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00:00Good, good afternoon. It is great seeing some of you. And where's everyone? At the parade?
00:11This place is... That's right, Mondays. I forgot you do, you know, breaks. Good to be
00:22here. Okay. You know, making New York the best place to raise a family, we say that
00:33over and over again. And we're excited about some of the things we're doing. Again, for
00:40the eighth time, tenth time, we broke the job records, the largest number of jobs in
00:46the history of this city. And when you add that with the decrease in unemployment among
00:53black and Hispanic communities in general, specifically, but in general, all demographics
00:59have witnessed a decrease. The Department of Labor released new and revised data that
01:05shows, once again, we broke the job records. Over 4,861,000 jobs in the city, more jobs
01:15at any point in the city's history, including, and that number's an all-time high, private
01:22sector job record as well, you know, with 4.2 million jobs. And hats off to the entire
01:28team, our going out and doing hiring halls, reaching out to people who have long-term
01:36unemployment, and just really improving in those numbers. And New York population has
01:43grown to almost 8.5 million, so I can no longer say 8.3 million with 35 million opinions.
01:51I got to increase that number, because we're now up to close to 8.5 million, and we're
01:57excited about that. I mean, young people, families, job seekers all want to be here
02:02in New York. We're one of the top destinations for college grads with our tech industry that
02:08we're growing here, and we're going to continue to do that. Public safety, that's a prerequisite
02:12to our prosperity. I want to thank Commissioner Tucker, what he's doing about fire prevention
02:18year, and he's just continued to show how we need to zero in on those areas where we're
02:25having historical problems with fire. This year is the 100th anniversary of National
02:32Fire Prevention Week, and to celebrate, the FDNY will be increasing their already robust
02:39education efforts. Additionally, they have released community risk assessments for all
02:4559 community boards in the city, providing a detailed analysis of each—bless you—each
02:52neighborhood's emergency preparedness and vulnerability to fire incidents. And really,
02:58the key message for every New Yorker is install and maintain a smoke detector and a carbon
03:03monoxide detector. It helps to early detection of a fire, and you should have an escape plan.
03:10Don't take it for granted. Have an escape plan how to get out of your house if there
03:15is a fire. FDNY ongoing fire and life safety education efforts have already made a significant
03:22impact, driving down fire deaths by 24 percent in 2024 and reducing fire deaths caused by
03:31lithium-ion batteries by 67 percent. We really led the way on the lithium-ion battery initiative.
03:41And today, I was really pleased to join with the president of the union as we stood with
03:49the recruits, the incoming probies, as they carried 343 flags to remember every member
03:55of the department who was killed on September 11. And that number continued to increase
04:00by those who are finding themselves dealing with 9-11-related illnesses and the numbers
04:08of those who have died since 9-11 from those illnesses. And so, it's always keeping our
04:13hearts out to those who were impacted by 9-11.
04:18And finally, affordability, some of you were out to cover the good news, the announcement
04:25that we did at Woodhall Hospital or New York City Health and Hospital, new housing right
04:31on the ground, making sure that individuals could get the housing they need. And I thought
04:36it was a powerful story by Elvis, who was there, one of the recipients of the housing.
04:40He talked about how he found himself in a homeless state. We often think people are
04:45born into this state, but, no, things happen in one's life that can cause you to have to
04:51deal with this. And I just want to, and this is the finally, finally, finally of this week
04:56is Mental Health Week. And we will be sharing the many ways our administration is helping
05:00New Yorkers to deal with mental health. And today, we released the 2024 Behavioral Health
05:06Annual Progress Report. And so, it will make some good reading. I know you guys like to
05:11read all of our good reports. So, feel free to do so. Why don't we open up to a few questions.
05:19We can get everybody. There's so few people here today, you know.
05:22How about we give him a few more questions?
05:25Oh, man, it was so peaceful when he was not here.
05:32How are you?
05:33Mr. Mayor, I have two questions. First question, did you meet with Tom Homan again? And is
05:39the New York City Department of Corrections going to honor the request to release the
05:46man who allegedly burned a woman alive in a New York City subway station? That's my
05:51first question.
05:52The, first, no. We, the team is going to continue to work with all of our law enforcement
05:59agencies, including ICE, to deal with dangerous individuals who are committing crimes like
06:03the one you just mentioned. And that person is still going through the criminal justice
06:10process. And detainees, the detainee holds, is for holding people longer than their release
06:20date. This person doesn't have a release date. He's still incarcerated. And so, I share
06:26the frustration from the HSI Secretary that dangerous people like this need to be held
06:32accountable. And they should be held accountable. And he's going through our criminal justice
06:35system.
06:36Okay. And the second question, Mr. Mayor. Recently there have been tragic fires. And
06:41during those fires, we learned that there is many people who are parking on the hydrants
06:47that they shouldn't be doing, of course. But do you think this may be a side effect of
06:52just that there is absolutely no parking space in some of these boroughs? And these people
06:57that are driving for hours at night to just go home are just parking on fire hydrants.
07:02Although, no excuse. I'm just wondering if you thought that this may be the reason. Because
07:05this is what I'm hearing sometimes.
07:07No, no. And we should never give anyone an excuse for parking on a hydrant. Hydrants,
07:13having access to the hydrants allow the firefighters to save lives. And if you open the door and
07:18say, okay, you can't find parking, so you should be able to park on a hydrant. No, that's
07:22not acceptable. You can't park on a hydrant.
07:26Hi, Mr. Mayor.
07:27How are you?
07:28Good. Two questions. The first one is about a story that my colleague wrote about the
07:34city removed 3,500 people in homeless encampments. Only 114 went into shelter. No one was placed
07:43in permanent housing. I wanted you to talk about, you know, that seems like pretty dismal
07:50outcomes. And then secondly, I wanted you to talk about your opponent, Andrew Cuomo.
07:57You know, he's repeatedly said the city is in crisis. And he said, New Yorkers can feel
08:02it. At one point he said, you don't need to look at a report. You don't need to look at
08:07statistics. But the crime stats are showing, as you've repeatedly said, that most crime
08:13categories is showing that crime is falling. But at the same time, you yourself have talked
08:18about feelings versus facts. I'd be interested in asking you whether you feel feelings are
08:26more important than the statistics, or are they equally important? Do you regret maybe
08:33giving in so much to the way people feel versus what the numbers are showing?
08:41First, I don't know why you say I gave in to the way they feel. Perception is reality
08:46to many people. And I think that's very important that you never, you know, you never
08:55just dismiss how people are feeling. I think that's wrong to do. I used to have this uncle.
08:59I used to say he must have been eight feet tall, you know, and he would shake my hand.
09:03He'll squeeze it. And I would say, Uncle Elliot, you're hurting my hand. He said, boy,
09:07that doesn't hurt you. I'm like, why are you telling me? How are you going to tell me
09:10what I'm feeling? And so I would never dismiss New Yorkers. But I can see why the
09:15former governor don't want to look at reports, because, you know, you have to look at the
09:19reports of what he did when he was governor. You know, to Tier 6, the laws he passed that
09:26made some of our streets unsafe, what was done around mental health. There's a whole
09:31lot of things that you can look at. And so it's best to say don't even look at reports.
09:35No, I say look at reports, because reports, if you use your report to write your stories,
09:41that tells us where we're moving forward. And so those numbers are significant of what
09:46we've done, 20,000, over 20,000 illegal guns removed. We moved up our streets, almost
09:5180,000 illegal vehicles moved up our streets. And so there's been some real success in
09:58what we've accomplished in this city. And what I tell the commissioner team all the
10:03time, we have to play a major role in making people feel safe as well. And it's interesting
10:09what does that. Like just interacting with the public. They walk inside the subway station.
10:14Hey, how are you, sir? How are you, ma'am? Is everything all right? Make that announcement.
10:19We have a police officer on board. We put a cop on every train during the overnight
10:23hours. And so there's some real successful things that we are doing and what we accomplished.
10:30And we're going to continue to do that. Now, with the homelessness, it really blows
10:36my mind that people don't see the difference between our city and other cities. We don't
10:45have those shantytowns over our cities. I remember when I came into office, people were
10:49sleeping in the subway system, under stairs, inside the tunnels, along the highways. When
10:57I drive around the city now, it was not difficult for me to find when people were sleeping all
11:04over the place. I can't find them now. When I do my late night ride around to try to catch
11:09are we doing our job. And so if people don't see the success we've had and not having our
11:15cities look like other cities, people cooking on the sidewalk, using the sidewalks as bathrooms,
11:22all of these things that were being done in encampments and tents, we've done a great
11:27job, that the team has done an amazing job in bringing back normality. Now, the report
11:32that is used by the city council is not fairly accounting for what happens. They're saying
11:39did the person take shelter immediately after you took down their encampment. That's not
11:45the reality. Anyone who has done this work would tell you it takes a while to build up
11:50their trust. Sometimes people do the next day. Sometimes people get to notice that it
11:54was going to come down and they go get the help and they go into shelter. We took 8,000
11:58people off our subway system that were sleeping and using our subway system as a place of
12:03reference. And so when you look at the investment, $650 million we're going to invest, we should
12:10be patting ourselves on the back. I go to these other cities. And you can just Google
12:17these other cities. You don't have it here in New York. And so we're proud of what we
12:22have done and we've done it in a humane way. There's nothing that is dignified about sleeping
12:29on the streets. I've said that before and I'm going to continue to say it. And some
12:33of the people who are critiquing this, they were pushing back on us when we did our initiative
12:38to get people off our streets. And so that's all part of the noise. We know how good this
12:42job has been.
12:44Hi, Mr. Mayor.
12:47How are you?
12:48I'm doing well, thank you. Two questions. I wanted to ask first, there's a lot of anxiety
12:52right now among teachers and school leaders that the Trump administration may cut funding
12:56to New York City schools. As I'm sure you know, they currently receive about $2 billion
13:00from the federal government. That's about 5% of the school system's budget. Do you have
13:05concerns about that? How does that impact how you're approaching the budget process
13:09for next fiscal year? And also, second question, have you settled on your next first deputy
13:14mayor appointment? When should we expect an announcement?
13:18Yes, we have. And I want to thank Acting Interim First Deputy Mayor Camille Joseph-Volok for
13:29just willing to step up and do the job. That's all. I got to take my hat off to her. She's
13:34just like, where do I must do the job? What needs to be done? And we have an incoming
13:41— we're doing a vetting now, and when it's ready to announce, we will announce it.
13:46The apprehension that teachers are receiving — listen, we've always been able to address
13:52whatever happens in Washington, D.C. to ensure our children are at the top of the list and
13:59getting what they need to be educated. And that includes with our Summer Youth Summarizing
14:05Program, our Summer Youth Employment Program, our Pre-K, our 3K. We've always stepped up.
14:11The real apprehension is not in what may happen. The real apprehension is what happened.
14:17$7 billion from the previous administration. And all of these people who are saying, why
14:22aren't we criticizing this president now? Why weren't they criticizing the Democratic
14:28president who saw $7 billion leave our city? No one was critiquing. No one was arguing.
14:35I was the lone voice of arguing about this.
14:38And so we're going to manage the budget based on what we have in front of us, and
14:42we're going to land a plane, like we've always said. I say this every year. We're
14:45going to land a plane. Everybody tells me it's not going to happen. We do it every
14:49year, and we're going to do it this year.
14:52Hi, Mr. Patterson.
14:53How are you doing?
14:54Good. How are you, sir?
14:55Good. Good. Same to you.
14:58See, I'm rocking my green, right?
14:59I like that.
15:00The city council in February passed legislation basically creating a program for free bins,
15:08the mandatory bin program. Some homeowners will be able to get those bins free now.
15:15What is your position on that legislation, and when will your administration implement
15:20a similar program?
15:21Well, you know, sometimes the council is like the person, that spouse. He spends, spends,
15:37spends, spends, spends. You know, we don't have an endless pocket. It's easy to say,
15:43you know, let's just spend. Let's just spend. We would love that. We would love to
15:48just spend whatever we can spend, but we were able to have record numbers of reserves.
15:53We were able to get bond raters to increase our bond and then dig down into it, double
15:58down into it, because we were fiscally responsible. We would love to give the bins out free to
16:03everyone, but everything comes with a price tag, and so this is the budget negotiation
16:07season, and we would sit down and figure out how to do it correctly, and some people don't
16:12need us to buy them bins. You know, some people could afford to buy their bin. I bought my
16:17own bins. You know, so the goal is to see what the best we could do for working class
16:22people in this city. We put $30 billion back in the pockets of working class people and
16:26finding creative ways to do so, and we're going to continue to do so, so this is the
16:29budget process. We would sit down and negotiate the budget.
16:33Hi, Mayor Adams.
16:34What's going on, Katie?
16:35I'm with the St. Patrick's Day.
16:37I wanted to ask you about the Woolman Rink bid. My colleague Greg Smith wrote a story
16:40this weekend about it. Why would your administration turn down a $120 million gift from the Center
16:45for Conservancy to operate this rink in favor of considering a bid from the Trump Organization,
16:51which has been convicted of both civil and criminal fraud, and I'm just curious, don't
16:55those convictions automatically preclude the Trump Organization from even getting involved
16:59in the bid process?
17:01You know, the way your colleague wrote the story, you know, a little journalistic creativity.
17:13Journalistic integrity. Listen, he incorrectly wrote the story, okay? Let's be honest there.
17:22This bid, RFP, was put out long before the president was the president, so let's be honest
17:28about that. I have nothing to do with that. Let's be honest about that. Let's be honest
17:33about that, that anyone could put in for the RFP, so we should be honest about that. So
17:39CCP can put in for the RFP. An independent body looks at it and determines what's the
17:44best deal for the city. Now, I would be concerned if someone came along and said that we, you
17:55know, I would be concerned if someone came along and said that, hey, we did a backroom
18:00deal and let Central Park Conservancy give us X number of dollars and we gave it to them
18:06and bypassed the process. Then you'll be writing about it. You'll be saying, Eric,
18:11you went around the process. RFP. Anyone could put in for it, and when you have two elected
18:18officials that are saying, don't give someone an RFP because they are not part of our,
18:25whatever terminology they use. Think about that. That is just not how this is done.
18:32Politics should not determine policies and what's best for our city, for New York.
18:38So when I read the story, the first thing I thought about, I thought about you, because
18:44you use the term, the word lie, all the time when people are lying or something. So I said
18:48that, you know what, I hope you're talking to your colleague and telling them, stop lying.
18:53So you're back to reading the news. That's good.
18:56But I mean, why did the press office, he asked multiple times for requests for comment,
19:00they didn't comment. You could have said, this is the RFP process, this is the process
19:04of the bid. So just so you know, you can't ignore us. We're still going to publish your story.
19:08You can call us liars. I stand by my colleague in the recording.
19:10We can talk about that afterwards.
19:12I'd rather not. Let's talk about it right now.
19:14Your office had days to comment and you didn't.
19:16We're moving on.
19:20What a rant.
19:22What a rant.
19:30I was briefed.
19:34Hi Mayor, I know your green is for St. Paddy's Day, so respect there,
19:38but I gotta ask you about the green, because all the other candidates running for mayor
19:42reporting their financing. I was wondering if you could tell us anything about how much
19:46money you've raised and, it related, if you think it's
19:50unfair at this point for the campaign finance board to be withholding your matching
19:54funds, with your case seeming to be any day now on the verge
19:58of being dropped, and that was the one thing they cited as sort of the hold up here.
20:02Is that fair that they're holding you up now, and can you tell us anything about what you fundraised?
20:06Everyone is catching up to me.
20:08You know, everyone is catching up to me.
20:11I started raising early and I was pleased
20:15with the team, so they're catching up to me. Not only are they catching up to me on
20:19fundraising, they're catching up to me on policies.
20:23You know, how do you have defund Brad Lander,
20:27defund the police Brad Lander, now say you want to keep my police commissioner?
20:31I keep asking y'all, look at their policies. All of their policies are
20:35Eric Adams policies. You know, these are Eric-like
20:39candidates. Don't go with Eric-like people when you got Eric.
20:43You know, and so we're gonna do what we have to do.
20:48You know, this is like that
20:52Ice Cube show where the kids in the cars
20:56keep saying, are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?
21:00This is a long ride. This is gonna change so much
21:04during the next couple of months. You're going to be shocked how much
21:08this is going to change. And so I'm just not gonna keep answering, are we there yet?
21:12Are we there yet? Are we there yet? No, just sit back and enjoy the ride.
21:16What about on the campaign finance board question?
21:20My compliance counsel is looking at all of our options to get
21:24the justice that we deserve.
21:28What's happening?
21:32I published a story last week on an NYPD unit that you supported called Community
21:36Response Teams. One of the things we detailed was the aggressiveness
21:40of the units, including an instance in
21:44when a motorcyclist named Sammy Williams was hit by
21:48an NYPD driver driven into on purpose. And we have video of that.
21:52Do you have any concerns about the aggressiveness of that unit?
21:56And I'll also note that Commissioner Tisch gave comments
22:00last week at city council hearing, suggesting that the
22:04NYPD was going to move away from the unit. I'm wondering whether you have any thoughts on that as well.
22:08No, thank you. I don't know what the suggestion is. CRT is here.
22:12When you look at the number of actions that they've done,
22:16removing guns off our streets, and I support all of my units
22:20and they're going to all stand up and do the job the way they're supposed to do.
22:24And those who don't would be held accountable. And that's the
22:28foundation of it all.
22:32Good. How are you, Morgan? I'm very good. Thank you.
22:36Real fast, I want to circle back on the question you got earlier.
22:40We met with Tom Holman last week. Was there like a phone call?
22:44Was there any sort of conversation you had with him? And then second, there was a report that came out Friday
22:48that said you're considering running as an independent. Wondering if that was something
22:52you're considering right now? We did not meet last week.
22:56I look forward to continually to speak with the Border Guard,
23:00HSI, all of our partners,
23:04part of HIDTA. You know, I said this last week and I'm going to say it again.
23:08ICE is a law enforcement entity.
23:12And I don't know why we all of a sudden believe, because of our political beliefs,
23:16that we are to ignore a law enforcement entity. I'm not. I'm not going to
23:20ignore any law enforcement entity that's going to help me take
23:24dangerous people off the streets. We don't deal with civil enforcement.
23:28It's clear the laws say we can't. But in the areas that I
23:32can partner and coordinate with ICE, I'm going to do so. I'm taking
23:36dangerous people off our streets. And you know what? 80% of New Yorkers agree
23:40with me. And so we did not speak last week. But at
23:44any time the Border Guard would like to speak with me, I'm open
23:48to speak with them and communicate with them.
23:52When I'm ready to
23:56roll out, do my official re-announcement
24:00and my plan, I will do so. And I'm going to make sure all of you
24:04are invited to it. You can stand in the back with me if you want and just be part of my
24:08support group, like others who support.
24:12But when that comes, I will do so.
24:16What's going on, Kelly?
24:20Yesterday, Rodney Spichot, one of your closest allies and supporters,
24:24endorsed Andrew Cuomo. But you've said in the past that you felt like the
24:28Democratic Party abandoned you. I'm wondering, do you feel like the Brooklyn
24:32Democratic Party now has abandoned you in your re-election bid?
24:36And then it's interesting you mentioned about law enforcement and immigration.
24:40I wanted to ask you, the Trump administration right now has invoked
24:44the Alien Enemies Act that allows the President to detain and remove foreigners
24:48that they believe will be dangerous to the country. Would you
24:52comply if the President did something like that here in New York City
24:56that would take your, quote unquote, dangerous individuals off the streets?
25:00First, I didn't say the Democratic Party abandoned me.
25:04I said the Democratic Party left me
25:08like many other working class people. I believe
25:12some of the policies and thought processes, like 80% of New Yorkers
25:16believe that dangerous
25:20migrants and asylum seekers should be deported after they
25:24convicted and served their time. And those are the types of things that are
25:28important. Listen, Ronice and I speak on the regular. Love her
25:32dearly. She is a very dear friend. And you don't take
25:36any of this personal. Politics is not personal.
25:40That was something that Mayor
25:44Bloomberg said when we were talking
25:48once. None of this is personal. People are doing what they believe
25:52is the best equation for them. And we keep it moving. We move forward.
25:56And you know, you don't just, you don't personalize
26:00this stuff.
26:04Your question about the... I'm going to say this again
26:08and this is the last time I'm going to say it. Federal government deals with immigration
26:12folks. Not me. Federal government deals with immigration.
26:16So you can go in a White House briefing room and you can ask any
26:20deportation, immigration, any of those questions. Federal government deals with immigration.
26:24I don't as the mayor.
26:28What's happening? How are you? I'm good. How are you? Good.
26:32I'm wondering, given if you were to run
26:36as an independent, would you be concerned that that would maybe make way for someone
26:40really far left to come into the spectrum
26:44because of, or have a better chance of winning because it would split votes?
26:48On either side, but obviously. New Yorkers, be careful
26:52what you ask for. I know how well we have done and I know how well
26:56we're going to continue to do for the next five years.
27:00Mr. Mayor, following back... What's happening?
27:04Following back up on Henry's question from before regarding your
27:08fundraising, I mean, just hoping you could give us a little snapshot because nothing's hit the
27:12CFD site yet. Haven't heard from Vito Pitta, but we reached out to him.
27:16And then separately, you know, last week, at least
27:20one hotel housing migrants was subpoenaed by the federal government.
27:24And there have been calls from some of your rivals that your
27:28administration should be legally supporting these hotels. How do you feel about
27:32that, you know, considering the city has contracted these hotels to shelter
27:36migrants? CFB announces contributions, but again,
27:40they're catching up to me. I keep saying that over and over again.
27:44We were finished with all of our fundraising, you know, so everybody's catching up to me,
27:48not only in fundraising, but in policies. And we do the
27:52job we're supposed to do when it comes down to housing migrants and
27:56anything other than that goes beyond
28:00our span of control. We don't get into federal investigations.
28:04You're good? Okay, Jen? Hi, Mayor. How are you?
28:08How are you? Good. Just to tap on a question that was asked earlier. Yes.
28:12Cuomo picked up the endorsement earlier this... well, this weekend for the Brooklyn Democratic Leader.
28:16She's someone who supported you in the past. Yes. And she's not the first to jump ship.
28:20What is your reaction to that, and how does that affect you running for or seeking
28:24reelection? No, no reaction. I don't...
28:28Again, none of this is personal. She's one of my
28:32dearest friends, and she was extremely supportive of me
28:36for these last 15 months. I can't even tell you just how
28:40supportive she has been, reaching out to me, care about my
28:44well-being, asking how's my son doing.
28:48My relationship with Ronice is not political. It's personal.
28:52She's among one of my dearest friends.
28:56When she makes decisions, that doesn't bother me. The name of the game
29:00is... I always say this. I'm not running against
29:04candidates. I'm running against myself.
29:08There's only going to be
29:12one person that's going to come through the primary.
29:16All those 8, 9, 10 people... I forgot. What's the numbers now, Katie?
29:209 people. They're all running around, calling me
29:24names and all of that. I'm focused on one thing. Focus on
29:28running the city of New York. I can't get into the political stuff like this,
29:32but in the next few days, I'm going to be out on the street. You can ask me all these political questions
29:36you want. Yes, you can. Yes.
29:40If you do lose the Democratic primary, ask again.
29:44Will you run as an independent? Hypotheticals is not what I'm answering.
29:48J.R.?
29:52Good afternoon, Mr. Mayor.
29:56One side of you is one of my favorite people.
30:00So, Mayor Adams, you answered a lot of the questions already today, but
30:04I wanted to touch on Mental Health Week. Yes.
30:08This initiative about behavioral
30:12services last year. Could you update
30:16New Yorkers on some of the strides you have made so far?
30:20On which particular one? We've done amazing things with our children,
30:24with Teen Space. I'm really surprised.
30:28I'm really pleased about the numbers of how many young people,
30:32particularly teens of color, are logging
30:36on. There's a lot of stigma that is in
30:40communities of color who come down to get mental health assistance.
30:44So, we have been extremely successful in that area.
30:48Today, we released the 2024 Behavioral Health
30:52Annual Progress Report. I would encourage everyone to take a look at that.
30:56Year one, we have added hundreds of additional psychiatric beds.
31:00After COVID-19, we lost so many beds.
31:04Many people were not getting the care
31:08that they deserved. We renovated Behavioral Health's
31:12units, improved training for social workers, trained health and hospital staff.
31:16We put in our subway system two great initiatives,
31:20SCOUT, where we go down into the subway system,
31:24partner with law enforcement and other mental health professionals, and we
31:28invested in mental health clinics, providing free therapy to students, giving families
31:32what they need, and helping connect those with severe mental health illness
31:36with vital health services. So, we've been hands-on on this.
31:40This has been a big issue. I saw this day one when I came
31:44into office of
31:48going back, closing the psychiatric
31:52institutions without giving people a landing place
31:56has caused severe problems on our streets. People are now
32:00losing their jobs because of that.
32:04We have 16,000 of our young people that signed up for that.
32:08But not only that, what I believe is one of the greatest impacts
32:12of JR to the mental health crisis is what's happening on social media.
32:16The numbers are clear. Suicide ideations,
32:20depression, how this is impacting on young people.
32:24We announced one of the first big cities in the country, we announced a lawsuit to go
32:29there's a host of things, but if you look at that report, I think you can see a lot of the stuff that we've done.
32:33Hi, Mr. President.
32:37What's happening? So, my question is, does the city have a
32:41plan if the pro-Palestinian protest blocks roads and bridges or
32:45interrupts events? A plan to do what again?
32:49If the pro-Palestinian protest ended up blocking roads or
32:53bridges or disrupts events, just what the city is planning? They're not allowed
32:57to. And we're going to do what we would do with any
33:01protest. Peaceful protest is allowed in the city. We believe in that.
33:05And we've had thousands of peaceful protests. But when you start
33:09to block roads and bridges and emergency vehicles
33:13for taking care of other New Yorkers, that's not acceptable. And we're not going to allow
33:17that to happen. And we're going to take the appropriate actions whenever that
33:21takes place. Okay?