An infamous serial bank robber with a whopping 34 prior arrests is back on the streets after getting busted for a new string of heists, thanks to a soft-on-crime judge first put on the bench by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio.
It’s a reminder of the pernicious harms a Mayor Zohran Mamdani would inflict.
Dubbed the “Burberry Bandit” for his distinctive garb, Cornell Neilly was out on parole for a 2021 bank robbery charge when he was busted again on Monday for holding up five more banks in August and September.
He’s a poster child for a determined repeat offender who belongs behind bars, but Manhattan Judge Jeffrey Gershuny ignored all that, and flipped off prosecutors’ pleas that he be held on bail or bond, to let Neilly walk on supervised release.
It’s a mystery why Gershuny was able t