“I micromanage a lot, but not that much,” Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday in distancing himself from the
who fill out a survey on their experience with city courts.
Fair enough: He just sets the tone and overall policy, in this case for an effort by the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice to make the court system more user-friendly.
But the survey offers some odd statements for folks to agree or disagree with:
- “The judge tried to understand your particular need for services or any other need you had.”
- “Someone who worked for the court said ‘hello’ or ‘good morning’ to you when you entered the courtroom.”
- “The judge or court staff thanked you for your patience.”
- “You felt pushed around by people with more power than you.”
- “Laws prevent me from doing what I want.”
Yes, you’re innocent until proven guilty, and court officers ought to be polite. But as one NYPD source told The Post, a trip to court “isn’t supposed to be fun.” It’s not a McDonald’s PlayPlace.
The survey follows such other Team de Blasio lowlights as pizza parties for Rikers detainees and the drive to close the city’s main jail.
This over-the-top concern for the feelings of accused lawbreakers comes off not so much as progressive but as a parody of progressivism.
