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As President Trump said of Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, (and I paraphrase) "his greatest accomplishment is his height."
De Blasio, whose real name is Warren Wilhelm Jr., got involved in the prosecution of Tiffany Harris, a 30-year-old accused anti-Semitic attacker, which led to her psychiatric lockup. The situation was generating negative publicity for his already horrible administration, according to the New York Post.
Brooklyn’s supervising judge was made to hold an unscheduled hearing late on the afternoon of New Year’s Eve after de Blasio's administration contacted the state Office of Court Administration about the alleged anti-Semite.
Harris was released from custody several times after back-to-back arrests--one in which she allegedly slapped three Orthodox Jewish women and shouted "F**k you Jews" on December 27th. She then became the poster idiot for the new bail-reform law which tied the hands of judges and allowed criminals to walk out of court. One such creep sucker-punched a cop and was out on the street before his shift even ended.
The mayor's administration went on repair mode when Harris allegedly punched a social worker on December 30th after her release under supervision. This came after her second arrest.
“The Mayor’s Office was deeply concerned after learning that she was not in compliance with her supervised release and her erratic behavior was continuing,” the source told the Post. “They reached out to the court, who then calendared it to further investigate.”
A transcript of the court hearing shows her court appointed lawyer complained to Judge Michael Yavinsky that news coverage had led the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice to contact both her and Brooklyn Justice Initiatives, which was responsible for overseeing Harris.
“The mayor of the executive branch of the government got involved because of a press case,” said Lisa Schreibersdorf, founder and executive director of Brooklyn Defender Services.
New York State's bail reform law — which eliminates cash bail for all misdemeanors — was set to take effect New Year’s Day, she noted.
De Blasio has criticized aspects of that law, but has also offered incentives — including gift cards and free Mets tickets — to encourage defendants to show up in court. Brilliant!
“We’re on the cusp of reform taking place in a few hours from now, and that was not the press they wanted, so what they did was they tried to find a way to intervene in the court process in a different branch of government, getting everybody involved in trying to address this,” Schreibersdorf said.
Schreibersdorf — who appeared in court without Harris, possibly because her surname might be interpreted as Jewish — decried the notion that her client’s next appearance should be moved up because of outside intervention.
But Yavinsky said he would still issue a bench warrant for Harris’ arrest. She was nabbed by city sheriff’s deputies at a Brownsville hotel around 10:15 p.m on New Year’s Eve, then ordered held the next day for a mandatory 72-hour psychiatric evaluation at an undisclosed facility.
She has since been admitted for mental-health observation “at the discretion of her doctor” said a source familiar with her care.
De Blasio spokeswoman Freddi Goldstein said Sunday, “It is our job to help ensure supervised release works as it should."
Yeah, sure. They've got a good case that would happen.
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