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#Mayoral candidates blast Eric Adams for ‘deadly’ fireworks advice

#Mayoral candidates blast Eric Adams for ‘deadly’ fireworks advice

July 20, 2020 | 1:51pm | Updated July 20, 2020 | 1:51pm

Candidates for the 2021 mayoral race blasted fellow City Hall contender Eric Adams for his “deadly” guidance after a constituent followed the Brooklyn borough president’s suggestion that New Yorkers settle disputes about illegal fireworks neighbor-to-neighbor instead of calling 911.

“The advice of Eric Adams earlier this summer for residents to confront those setting off fireworks rather than calling the police was dumb and now deadly,” Guardian Angels founder and GOP mayoral contender Curtis Sliwa told The Post.

On June 21 as the city saw a surge of illegal fireworks complaints, Adams said people should talk to their neighbors about the “nonviolent act,” rather than call the authorities and risk a “heavy-handed” police response.

Shatavia Walls, 33, was shot dead at an East New York public housing complex on July 7, just for asking punks to move their pyrotechnics away from a children’s playground — exactly how Adams told constituents to solve this summer’s firecracker frenzy.

“She watched the news. Yes, she heard it,” Helen Testagros, Walls’ heartbroken mother, said Sunday, referring to Adams’ advice. “It was probably in the back of her mind.”

Gen. Loree Sutton, who’s running to replace Mayor de Blasio on the Democratic ticket, also decried Adams’ advice.

“My heart goes out to Shatavia Walls and her family,” said Sutton, who served as the city’s first commissioner of veterans services under de Blasio.

“There is a reason police officials say, ‘Don’t take the law into your own hands.’ As a former police officer, Eric Adams demonstrated exceptionally poor judgment in advising his constituents to intervene in actions that are against the law, placing individuals at risk,” Sutton said.

Meanwhile, President Trump on Monday, reacting to The Post’s front-page story about Walls’ killing, warned Gov. Andrew Cuomo to get a grip on crime in New York or he’ll send in the feds.

And billionaire grocer John Catsimatidis, who’s eyeing another run for mayor, also mourned the tragic incident.

“It’s a horrible situation. The woman didn’t deserve to die,” Catsimatidis said.

“I think Curtis did the right thing by calling Adams out,” Catsimatidis said about his fellow GOP contender.

Reps for two other leading Democratic hopefuls, City Comptroller Scott Stringer and Council Speaker Corey Johnson, either declined to comment or did not immediately provide a response.

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