SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

NEVER-NEVER LAND – FROM FOX:    New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio claimed Sunday that the city is "much safer" now than it was when he took the reins eight years ago, despite a recent surge in murders.
"Eight years I’ve been mayor, index crimes, major crimes in New York City down 11% over eight years. And we did it bringing police and community closer together," de Blasio said on "Fox News Sunday."  "The bottom line is that there is today in New York City, a much safer city than we were eight years ago."  While major crimes are down overall, murders skyrocketed last year and have remained high so far in 2021.  There were 318 murders in 2013, but that number shot up to 437 last year and there have been 443 murders so far in 2021, according to NYPD data.  Blas will be gone in two and a half weeks, and maybe he can find employment in Cuba.  He has been a terrible mayor.  We look forward to Mayor Eric Adams, a former cop, who takes over January 1st.  Adams has national ambitions, and I doubt if he'll show much loyalty to the nut wing of the Democratic Party.  I hope I'm right.

December 12, 2021