How Long Until New York’s Crime Surge Dents Eric Adams’s Teflon?

The subway shooter had dominated the headlines. And with good reason. The particulars were vivid—a gas mask wearing gunman detonated two smoke canisters before opening fire with a Glock 9-millimeter handgun inside a Tuesday morning rush hour N train in Brooklyn—and the toll was grim—10 people were shot, and five of the gunshot victims were in critical condition (in total, 23 people were injured in the attack). Then the alleged perpetrator, Frank James, spent the next day roaming the city, evading a massive police search until being spotted by seemingly every resident of the East Village. Meanwhile, bullets were flying… Read Full Article