This is great! Can't wait for him to no be able to do anything due to gridlock from the NYC democratic party machine and have to capitulate constantly, and then the massive Centrist Lib media apparatus will blame every problem plaguing NYC (even if the problems predated his mayoralship) which will give the Dem establishment more ammunition to blame all their woes on the progressive wing of the party and sell disenfranchised urban poor voters on establishment Dems.

Really a big fucking win for us. Letting the city sink under and establishment Dem was totally not the smarter fucking move.

Also if anyone calls me a doomer for this take I'll be recording your usernames and asking you how you feel about this post in a year from now.

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[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

I'm primarily interested in, assuming he wins the office, what happens with the NYPD. the mayor is the cop boss and I expect a lot of furious pig noises would start on day 1.

the negotiated contracts and protections for cops are strong, the institution is a potent political force on its own, but he can enormously fuck with its leadership at will and apply real pressure to those opportunistic careerists. that kind of shit has an impact, the way trump has traumatized the entire civil service. and the trump admin just took a blind wrecking ball to it. someone astute and motivated with a popular mandate could do much more.

as much as it won't be some miraculous reform of the NYPD, it could have real impacts and a legacy. if it couldn't, the hogs wouldn't already be panicking.

personally, I think the pigs, being pigs, will immediately overplay their heaviest hand and give cover for a "reform" project. like goddamn, how many commuting bystanders gotta get clipped by the cops over a random fare jump before some real consequences happen?