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<\/p>\n It was an epically slow news day \u2014 until Mayor Adams summoned reporters to the Rotunda at City Hall to tell us what a great job he’s done in all areas of public safety, including telling us he’d removed thousands of “ghost cars” from the streets.<\/p>\n As we said\u00a0in an editorial yesterday<\/a>\u00a0(which we didn’t think was particular controversial no matter how it was received), it’s our job to contextualize and verify when the administration claims it has gotten stuff done. That’s no knock on our government workers, who generally are upright and honest, but merely a statement of our mission as journalists. We can’t assume anyone’s lying or<\/em> telling the truth\u00a0\u2014 so if any of our questions to various agencies (in this case, the NYPD) remain outstanding, we aren’t ready to publish.<\/p>\n For instance, it may sound<\/em> great that the NYPD says it seized 5,500 “ghost cars,” but without knowing how many it seized in previous years, it’s impossible to know if the agency is getting more or less stuff done.<\/p>\n So we’ll get back to you know when we know all the facts. We don’t think you’d want it any other way.<\/p>\n And speaking of our integrity, we received a bunch more donations from our gracious benefactors, whom we will thank here: Thanks, Andrews! Thanks, Rick and Bicycle Habitat! Thanks, Michael! Thanks, Karen! Thanks, Alec!<\/p>\n Want to get on this list? Click the yellow logo above. Thanks.<\/p>\n In other news:<\/p>\n People are always asking me, "When will you stop doing CRIMINAL MISCHIEF?" And my answer is the same: I'll stop when THEY stop! Here's a new video that makes it clear \u2014\u00a0yes, I caught LEAF MAN again! pic.twitter.com\/lU26nY01dn<\/a><\/p>\n — Gersh Kuntzman (@GershKuntzman) December 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n![\"It's](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nyc.streetsblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SB-Donation-NYC-header-2-e1669724112358.jpg?w=500&h=169\")
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