As I speak with District 3 residents, I get a lot of, "Not right now," "I'm in a rush," or "I'm not registered to vote," even though Mayor Adams and the City Council plunged or permitted to plunge the City of New York under wave after wave of corruption scandals. Even in the face of fascism, District 3 residents are uninterested in having a conversation about Government reform, checks and balances, or the crisis in the judiciary. It's sick that Mayor Adams, his team, or other operatives would seize on the absolutely, real-world difficulties of ballot petition collection as a prétexte to make this offer.
As a power broker, Mayor Adams conducts the City's business like a political boss, always seeking to : neutralise threats to his power, including to his alleged abuse of discretion ; use his position of power to implement a political strategy that benefits him ; and do damage control, when necessary. To me, this seems like an attempted payoff. There is : an apparent conflict of interest (the Article 78 Petition), no clear benefit to Mayor Adams to offer to put me on his ballot line (except to serve his interests in neutralising a threat), and a pattern of alleged quid pro quo activity on his behalf.
