The extent to which high elected officials in New York City are willing to excuse the mobs burning and looting the city, and attacking its police officers, is shocking.
Mark Levine, city councilman for Morningside Heights and chairman of the council's Health Committee, was one of the most prominent voices urging New Yorkers to go to Chinatown, early and often, to stick it to President Trump, shortly before the pandemic struck the city.
Following the outbreak of Covid-19, Levine became one of the most fervid supporters of locking down the city in order to "Flatten the curve." On May 22, he bemoaned a court decision permitting gatherings of up to 10 people, advising, "This was not a decision made by health professionals. It was forced by a lawsuit. **No one should interpret this as advice to change their behavior.**". Once the protests broke out, Levine's concern for intensive social-distancing measures conveniently waned, and he has praised vigils in parks with more than 1,000 participants.
Is there any reason why the nation's largest and best police force couldn't stop a few hundred thugs and thieves from despoiling the neighborhood where everyone knew they were concentrating? New York City's political class is up in arms today-but not because criminals and arsonists are holding the city hostage.
Any New Yorker who wants safety and order must see de Blasio and the rest of the city's leadership as abject failures during this crisis.
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Mark Levine, city councilman for Morningside Heights and chairman of the council's Health Committee, was one of the most prominent voices urging New Yorkers to go to Chinatown, early and often, to stick it to President Trump, shortly before the pandemic struck the city.
Following the outbreak of Covid-19, Levine became one of the most fervid supporters of locking down the city in order to "Flatten the curve." On May 22, he bemoaned a court decision permitting gatherings of up to 10 people, advising, "This was not a decision made by health professionals. It was forced by a lawsuit. **No one should interpret this as advice to change their behavior.**". Once the protests broke out, Levine's concern for intensive social-distancing measures conveniently waned, and he has praised vigils in parks with more than 1,000 participants.
Is there any reason why the nation's largest and best police force couldn't stop a few hundred thugs and thieves from despoiling the neighborhood where everyone knew they were concentrating? New York City's political class is up in arms today-but not because criminals and arsonists are holding the city hostage.
Any New Yorker who wants safety and order must see de Blasio and the rest of the city's leadership as abject failures during this crisis.
City Journal is a publication of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a leading free-market think tank.
Are you interested in supporting the magazine? As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, donations in support of MI and City Journal are fully tax-deductible as provided by law.
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