Recently, some in New York City labor and left circles have begun discussing the possibility of backing a primary challenge against incumbent mayor Eric Adams, previously off the record but now made public by the New York Times. This is an idea whose time has come.

Though he billed himself as a mayor for the “working class,” Adams has been a disaster for workers. His approach to every serious problem the city faces is more austerity and bureaucratic ineptitude. His administration is a solutions desert.

Faced with thousands of migrants in need of temporary shelter, Adams’s solution has been nothing short of barbaric, seeking a court order to repeal New York City’s obligation to provide shelter for those in need, a humane law that has been on the books since 1979. Rather than offer respite for this group of living, breathing human beings in dire straits, he has repeatedly demonized and rejected them.