"Mayor Adams had an opportunity today to push back, to stand up to hateful rhetoric and harmful policies directed at immigrant New Yorkers. Instead, he refused to speak out, or speak much at all. His presence and silence gave credibility to the lies of conservative officials. With a chance to expose the hypocrisy and harm of anti-immigrant sentiment from the president and his allies, the mayor tacitly endorsed it. He did not forcefully defend our city, its values, or its people.
"Mayor Adams spent years urging elected officials to go to DC and stand up for vulnerable New Yorkers. But on his own trip there today, he did little more than stand by. The mayor of New York is now an embarrassment on a national stage – but with or without him, New York itself must be a national beacon of light for sanctuary, safety, and human dignity.”
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