Mayor Eric Adams and some other city elected officials are not rushing to condemn City Council Member Susan Zhuang (D-Brooklyn) following her Wednesday arrest
Brooklyn Democratic Council Member Susan Zhuang at a May City Hall rally against a planned homeless shelter for southern Brooklyn.— was charged on July 17 with second- and third-degree assault, as well as resisting arrest and obstructing government administration, according to police. She was arrested during an impromptu Wednesday morning protest of a homeless shelter planned for the Gravesend section of Brooklyn, which has drawn immense pushback from the majority Asian-American community.
The mayor said he hoped the NYPD chief who was bitten is okay, and appeared to agree that the charges filed against her were appropriate.Council Member Robert Holden — a conservative Democrat who, with Zhuang, is part of the council’s bipartisan Common Sense Caucus — said he condemns “any attack on police.” But Holden said they still need to “get all of the facts” and that Zhuang was “jostled around a lot” during the incident.
Meanwhile, many others, including some of Zhuang’s fellow southern Brooklyn pols, were far less sparing in their comments.
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