The dynamic is not exclusive to New York City, of course, as fragile Black middle class constituents in Chicago, San Francisco, and other cities watch their representatives focus on crime rather than on economic imperatives. Specifically, they are wedded to an agenda of street-crime reduction to the exclusion of addressing severe levels of Black unemployment and middle-class erosion. Mayor Eric Adams, City Council President Adrienne Adams, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg oversee competing structures of municipal government however, as leaders of an ethnic political class, they are punching well below their weight. These leaders must find a way to pivot from crime to economic development to stabilize their endangered middle class. Six months on, however, the issue of crime is commanding their attention and threatens to squander a rare moment of governance. Out of power for decades, they captured four key municipal offices and looked ahead to the prospect of rewarding their base. In January, Black political leaders in New York City celebrated a return from oblivion.
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