New group’s TV ad takes aim at soft-on-crime New York lawmakersBy Bernadette Hogan
August 9, 2022
In a bid to counter-balance the power of soft-on-crime bail reform advocates in Albany, a new group backed by unions plans to boost moderate Democrats in this month’s state Senate primaries against AOC-backed progressive challengers and incumbent lefties.
“New York is making a comeback. But Albany has failed us when it comes to the safety and the justice we deserve,” a narrator says on one television ad released Tuesday by the newly formed nonprofit “Safe New York.”
It’s organized by pro-Mayor Eric Adams Transport Workers Union president Tony Utano, Jackie Rowe-Adams of the anti-violence organization Harlem Mothers SAVE and reps from groups such as Alliance for Community Preservation and Betterment, New Yorkers for Safer Streets, WSUR Brownstones and Asian Wave Alliance.
“We need state senators who will tackle the current crisis with stronger gun trafficking laws to get illegal guns off our streets and tools for judges to protect us from dangerous criminals,” continues the 30-second spot.
Although the nonprofit is unable to endorse specific political candidates in races according to IRS rules governing charities, the group is circling the wagons around the notion that New York’s criminal justice laws need to be strengthened — or at least restored to their pre-bail reform weight.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/08/09/new-york-bail-reform-democrats-become-target-of-primary-ads/
