Most members of the City Council refused to say how they’ll vote on overriding Mayor Adams’ veto of the How Many Stops Act — which is pretty damning evidence of how undemocratic the Democrat-dominated body has become.
The mayor vetoed it because it would clearly make police officers burn too much time, including overtime, filing paperwork on every interaction with the public.
Yet of the 35 councilmembers The Post asked for their stance on the coming bid to override Adams and force the bill into effect, 25 either gave us a “no comment” or no answer at all.
Which means they don’t think they owe it to voters to say where they stand.
Maybe they’re suddenly worried about putting a foot wrong — or perhaps they don’t want to bother with what their constituents think.
Council Speaker Adrienne Adams was a major force in pushing the bill through the first time ’round: She’ll no doubt take it as a personal defeat if not enough members back her on the override and is reportedly demanding a show of loyalty, a “you’re with me or you’re against me” moment.
Which again cuts each member’s constituents out of the equation, for all that Democrats these days shout about “preserving our democracy.”
We’re pretty sure that opinion in at least some members’ districts — say, Gale Brewer’s Manhattan ‘hood and Eric Dinowitz’s Bronx one — would be firmly against taking cops off the street with pointless bean-counting paperwork.
And against slowing every investigation, even urgent ones, as officers stop to document each and every interview in the aftermath of crime, productive or not.
If Adams’ veto doesn’t stand, expect crime to start rising again, when it’s still far above pre-pandemic levels.
And the override vote should be close, so each member who votes to force How Many Stops into law will bear full blame for every additional crime.
Maybe then they’ll care what the voters think.
