

Eating in restaurants in New York City is back, national looting season is over and now businesses are busy.

Shootings and gun violence increased in certain part of the city where guns are not allowed. Some act as if some lives doesn't matter to them.

Defunding and demoralizing the police leads to police caution on responding and enforcing the law. Silence and disappearance of community leaders is the worst of all as the street would be for additional violance.

We have seen it all. The good, the bad and the ugly. But there is always a hope for peace.

 Just a thought.

Bye...

Dishonest...

CNN's chief anti-Trump reporter Jim Acosta was blasted on social media over a tweet that quoted White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany out of context. 

He was hit with major backlash.

"Classic stuff here. Acosta tweets half of one quote without context & gets nearly 20,000 retweets. Had plenty of room to add the full context in the original comment by McEnany stating “the science is on our side here.” Waits 10 minutes before writing a second tweet, gets 450 RTs," The Hill media reporter.

This isn’t journalism. It’s a dishonest fragment used to whip up animosity, rather than inform," Daily Caller editor Vince Coglianese tweeted.

Acosta's own colleague Jake Tapper weighed in on the distorted quote that was being shared, urging everyone to "read the ENTIRE McEnany comment."

According to Finapp, Acosta earns $700,000 per year and has a net worth of about $4 million. A small price for his performance.

Bottoms...

Bottoms, one of the top prospects to be presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's running mate, said during the interview with Blitzer that she wasn't shocked by Trump's decision not to wear a mask.

"So by not having on a mask, President Trump did violate law in the city of Atlanta, but I am somehow not surprised that he disregarded our rules and regulations in the city," she said.

Her comments, however, placed her in disagreement of he superior Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp about whether her mandatory mask ordinance is enforceable in the city as it goes beyond the measures he's put in place.

An executive order Kemp signed Wednesday included language that local governments are prohibited from implementing rules requiring people to wear masks and face coverings in public places.

Show up on CNN more frequently and you are trapped for more humiliations.
Just a thought.

Hailed...

There is a widespread feeling that New York has been blessed with its exemplary leadership. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, incredibly enough, has sky-high approval ratings.

This is all perverse given that New York is only now emerging from one of the worst COVID debacles on the planet.

If New York is going to be held up as the model, every officeholder in the country has a new road map for handling the virus: 

See a significant percentage of residents of your largest city get infected, barely prevent your hospital system from getting overwhelmed, implement a policy that increases infections and deaths at nursing homes, suffer more than 35,000 deaths and a higher per-capita death rate than any country in the world  and then, after all that, get hailed as a hero.

Ask for the help from the federal government for the Comfort Ship, then the Javits Center to be transferred to a 4000 bed hospital, and the Samaritan Purse that occupied Central Park, and non was appreciated. Cuomo has raised the bar.