Maybe “caved” is the wrong word. But he’s been very non-confrontational. Maybe that’s a strategy. Maybe that’s just a fight he doesn’t think he can win. Maybe he’s legitimately intimidated by the NYPD after how they roughed up de Blasio’s daughter. Idk.
But keeping Tisch around when he could have appointed his own Chief, especially after the scandals Tisch has covered up, is a concession to the NYPD that plenty of people consider a mistake.
Every new mayor picks their own police commissioner.
Keeping Adams’s billionaire scion at the head of the agency full of people who hate you the most is a dangerous play
Yes, I know he can replace her. I also would like it more if he had the balls to do it. But saying he caved to the NYPD is delusional.
Maybe “caved” is the wrong word. But he’s been very non-confrontational. Maybe that’s a strategy. Maybe that’s just a fight he doesn’t think he can win. Maybe he’s legitimately intimidated by the NYPD after how they roughed up de Blasio’s daughter. Idk.
But keeping Tisch around when he could have appointed his own Chief, especially after the scandals Tisch has covered up, is a concession to the NYPD that plenty of people consider a mistake.
I completely agree with you on that.