BREAKING NEWS – New York City, New York – New York City’s mayor-elect issued a stern warning Thursday night to those expecting to continue the riots and looting the nation’s largest city has seen over the past two years.
“Not my city,” Eric Adams, a former police captain who was elected in November to succeed termed-out Mayor Bill de Blasio, said at a Police Athletic League event at the Harvard Club, according to the New York Post.
“We’re not going to surrender to those who are saying ‘We’re going to burn down New York’,” Adams said.
The message seemed squarely aimed at Hawk Newsome, a local leader of the Black Lives Matter movement who last month threatened “riots,” “fire” and “bloodshed” if Adams tried to revive past anti-crime practices that were discarded during the de Blasio years.
“I am not intimidated,” explained Newsome in a response. “If this city is soon on fire, plus riots and bloodshed, it will be fine with me. However, I don’t want to see any of that activity near why I live, because I live in a nice respectable neighborhood. And that kind of insanity can affect the value of my home that I put my heart and soul into to maintain.”