How do you solve a problem like James Giovansanti?
Cops, former cops, officials at the highest levels of NYPD brass, and the mayor himself, are trying to figure out what should happen to the Staten Island cop who piled up 547 speeding and red-light tickets in four years — with some of New York’s Finest forgiving him his reckless transgressions, some admitting that his conduct reflects badly on the force, and his two most important critics still mulling it over.
The public disagreement mirrors the stark choice faced by Mayor Mamdani and his Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch: admitting Giovansanti endangered others and punishing him accordingly — or simply admitting that a cop can do whatever he wants when he’s off-duty as long as it’s not a crime…