NY’s Left Just Won’t Listen on Crime

‘There is nothing acceptable about individuals walking into stores, taking what they want, walking out and then, when they’re arrested for the action, for people to say we are criminalizing the poor; no we’re not,” Mayor Adams thundered last week. Sadly, though, that’s precisely the mindset of the folks writing the laws in this state.

Indeed, at the same Manhattan Chamber of Commerce event, Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz (D-Bronx) blamed the NYPD for not arresting crooks because of the “attitude” that bail reform would put anyone they busted right back on the streets.

That prompted NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey to erupt: It’s not that “my cops are walking away and not making arrests” but that “we are constantly arresting the same people” — cue applause.

State Senate No. 2 (at least) leader Mike Gianaris just torpedoed Hector LaSalle, Gov.

Hochul’s liberal pick to be the state’s chief judge simply because he was once a prosecutor. His colleague, Judiciary Chairman Brad Hoylman-Sigal, vows to nix any judicial nominee ever endorsed by the Conservative Party, though four-party endorsements are common for lower-level judges.

Lefties are pushing for more ill-conceived reforms this year, convinced they can bully Hochul into submission should she object.

Until Democratic moderates in the Legislature stand up to this madness, the revolving doors will only spin faster, mainly at the expense of the poor, communities of color, immigrants, women and young people.

The blood will keep running, and the business-killing thefts keep coming, until the anti-cop, pro-criminal progressives change their ways or the voters finally make them pay a price for all the needless suffering they’ve caused.