NYC’s Dislike of Trump

It goes way back

New York City is not going along with Trump’s plans. I have lived in the city for a large part of my life, and remember his presence in the city in 1980’s; he was continually mocked. Trump never got the respect he craved. He can’t buy that.

At least six officials resigned in protest after Emil Bove III, the acting deputy attorney general of the Department of Justice (and one of Trump’s former lawyers, I drew him at the Manhattan hush-money trial), ordered them to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. (He was charged with bribery and other offenses “Adams abused his position as this City’s highest elected official…to take bribes and solicit illegal campaign contributions. By allegedly taking improper and illegal benefits from foreign nationals — including to allow a Manhattan skyscraper to open without a fire inspection — Adams put the interests of his benefactors, including a foreign official, above those of his constituents.”) The interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District and five officials with the federal public integrity unit who quit over this were career officials; this was an ethical, non-partisan reaction. In essence, Adams has offered to help Trump with immigration crackdown plans for NYC, and admits that this is a reason for not being prosecuted. This is so wrong.