what level of “persuasion” it would take to make sure he does the right thing. But yes, simply electing the guy and expecting everything to be sunshine and rainbows without constantly reminding him of WHY he won isn’t going to cut it.
Good list of people to put up against the wall when the time comes.
“Mr. Kennedy has shown little interest in managing the details of work in his department, according to multiple colleagues. Instead, they say, he is single-mindedly focused on his top priorities,” making people sick and killing undesirables.
Excellent 🧵 but: DeBlasio tried to reign in the NYPD, and for his trouble his family was stalked/harassed, and he backed off. I don’t know enough about NYC politics to say that the cops are impossible to control (seems like Bass had the same problem in LA), but I don know how much a mayor can do (1)
- it may require other city and state pols to have his back.
Also, Obama WAS pushed from the left, but he relied on dipshits like Axelrod and Rahm to push back (remember the “professional left” comment?). I do think that Mamdani is less inclined to listen to centrist advisors, but I don’t know (2)