Mayor holds back on condemnation after Council Member Susan Zhuang’s arrest for alleged assault on NYPD officer

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 for allegedly biting a high-ranking NYPD officer.

Zhuang — an avowed supporter of the NYPD — 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.