Speaking truth to power comes at a cost: Mayor Eric Adams plainly got passed over for a coveted speaking role at this week's Democratic National Convention because he stood up to the White House on the migrant crisis. He asked for help with the vast costs (now over $5 billion) and urged a 'decompression' strategy that would slow the surge to the Big Apple and other hard-pressed cities.
A month after the mayor spoke out, Biden dropped Adams from his campaign leadership team, while retaining far lower-profile New York leaders like Queens Rep. Grace Meng. And now he's been snubbed at the convention, even as LA's Karen Bass - the mayor of a city half Gotham's population - landed a speaking slot.
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