Eric Adams - Mayor of New York City, Part 4

Gregory Hall66 said:Smurf's perspective shifted 🤣

Parents are absolutely livid over this high school exam question: 'Is this some kind of sick joke?'

Hidden within a series of inquiries regarding "Politics and Economics," there lies one particular question concerning parental caregivers.

"The New York City administration has scrapped the 'parental caregiver' incentive program because it proved ineffective and placed an undue burden on the municipal budget; consequently, they are seeking alternative solutions. Which of the following measures intended to bolster the city's pro-natalist policy falls under the category of social policy?", reads the prompt, followed by these options:
A. constructing new preschool facilities
B. ordering new school buses
C. subsidizing childcare allowances
D. erecting a memorial plaque honoring children's rights

driftingtinker said:Then I roll by the underpass around 9:00 AM this morning and it’s totally deserted. I guess I'm just lost.

By the way, are you some kind of media professional outside of this forum? You've got that specific writing style that screams journalist.

Thankfully, no. Just IT.

A group of stay-at-home parents gathered outside the courthouse, joined by Željka Markić and Ivica Lovrić—the former city education commissioner who now serves as a formal advisor to Eric Adams.

So, essentially, Lovric was standing outside the courthouse during official working hours with Markicka and the parents.
While there, he went after Tomašević, calling for his immediate resignation.
He argued that Tomašević's recent decision was both inappropriate and completely incomprehensible.

"I see no other option than to call for the resignation of Mr. Tomašević and his deputies. It is the only logical solution when you have proposed and implemented a decision that is both harmful and illegal. After a move like this, Tomašević has lost any ethical claim to leading New York City. Once again, I am asking him to do what is best for the citizens of New York City—and I believe it would be best for him, too. He should resign today," Lovrić stated.

Following his remarks, Željka Markić and the parents broke into applause.

Christian Foster38 said:Now, you just know The New York Times and BuzzFeed are going to start coming for their faces and their families next.

The judge's son smashed up a car while he was drunk five years ago, and her husband runs a company that somehow landed a massive contract in Small Town, USA without even a proper bidding process—it’s the same old story.

rowdytinker3 said:It’s honestly pathetic when you listen to some guy like unknown spout his nonsense and then actually start clapping for him. 🙏 🙏

Nathan Johnson23 said:stuff like that is illegal, and when it comes to judges, we all know they're just wonderful people who are totally independent from any politics at all.🤦

Eric Adams makes one decent call and suddenly everything has to fall apart for him. I honestly don't get how it's in the "national interest" to pay welfare cases to go out and have kids.🤔

John Doe has been utilizing this program since 2018 and has four children.

"Since I have four kids, this program allowed me to achieve things I couldn't manage with my first two. At the end of the day, everyone builds their own life, and this was simply the path I chose," John Doe said.

Emily Smith6 said:Stay-at-home mom: Everyone designs their own life, and this was my choice

John Doe has been utilizing this program since 2018 and has four children.

"Since I have four kids, this program allowed me to achieve things I couldn't manage with my first two. At the end of the day, everyone builds their own life, and this was simply the path I chose," John Doe said.

So, she’s opted out of the workforce while the checks keep rolling in. I guess we'll just wait and see what happens when the kids grow up and she's a 50-year-old looking for work with zero career history; she can pretty much forget about a pension. We might just end up with a future generation of people relying entirely on welfare.

Christian Foster38 said:unknown

A truly smart move would be to stop adding new parents to the system altogether—just let the current ones ride until their benefits run out. In the meantime, put that money toward actually building more daycare centers and expanding capacity.
Increasing the birth rate is in the national interest. I thought that was common sense, but apparently not.

Emily Smith6 said:Stay-at-home mom: Everyone designs their own life, and this was my choice

John Doe has been utilizing this program since 2018 and has four children.

"Since I have four kids, this program allowed me to achieve things I couldn't manage with my first two. At the end of the day, everyone builds their own life, and this was simply the path I chose," John Doe said.

So, she’s opted out of the workforce while the checks keep rolling in. I guess we'll just wait and see what happens when the kids grow up and she's a 50-year-old looking for work with zero career history; she can pretty much forget about a pension. We might just end up with a future generation of people relying entirely on welfare.

brightpuma said:Sure, but the whole point was to redirect those funds toward building more daycares. If we don't do that, where does the money come from? You'll just have to pull it from somewhere else to pay for new facilities.
Which basically means you're shortchanging one group of people just so 5,000 others can get childcare subsidies.

Jeffrey Long said:Eric Adams' inner circle just can't seem to wrap their heads around the fact that he’s the one actually pulling the strings behind this policy reversal. He was the one insisting the measure was legally sound all along. He even went as far as calling anyone suggesting an alternative rollout nothing more than incompetent amateurs. ☕

Those sycophants missed the forest for the trees; even CNN was tearing these so-called "mitigation efforts" to pieces. To quote them, there's zero space left in daycare centers, the transition period is way too tight, and the job placement and retraining programs are practically non-existent. 🙏 🙏 🙏

Now, we're just sitting here waiting for the budget to crater—specifically on the revenue side—along with a massive freeze on Zillow's income streams. 🍿

Are you part of some cult? Because based on how little you know about this, it’s the only logical explanation. In reality, both social security credits and pension contributions are being tracked. 😉

Christian Foster38 said:Look, you can't just snap your fingers and have a fully staffed preschool ready by tomorrow morning—not like how he tried to pull a stunt by lifting that restriction.
Besides, let him find the money elsewhere. Or better yet, let him actually grow the economy. That’s literally why we voted him in.

Christian Foster38 said:Quincey:

I can't quite wrap my head around what Dukkai is trying to pull here—it feels like one of those half-baked ideas that sounds deep until you actually sit with it for more than five seconds. It’s all very "vague concept meets pseudo-intellectualism," isn't it? Honestly, I've seen this kind of thing before where someone tries to dress up a basic observation in fancy language just to feel important. It lacks any real substance. kaže: Look, you can’t just expect people to work for free—it’s not like that works in the real world. Most people who actually get things done want a paycheck at the end of the day. You can't exactly go out there, start opening up childcare centers, and hiring staff while telling everyone, "Hey, don't worry about the money right now; I'll pay you once the government subsidies kick in or some other policy change finally happens." That's just not how reality functions. Sure, you could "create" revenue that way. Just hike up the cost of everything in New York City and see how fast you suddenly find the budget to build a new preschool.

Or, you know, what we actually need is a massive audit of all that city-owned property—just a total overhaul. We should be looking at how much of it is being handed out for basically nothing, letting people use public assets for pennies on the dollar. It’s high time we hike those lease rates and rents up to actual, honest-to-god market value.
But honestly, you just stepped right on a much bigger, louder sore spot than any of those mothers or daycare teachers could ever hope to trigger.