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00:00Good to see all of you today.
00:14Continue to make this city a great place to raise a family and just want to good morning
00:21and that's what our administration is going to continue to do.
00:25Really want to push folks to our website and look at our wins list.
00:28Somebody told me the other day when he looked at some of our win lists and some of our successes
00:34that they don't hear much about and they were blown away to see how much we've accomplished
00:38in three years.
00:40And last week we celebrated mental health week where we focus on many ways our administration
00:47is helping New Yorkers gain access to mental health care.
00:50A real issue we saw at the town hall meeting people talked about mental health and seemed
00:57like after COVID it's just been something that has really been focused on a lot and
01:03we want to continue to do so and we announced last week our 16th school-based mental health
01:09clinic that's bringing mental health services to more than 6,000 students in the public
01:15school system.
01:17And also we supported our veterans by reaching an important milestone contacting more than
01:2310,000 veterans since the start of our administration and offering them mental health services.
01:31Commissioner Hendon is amazing he brings a lot of energy to the game.
01:36We reached another key milestone in our mission to improve subway safety as well we were down
01:40in the system yesterday with transit employees, Chief Gulotta, and outreach workers.
01:49As part of our PATH program and we've now engaged in more than 11,000 unhoused New Yorkers
01:55and delivered vital services to them including shelter, meals, and medical care over 3,000
02:02times.
02:03In addition to PATH our subway safety plan has already connected 8,400 New Yorkers to
02:10shelter with over 860 people placed in permanent affordable housing.
02:16Anyone who's down in the system or engaged with those who are dealing with severe mental
02:20health issues know how challenging it is to get someone into care particularly if they
02:26are not aware that they need care.
02:29Another key public safety milestone we achieved was connecting more than 1,000 medically vulnerable
02:36New Yorkers leaving Rikers with smartphones to continue to follow up on their mental and
02:44physical health.
02:46Not leaving people disconnected and those phones go a long way.
02:50And finally affordability, housing, housing, housing, we're seeing how our housing plan
02:56is continuing to grow.
02:58Create housing is essential when you look at a 1.4% vacancy rate says a lot.
03:04Too many New Yorkers are walking around with vouchers or walking around with the desire
03:08to rent or desire to even buy homes, start out homes and it's just not there.
03:14We have to build more.
03:16We have an inventory problem.
03:18And last week we took significant steps forward on historic projects that would deliver 1,000
03:24of homes to New Yorkers and we're seeing that the Brooklyn Project City Planning Commission
03:32voted in favor of the Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan.
03:36This is a huge, huge project, 21 block stretch, looking at 4,600 new homes, 2,800 permanent
03:45jobs and it's just an exciting project right in Brooklyn, near transportation in Brooklyn
03:52on Atlantic Avenue.
03:53Some great exciting things that could happen on this project.
03:57This mixed use plan is now moving to the City Council for a public hearing and vote and
04:03we're excited to work with them to get this project over the line.
04:06We also did some stuff in Queens.
04:09We announced a public review of Jamaica Neighborhood Plan, my old neighborhood, which would create
04:14nearly 12,000 new homes, 7,000 new jobs and invest $300 million in infrastructure improvements
04:25such as sewer and more resilient streets and new public spaces.
04:30This announcement is two years in the making and following extensive community discussions
04:35because we wanted feedback from the community and it shows that when you engage the community
04:39you can get the results that you're looking for.
04:42So all five boroughs, as our City of Yes Plan laid out, all five boroughs will be involved
04:49in how we build more housing for the people of this city.
04:52So Kayla, why don't I open it up and get some questions from the folks I'm happy to
05:00see today.
05:01Marsha.
05:02Mr. Mayor.
05:03How are you?
05:04So, you know, it's almost time for petitioning for people running as Democrats to be over.
05:05So my question to you is multifaceted.
05:06One, are you collecting petitions to run as a Democrat or are you thinking of running
05:07as an independent which gives you more time to collect signatures?
05:21I'm going to be running as a Democrat.
05:23I say this over and over again and we will map out our plan when time is fitting.
05:28But I'm running as a Democrat.
05:29But the thing is, have you collected petitions?
05:30Yes, we have petitions on the streets, but I'm running as a Democrat and we have petitions
05:37on the street.
05:38How are you?
05:39Good.
05:40How did you know I wanted you to call on her?
05:41Last week your campaign submitted pretty bad fundraising numbers.
05:51Many of them defected from many of your former donors are now contributing to Cuomo's campaign
06:02and you've been repeatedly denied matching funds.
06:07What's your plan moving forward financially for your campaign?
06:10Well, okay one people contribute to more than one candidate in the race, you know, this is my choice voting you get five
06:17So I'm surprised people not donate the five candidates could you get five picks?
06:22But I've been extremely clear people are catching up to me
06:25I'll paste everyone and we're going to we're going to continue to fight to get our matching funds
06:30But we know how to do this, you know, we look no one that's running for mayor has ever won mayor, but me
06:39And I ran against nine people before
06:41This is not new
06:43Never count, New York out and never count Eric out. That's the rule of the day
06:49And so we we are good to go
06:51We know what we're doing, but I can't get into this whole political stuff because Fabian is gonna have a fit
06:55I want to say more we need to lock Fabian out of a room so I can really engage with you guys more, you know
07:09With
07:14You know no matter even Randy's critics would tell you he's one of the best lawyers
07:20In the country. Listen, the guy is great. He's authentic. We I was hanging out with him last yesterday at
07:27Gracie
07:29He and we did an interview on your show. Matter of fact, Masha
07:33And he's just if you know
07:37When you are in a battle
07:40Even if you don't like someone you go get them if they are the best
07:45And so all those who criticize Randy if they were in
07:50Problem having problems. I don't care if it's LGBTQ rights. I don't care if his rights
07:55for
07:57Those 9-11 victims people call Randy. He has a good track record. Listen, Randy
08:04We are we should be really proud
08:07To
08:09have him on our team and
08:11some extremely progressive
08:14Left leaning city councilman far left called him to congratulate him and say we look forward to working with you
08:21We're fortunate to have a a lawyer of this caliber. That's on a team
08:26I say this over and over we have a deep bench not only in government in this city people want to work
08:33For this administration and they continue to sign up and he was excited to come on board and we're excited to have him
08:41How are you good good I have a question about Columbia
08:46Just I don't know if you've been following the now former student who fled New York City because
08:53HSI was trying to take her into custody and his reporter. Her name is Ron Johnny Srinivasan
08:59so
09:01DHS explicitly said in their statement that partially well
09:05The reason why they targeted her was because of two summonses that she received by the NYPD on
09:11April 30th during the height of the protest
09:14Those summonses were dismissed within weeks after they were issued. She never had to appear in court
09:20She was never fingerprinted. She was released
09:24Summonses issued weeks later were dismissed somehow those summonses and that information got into the hands of
09:31The DHS and so I'm just wondering how that could have happened
09:35I mean is the NYPD sharing any of that information with HSI?
09:40With DHS and the city shared any of that information with the Columbia University
09:46This woman was she's a Fulbright scholar Harvard grad
09:50Was not in the public eye at all was not even in New York City during the height of the Columbia protest
09:57And all of a sudden because of these summonses that were dismissed
10:01Apparently she somehow winds up on the radar DHS. Yeah, okay
10:05We have been extremely clear and I'll say it over and over again, New York City Police Department
10:10They do not collaborate
10:12For civil enforcement and I don't know the details of this we could look into it and find out
10:18but we do not collaborate for civil enforcement and
10:22you know the
10:24How that summonses information got out that's something that you have to speak with the federal government about
10:29We do not collaborate with civil enforcement and we're very clear on that
10:35They went and got a warrant from a judge at SDNY to try and arrest her they went to her she had fled so
10:42Could you argue that that was a criminal?
10:45Enforcement and not I mean she was not brought up in any criminal charges by HSI. It wasn't ICE officers
10:51Specifically
10:54Perplexing because there's nothing else in the record about her and
10:58secretary secretary known was
11:00Very hard on her called her a terrorist sympathizer
11:03I'm a supporter and there's no evidence of that. The only thing that they have are these two summonses that somehow
11:11DHS found out about well, I don't know what's the extent of the evidence they would have to
11:18Tell you the extent of the evidence and that's for HSI, but listen, I commend the secretary on her
11:25Desire to deal with anyone that committed crime and I've said that over and over again
11:29And I'm looking to collaborate with all of our law enforcement agencies
11:34HSI and
11:36Something that many of us have failed to acknowledge
11:39Ice is not a criminal organization
11:42Ice is a law enforcement
11:45organization
11:46We made some of folks may not like ice and what they do, but they HSI HSI
11:53That's a that's a law enforcement
11:56Organization. I'm going to collaborate with every law enforcement
12:00Organization that's dealing with criminal behavior. The law doesn't allow us to deal with civil enforcement
12:07And so whatever evidence HSI has I don't speak for HSI
12:16Has the NYPD provided any summons information from April 30th to any government agencies Congress
12:24Columbia University, I mean you may not know this
12:28But it seems to be an issue because somehow again this information got out there. Yeah, it's not an issue to me
12:35We're not we don't
12:36Know here's what I'm okay with because I don't want to be misquoted because sometimes that happens
12:42I'm okay with us following the law
12:44We don't collaborate with with any agency when it comes down to we don't collaborate with ice
12:51I should say when it comes down to civil enforcement and I say over and over again
12:55So we'll look into what you're sharing now, but we don't we've made that clear over and over
13:03What's going on
13:05Good
13:06So the City Council did a review of the data you released on your involuntary removal policy and they found that there were
13:14inconsistencies
13:15basically, they said
13:17Most of these involuntary removals occurred in people's homes not public spaces
13:22they also found that it was disproportionately targeting black New Yorkers and
13:30Those are the two main ones I can think of but you know, I just wanted to get your response to that
13:35You know considering this policy has been such a central part of your mental health agenda
13:41I'm not quite understanding the complaint is you know of what that
13:48The other point was that New Yorkers who are getting hospitalized are not actually getting connected to long-term care
13:57What did it would have said so what did it what this suggestion is don't do involuntary removal I'm lost on what it is suggestions
14:06Funding mental health programs
14:09Okay, okay, okay, I disagree with them, okay, I disagree with them, you know
14:14We have been very clear on involuntary removal and the numbers are clear
14:19The report stated that New Yorkers make up 20 to 23 percent of the population
14:24But 40 to 46 percent of involuntary moves of black New Yorkers
14:29We are not going to say hey this person needs to be involuntary move, but hold on they're black
14:36So we're not gonna do it. They're Hispanic. We're not gonna do it. They're white. We're not gonna do it
14:40That's not the way this game is done
14:42look at the
14:44Look at the if you want to play that
14:47Analysis look at the ethnicity of those who are being majorly impact look at the homeless
14:54Population and an ethnic breakdown of that you ride your subway system look and see who's homeless
14:59Look at the ethnic demographics of who's homeless
15:01Look at the ethnic ethnic demographics of those who are charged with some of these crimes are pushing people in the subway system slashing
15:09Etc. We're gonna go where the issue is and we're not gonna play race politics where the services are
15:16We're going to go to and those who are part of this analysis. They need to move out of the sterilized environment
15:23Of the City Council Chamber and they need to go and do what we do go in a subway system
15:28Look at the population in need we're going to respond to that need
15:34Quite well, how are you doing?
15:41You gave him his first house as Rikers Island to close Rikers Island you gave him that but why not give them something like
15:48pushing back against the Trump administration and
15:51Their their policies to try to get back some federal funds when it comes to the city policies
15:56He's well-versed in that why not task him with that as a major thing
16:00Especially because we're going into the budget season right now for the city. No, you said I gave him Rikers
16:04Where'd you get that from?
16:06You said that one of his first tasks is going to be
16:10focusing on Rikers Island and how to close it in time for the
16:14Legal for the legal deadline and that's why I asked you you said one of his tasks not that's his only task
16:20He's the first deputy mayor the entire portfolio
16:25from analyzing what is happening on a federal level to analyzing what we're doing around public space to
16:32Analyzing Rikers that finally everyone seems to agree with me that
16:362027 is not a realistic time to close it and that we need to deal with the mental health crisis
16:42And so that's one that's the role of a first deputy mayor
16:45One of his roles would be do that in partnership with my chief of staff and my entire team
16:51And so we're not going to zero in on
16:54Just why can't he do this one aspect of it?
16:57This is a city where you better know how to chew gum and walk at the same time
17:02And I think Randy can do that. So that's one of his aspects
17:06Yes
17:25I'm curious about this. What's camp? Give me your definition of campaigning going to houses of Russia. I do that going to town hall meetings
17:33I do that going into the streets and shake hands with people. I do that kiss babies. I do that
17:39What is a definition that you think I'm not doing that a candidate would do?
17:56I mean, you're not in those places. We you said that you have petitions out, but I personally haven't seen anybody
18:03They seem here and there so I'm just wondering, you know
18:06Based on how you campaign in 2021 and how you're you're campaigning this time around. It's not the same. Okay, so I first of all disagree
18:14And I can't get into a full analysis of that
18:18And I'm sure you saw the petitions of everyone that's running for office
18:23I'm sure you saw them, you know, and if you did you're probably the unique New Yorker because no one else has done
18:30When you petition you go to
18:33Voters that you know, I register you knock on doors. Those are quality petitions. That's when you have a qualitative petition process and
18:40I know what I'm doing
18:42That's all I can say to say to you running for office to get a seat is different from being an incumbent
18:48I know what I'm doing and I'm think I must bless I must thank you and everyone else here
18:55I thank you for being so concerned that I'm reelected, you know
18:58I think you're concerned that I'm Eric is gonna be all right
19:02It really warms my heart that all of you are so concerned, you know, I'm making your city safe
19:08You know, I'm bringing back tourism, you know, I'm educating your children
19:11You have showed me such a level of warmth that Eric we're concerned
19:17We want you back and I know I'm making a lot of your careers. You're getting a lot of clicks from me
19:23I know the rest of those guys are so boring that all of a sudden you're gonna go into the shadows
19:28You know, you are doing so well, and I know you want me back. I know it. I'll be back. Don't worry about it
19:34I'm not going anywhere. You're gonna all write books. You all do documentaries
19:38You're gonna all continue to get the clicks you want every time you tweet my name
19:42People click right away every time you want to do a 30-page expose with a rat running across my face people gonna get excited
19:51So it's okay folks. I'm coming back
19:53A
20:00Fire that happened in the Bronx a couple weeks ago on Jerome Avenue. There were a lot of businesses that were destroyed actually
20:06I've been talking with some of the people there one of the business owners told me that
20:11Basically, the city is not offering any kind of financial assistance that the small business services offices
20:18Giving them resources, but as far as actual financial help for these businesses, they haven't been offered anything and
20:25This was an area that was looted a lot in 2020
20:29And she said they got she got a check for $10,000 from the city
20:33I don't know. I mean, maybe there are details here that I'm not aware of but what can the city do financially for these people?
20:40We're going to send
20:42SBS up there and find out doing a needs assessment and see how we could help
20:47You know, there are some limitations on what we can do
20:51We've done some major things around our small businesses because that's important
20:56We have one of the largest numbers of small businesses in the history of this city
21:00because of the support that we have put in place and we're going to go up to that area and do an analysis and see
21:06What we can do to assist them
21:13Listen I would love to write a check for a whole lot of things
21:15we got to do an assessment to see what resources are available and
21:20Commissioner gross has been excellent in doing that and we're going to get a team up there and see how we could help
21:27Craig what's happening?
21:31So last week you had made comments to Jewish leaders that there's a
21:35Antisemitic candidate in the mayoral race. Who are you referring to and why do you believe they're an anti-semite and then secondly yesterday?
21:42I know you're not on the campaign trail yet
21:44But a lot of the candidates for mayor stood together even Republican Garcia was stood with the Democratic
21:50Potential nominees and they called out former governor Cuomo for his handling of the nursing homes
21:55Do you believe that governor Cuomo handled the nursing homes properly during the pandemic?
22:00Okay. So first first we need to get we need to be clear on the record
22:04You you keep saying you're not on the campaign trail
22:09Like we I get this definition from is there a webster definition of what being on the campaign trail is I was in the church
22:16Yesterday talking to voters
22:18I'm out in the streets all the time talking to vote to voters. And so I'm going to continue. I know what I'm doing. I
22:27Ran for Senate and one Iran football president one Iran for mayor and one I know what I'm doing
22:33And so can let's get this off the conversation before Fabian goes crazy. I'm on the trail
22:40I know how to campaign and I know how to also run the city
22:45I still got to run the city a lot of those older folks who are running
22:48They don't have day jobs and you know
22:51When you look at how governor Cuomo is running former governor Cuomo is running. He's in his bubble
22:56You can't even get near him. He's not doing this
22:59You can't even get near him he he controls walking in he controls walking out
23:05He's not answering questions from you. And is he on it? Does that make him on the campaign trail? Is he on the campaign trail?
23:12I mean what when was the last time you did a campaign event that wasn't involved with the city?
23:17I know you're using the bully hoping you're the mayor. You're obviously incumbent. But when is the last time you did an actual campaign?
23:23Every day that I'm in the street. I'm the incumbent folks
23:27I mean why we understand in that when you in an incumbent you want to reserve your resources
23:34you want to stay focused on your job because my victory is going to be
23:38Showing my record of how I brought this city back. That's a whole different scenario
23:44I didn't have a record to run under I have a record to run under those other guys
23:48Don't have a record to run. I have a solid record of housing public safety
23:54Affordability and so we're going to you know, stay focused on that and again
24:00I'm like bursting with excitement
24:03Do you guys miss me out there? Like what what's the story?
24:08Yeah, do you miss me out there but listen, let's hold everybody to the same standard
24:13How come you guys are not critiquing the fact that governor who's supposed to be the front-runner in this race is having this control
24:21environment
24:24Okay, well, you know I don't read the papers
24:27No, but listen, we know what we're doing. This is strategic and we need to be focused
24:34On that look at the other candidates, you know
24:38How they run their race is up to them. I have a good solid strategic team
24:44Who got me here and we know what we're doing
24:48You have to reserve your strength and the excitement is going to happen. This is gonna have so many twists and turns
24:53I keep telling y'all it's gonna be so many twists and turns
24:56To this race that I think this is gonna be one of the most exciting races
25:01We had in the history of this city, you know
25:06Yeah
25:09Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think look at look look at the comments and actions
25:13I think that after October 7th to see people who are lined up with the
25:19Democratic Socialist Party and
25:21What they did after the election
25:24I think those who lines up with people who celebrate Hamas Hamas is a terrorist organization. They should be destroyed
25:30You know people are not calling for the release of hostages
25:34you know people who
25:37protests outside the leaders of Jewish
25:40leaders houses, you know some of this
25:43Just nasty and mean action that you're seeing from some of these candidates, you know one in particular
25:50That I wanted to highlight but many of them have not have not dealt with this
25:54Antisemitism in this in the city and so just look at their comments
25:59I'm not trying to name them to give them any more notoriety than they deserve, you know, but we will be pushing back on
26:07anti-semitism and hate and
26:09In other actions we see in the city. We're gonna you know, I'll be clear that this is not a city for anti-seek ism anti
26:17LGBTQ plus anti-semitism. I'm going to be clear on that and everyone should be clear on that
26:30I
26:42Was here at the time and many of those candidates were home shelter-in-place
26:46I was I was in the streets. I was in the streets dealing with Kovac with real people nurses and doctors
26:53I was given our mask in nature all of these other candidates. They were home
26:59while New Yorkers were suffering and
27:02he
27:04Incorrectly handled the nursing home issues
27:07I think those family members are right and I'm I met with them and I'm going to be communicating with them further
27:12But also if you go back doing analysis back there
27:16There was racial disparity and how he dealt with even vaccines, you know, black and brown communities would not be a fairly vaccinated
27:25We were not given our face mask to
27:28Ignite your residents many of our nurses in hospital did not have PPEs as they were deserve
27:35I remember going to some of the hospitals
27:37They had garbage bags on and they were holding they were using PPEs
27:42The face masks for weeks and then many people miss you talk about Elmhurst Hospital
27:49It was because of defunding and destabilizing those hospitals that when they became ground zero
27:55They were not prepared. And so we need to do a real analysis
27:58And so when I look at you know, some of my black and brown
28:03endorses of
28:04the former governor they need to go look at what I was saying back then of how
28:10Kovac was unfairly treating and the responses was unfair to the diverse black and brown
28:18communities
28:19The impact was real and we need to analyze that all of this needs to be part of the
28:25Conversation as we talk about what we're going to do in the future. So I say well, he's a great manager
28:30Well, you don't shouldn't manage that crisis
28:32well
28:32Like I managed Kovac and like I managed
28:36230,000 migrants and asylum seekers and unlike I was able to get the bond raters to say no matter what fiscal crisis you were
28:42facing you recovered us and like I brought more jobs in the city in the city's history like I took
28:4823 22,000 guns off our streets and brought down homicides and shootings. That's what I call a good manager. I
28:55Was that Marcia?
29:03What's going on Joe
29:05Two quick questions for you
29:08You mentioned that Brandi's gonna be working on more than just the records issue
29:12Can you tell us any other prominent issue you two have discussed?
29:15Like some new proposal or something new he wants to do now that he's coming in and secondly
29:21The your city contracts director resigned last week
29:24I was wondering if you had any insight into why she left maybe aside from her resignation letter
29:29Did you discuss anything you could share with us? Oh, yeah first Randy and yesterday we went over we spent a little over an hour
29:36yesterday at Gracie Mansion and
29:39This guy is just you know, he's excited
29:42He says Eric in three you guys there's so much in three years, you know
29:47We need to have that rolling screen of all that. We've done in three years when you take when you take away
29:56Migrants and asylum seekers in this bogus federal case and just say wait
30:01But let's just analyze this guy just based on the facts not the stuff that overshadowed it. You have to sit back and say
30:08Don
30:10This guy took us from where we were to where we are now
30:15And so he said what you guys have done in three years
30:19Now at a minimum we have another nine months at a minimum
30:24That we're going to move things forward and he's gonna map out some of the things that he wants to do
30:28He came in with a real plan of what he wants to do in the next couple of months and we've got a lot of stuff
30:33We're going to get done in the next couple of months
30:36So I don't want to take his thunder let him come in and trust me. He's not shy
30:43So Randy is experienced. He was a first step. He was a first deputy mayor before
30:49You coming in with a seasoned player and I'm looking forward to the partnership that we're going to do
30:55with
30:57Camille who you know
30:58I think history is going to be kind to Camille and what she was able just a steady hand at the wheel
31:06You know Camille. I love your mother's watching this you did a great job with your daughter, you know
31:11She is a great leader in the city's should be happy to have both of them
31:16Dealing with the second part was
31:21Yeah
31:23At least I wanted to bounce
31:25I mean, I don't understand this, you know, she she she she was with she was with the controller first, right? I think least
31:34Yeah, she was yeah, I think we got her from the controller's office we were excited to get her
31:40She really put it in place the mayor's office of contracts. She did a great job. She gave us a five-week notice
31:47You know, she said I want a smooth transition. I want to do something else been on the front line is challenging and listen
31:54I don't know if you guys realize it. It's hard working for me
31:58I'm a mayor on steroids, you know, nobody like in these 2 a.m. Calls, you know
32:02Why is that wise? Why is this highway dirty poor DJ man? I don't know how you run with me this
32:08You know, so, you know after after a year with me is eight years with another mayor
32:16So she served us well
32:18She brought real energy
32:20She brought she streamlined and made sure that we've moved these contracts forward and I think I cannot thank Lisa enough
32:27Her working with others improving WBE's making sure contracts was fair and it's just you know people it's time for people to move on
32:34It's not
32:35Everybody that leaves is not a scandal
32:38You know some people just said listen, I want to spend time with my family now
32:41You know
32:42I've had a I had enough of a city government and it's not like they pick up the paper and you guys are writing how
32:49greatly says
32:52Like y'all do a piece, you know, it's alright to beat up on me
32:55But some of the stuff which I saw I saw y'all did on Fabian. I think was today
33:00I mean, come on the guy the guy gives his life for this city
33:04His life for the city and you just you know what? We just gonna pick on everybody around Eric. Come on, man
33:10It's not fair if he didn't run to be deputy mayor of communication, you know, these people
33:17give their lives and
33:20Lisa gave her life to the city. Thank you, Lisa
33:23And I think three three hundred thousand plus city employees that do it every day go after the mayor
33:29Don't go after these hard-working civil servants
33:33How are you
33:37Critiques in the report on involuntary removals previously mentioned was that the data released by your administration in January is incomplete
33:46Which they say is prevented a clear understanding of how what the policy effect is
33:50I'm gonna do a few examples one was that there's no tracking on whether the same individual has been involuntarily
33:56transported multiple times
33:58another big one was
34:03So good take your time
34:06So information on outcomes is only available for those transported to city public hospitals and unavailable for those
34:14But I wanted to get your perspective on are you aware of these gaps and are you looking to bolster data?
34:22Thank you. Thank you for that
34:24People with severe mental health illness didn't start in
34:292022
34:30this has been a
34:32Chronic problem not only here in the city
34:35But across the country when I when I speak with and communicate with my mayors across the country
34:41We're all wrestling with this it may even be international can I spoke with the mayor of
34:48Paris
34:50They were talking about this
34:52when I speak with the mayor's association everybody's talking about this and
34:56Many people are afraid to touch it because it's a challenge and you know
35:01I invite all of you to come with me out in the streets and
35:07See how
35:09Dealing with people with severe mental health illness. You don't just walk up to them and say listen
35:14Did you get did you take your medication today? Hey, we want to bring you inside the hospital
35:19that is just not how it is and
35:21Laws prevent you from just taking anyone that you know in common sense that this person needs care
35:28But the laws don't allow us to do this. That's why we're fighting in Albany right now
35:32And so many who are
35:34Critiquing what we're doing don't have the answers of how do you deal with a person who clearly is dealing with severe mental?
35:42health illness and refuses care
35:45Refuses care and so idealism collides with realism. This is real stuff
35:51to
35:52That we have to we have to address and we have been bold enough to say, you know
35:58We're gonna take the criticism so yes, we're gonna have those that are gonna critique us there those are going to say you could do
36:03It better. Yes, they got the great ideas come and see it and we cannot compel hospitals to turn over
36:11Information hippo laws is more stringent on mental illness than it is on really medical illness. And so we cannot
36:19Tell the hospitals you're gonna provide that information turn it over. We're trying to give them the best information that's possible
36:26We are making sure we'd be as transparent as possible
36:30But this is a challenging
36:32challenging issue that we're willing to take head-on through path to Scout to involuntary removals to our
36:40Encampments we've been we they told me in the beginning of this administration Eric don't do it
36:46They're gonna no matter what you do. They're gonna criticize you and I said, no, I don't care
36:50I am NOT going to allow New Yorkers to live on the streets harm themselves and harm others
36:56Merely because I'm afraid of the noise and the history is going to show that we we are making inroads
37:048,000 people we took up our system that was sleeping on our system 8,000
37:09800 are now in permanent housing and people many people say this is what's interesting people say well
37:15This person is on the street dealing with severe mental health issues. Why don't you put them into permanent housing?
37:21Because they're not ready to know how to turn on a electricity turn on their gas
37:26Make sure that the place is is is livable to make sure you're not leaving your gas on in the stove
37:32It's just not that simple
37:34there needs to be a transition to
37:37Independent living and we've been doing that with our a supportive housing and we're gonna continue to do it
37:43There's those who's gonna be in the bleachers attacking those of us who's on the field of this battle
37:48That's just that's the part for the cause
37:53Good how are you?
37:55Two questions first. I was wondering if you could
37:58Talk about your office's reluctance to publicize know your rights immigration guidance
38:03Uh-huh, you know amid the fear amongst migrants about having interactions with ice and then secondly
38:10I'm wondering if you've scheduled a briefing yet on the Queensborough Bridge pedestrian path and when you anticipate
38:17First I'm not quite sure where you got that. We are not doing know your rights
38:24Manny has made that clear. We looked over the items. We
38:28Release it. We get ready to put it on our
38:31Monitors, I'll keep a link NYC kiosk
38:34We've been sending it out other people other entities has asked us for it. We we turn it over to them
38:40you know
38:42When you look at the fact that we're going to be putting on over 2,000 kiosks, we already sent it out
38:48It has already been approved
38:50Started on April 1st. We will also have know your rights resources at all link NYC
38:56Sites and so I'm not sure what I came from
38:59It's like trying to feed into the narrative that we are afraid to do the things we were doing already
39:05So if there's some factual information about that, I'm not aware of it and somebody is preventing it from coming out
39:12Please share with me because that should not be happening. I was very clear
39:16With Manny who traveled with me to the Darien Gap who traveled with me to El Paso who has been a dreamer
39:24and has been very
39:27Compassionate about this issue, so I'm not sure what I came from. That's part of the all narrative, you know
39:32We don't want to criticize the administration. No, we want to get stuff done
39:36We don't want to get caught up and you know, all of this name-calling that's not governing folks
39:43you know, so I know I'm not part of that was that terminology people using the
39:48The syndrome of just want to be attack and attack. I got a I got a manager city. So we're doing it
39:54I don't know who's telling you that but it's not factually accurate
39:58The what's the second part of your question, please
40:03Let's let's close the door on this this issue
40:07This has not been delayed. I was never brief. This is a major project that's going to impact movement and traffic
40:14you brief the mayor and
40:17for those who are
40:19Thinking that what we're gonna pressure the mayor by leaking information to the press you probably guys got more leaks
40:25Than I probably ever had in an administration, you know, we're gonna leak to the mayor now
40:30The mayor is gonna be you know forced to move forward. That's not how it operates. I have a schedule
40:35I have a scheduler
40:37We brief and I'm updated just about twice a week on different topics when I'm briefed on this and I make sure that we're
40:45Community input that is going to how the traffic is going to impact then we will move forward. That is how it operates
40:52My schedule is not based on the schedule of those who work for me is based on my schedule
40:57And so once I'm briefed and I make the determination of we're moving forward we do so so there was some work that had to be
41:03continued
41:05Once we have that briefing that I do on all of these major topics
41:09Then we move for so and the new deputy mayor of operation that's in he needs to be briefed
41:15That is how it's done. This the staff does not decide the flow of things
41:22City Hall does
41:26When my scheduler I wake up in the morning my scheduler tells me what I'm doing
41:29I have a lot of faith and trust in her
41:31She tells me this is what you're doing
41:33And when she puts it on the schedule, you'll view it on the schedule if it's a public item
41:42Morgan how are you?
41:52But are you gonna be releasing new platforms is this something like you're gonna do like a rollout
41:58But like what are you kind of imagining?
42:00Are you gonna be releasing new platforms like when it comes to like public safety?
42:04Are you just gonna be saying you know, like I'm already enacting them and then also on
42:10These guardrails. I know the government proposed a while ago
42:14They're a stall right now in the legislature. She's spoken any more about that with you or anything further
42:21My platforms are the same
42:23public safety
42:25Affordability
42:26Keep the city for working-class people
42:30You know, I am you was my rallying cry and that's going to continue
42:35So all one has to do is just go look at what I what I promised
42:39I think that I think we had about a hundred points that we promised on the campaign trail. Go look at them and
42:48You'll see that wait a minute this is what this guy promised and this is what this guy did
42:53Oh
42:54When are people going to do an analysis or here's what he ran doing?
42:58Here's what he accomplished and so it's the same affordability public safety working-class families blue-collar mayor
43:05It's the same thing has not changed has not changed in 40 years. I'm the same person
43:11I was 40 years ago on
43:15Fighting for working-class people and I'm going to continue. I'm going to continue to do that
43:20You know, you have to see what the with the governor and lawmakers
43:25about
43:26These guardrails that y'all talk about. I'm you know, I just I'm gonna continue to do what I've done
43:32as I voice my
43:34Concerns around them when they first came out and that has not changed
43:40In J
43:42Well, thank you
43:46So so sir
43:47You are running. Yes running is a Democrat. Yes. You want a second term? I'm one way you want a second term?
43:54Yes, so I ask you this respectfully. Yes, why and
43:58The reason I asked sir. Mm-hmm is that you've got an uphill struggle
44:04Fundraising opinion polls you've been through a lot. The city's been through a lot. Why why do you want a second term?
44:11Listen I love that question
44:14You know, first of all, you know, I just really really want to apologize to New York is for
44:21this whole
44:23Bogus investigation that went on and I think time is going to be kind to me, you know
44:29But they've been my North Star. I
44:32Say this over and over again
44:34New Yorkers have been my therapy
44:36That when I get up in the morning and I'm fighting
44:41For New Yorkers when I'm in a hospital
44:45Speaking to a family member that's going through some form of medical or psycho psychiatric psychiatric crises
44:51When we were at a town hall the other day man, this is this young man had
44:57Six children. He was in a homeless shelter
45:01He was able to get a voucher and he was able to move into permanent housing
45:07He lost his job in J because he worked for a drug store
45:13where
45:14habitual
45:16Shoplifting took place. So he was fired because of that
45:20But we were able to find him a job right there inside that town hall
45:26While we're fighting to deal with the repeated
45:29Recidivism of shoplifters that people say we should not be doing that was a real story
45:34those stories you you walk out and say
45:37You're sitting on the ground what matters and when I walk into New Yorkers and they they tell me I got the key to my
45:45first apartment when I meet New Yorkers and say
45:49You cleaned up this encampment and now I can play catch again with my son under the BQE
45:56You know when you see how you touch the lives of real people
46:01it's contagious and
46:03if I was able to if I were able to
46:07Accomplish what I did in three years three years
46:11Getting us out of Colby getting us out of the migrant asylum see the crisis bringing down crime
46:16Build breaking records on housing in three years
46:19You know
46:20I got I got a whole lot of gas still in the tank and I'm looking forward to New Yorkers to get past the noise
46:27And say let's look at the numbers
46:30This has been this has been one heck of a ride and I'm not tired. I'm not frustrated
46:37I enjoy working for the people of the city and you know
46:41God willing that if I'm able to do it for another four years, we're gonna continue to turn the city around. That's why I'm ready
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