Adams even shielded his controversial new commish, Juanita Holmes, from any questions from reporters at the City Hall press conference announcing her appointment.
Instead, Adams fawned over the former deputy NYPD chief, including for having Cardi B — the rapper behind— perform for young girls at a Girls Talk event at the Police Academy in Queens last month, even though the appearance reportedly disrupted an exam for hundreds of recruits booted from the auditorium.
“The same reason [Holmes] brought Cardi B is why people voted for me, because I was arrested,” said Adams, a former cop who was busted as a teen for criminal trespassing“You don’t discard people,” Adams said — adding that Holmes’ bringing the rapper to the event Adams on Friday also rebuffed reporters asking him and Holmes about her scrapping the timed 1.5-mile run requirement for new NYPD recruits while she was head of training for the Police Department — and allegedly did an end-run around her then-boss in the meantime.
“I’m not rewarding anyone that broke the chain of command. I’m not going to worry cause as chief and now as the commissioner, she respects the chain of command,” Adams said.
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