The choice for next NYC mayor is clearer than ever

It didn’t take long into Thursday night’s first debate for the Democratic nomination for mayor to convince us we made the right decision in endorsing Eric Adams.

Asked about skyrocketing shootings, including of a child in Times Square last Saturday and a police officer on Wednesday, the other candidates lapsed into utopian talking points. Dianne Morales and Maya Wiley ranted about defunding the police, with Wiley suggesting that “trauma” from dealing with cops is the bigger problem. Scott Stringer said police needed to get the clearance rate up. How? Who knows. Kathryn Garcia wanted gun buybacks. Andrew Yang talked about the “iron pipeline,” as if the city hasn’t been trying to stop gun smuggling for decades. Shaun Donovan wanted to empty out Rikers even more to save money.