Joe Germanotta vs. Eric Adams, polish the Big Apple edition

I've never visited New York City. If NYC doesn't change dramatically, visiting NYC won't be on my bucket list anytime soon. That's especially true after listening to Joe Germanotta's interview with Sandra Smith and John Roberts.

Germanotta owns "the Italian eatery, Joanne Trattoria, on the Upper West Side." These days, Germanotta says "I would never raise two girls here again. It’s not safe anymore. The crime, it’s unpredictable. You don’t know where it’s going to happen, when it’s going to happen."

It's worth noting that one of his daughters goes by the stage name of Lady Gaga. During the interview, Germanotta said "The Upper West Side used to be pretty immune to this stuff, but now it’s come full-circle. It’s like the city took a step back 10 years. It’s the regional traffic that’s down. The Connecticut, the Long Island, New Jersey, Westchester [customers], they are not coming into New York City."

Germanotta isn't impressed with NYC Mayor Eric Adams, either:

Germanotta blamed Mayor Eric Adams for the city's regression, arguing that he hasn't seen significant progress since he took office.

"I don’t see a noticeable change. I don’t know if you do. I mean, there are still some things happening, the urination laws in New York have been lifted, the pot stores, they are everywhere in New York City…garbage is piling up," he said.

Eric Adams campaigned as a law & order guy. That's something Adams hasn't lived up to. That's quite the insult to Adams since he took over for Bill de Blasio. Not improving on de Blasio's record is something that most people didn't think was possible. Still, according to Germanotta, Adams hasn't improved upon de Blasio's crime record. Here's what Joe Germanotta said about the shape NYC is in:

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