00:00Mr. Mayor, I spoke to a bunch of the families of the victims and they were very, very happy that you were here and that you were supporting again in this last term or in this last final part of your term.
00:11They were all very surprised, though, that the new mayor or the mayor-elect wasn't here. Do you have anything to say?
00:16What I think is going to be important for the mayor-elect to understand that being a mayor is substantive and symbolic. Substantive is bringing down crime, building housing. That's important.
00:36But there's also symbolism to this job. And these families are in pain. I believe it would have sent a strong message to come out here today as the incoming mayor and state we're going to continue what we have done for over 24 years.
00:55I believe that would have been important to do so and to do things like this because when families are hurting, we want to always show them that we understand their pain and we want to stand there with them.
01:11And so this is an opportunity to make sure that you're here next year to continue this. The mayor's office is here to make sure the chairs are here, the speaker, the stage. These are the things you do as the mayor of the city of New York.
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