WEBVTT - New York City Comptroller Brad Lander Talks Needs of City

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news.

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<v Speaker 2>Brad Lead are great to see you and definitely want

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about your campaign and your platform. But I

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<v Speaker 2>have to start with the news of the day, and

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<v Speaker 2>that is this memo that came to light. I think

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<v Speaker 2>the Times first reported last night from the Justice Department

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<v Speaker 2>to the US Attorney's Office in New York instructing that

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<v Speaker 2>office to drop the charges against the current mayor, Eric Adams.

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<v Speaker 3>I wonder what you make of that directive.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously you have an acting US Attorney now he's in

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<v Speaker 2>a very difficult position whether to take that advice and

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<v Speaker 2>alienate probably the entire staff within that office, or go

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<v Speaker 2>along with it. I guess under the expectation that whoever

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<v Speaker 2>succeeds her, be that Jay Clayton or someone else, is

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<v Speaker 2>likely to put a rubber stamp on it. What do

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<v Speaker 2>you make of the news? What does it tell you

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<v Speaker 2>about the case that this office is built against the mayor?

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<v Speaker 4>Then?

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<v Speaker 3>What an outrageous miscarriage of justice.

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<v Speaker 1>The Southern District has a tremendous history for doing corruption

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<v Speaker 1>prosecution and this says, no, we want you to do

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<v Speaker 1>corruption instead. They had a strong case. They're not even

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<v Speaker 1>saying the evidence and the case isn't strong. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>they know he took illegal campaign contributions, corrupted the building's department,

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<v Speaker 1>but they just want to wreck the justice system, and

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<v Speaker 1>unfortunately New Yorkers are going to pay the consequences.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think that the mayor should resign? There's this

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<v Speaker 2>swirl now about should he be partnered he and not

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<v Speaker 2>have these charges part against him. Should he step down

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<v Speaker 2>given what's happened here, Yes, he should resign.

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<v Speaker 1>He's effectively being extorted by the Justice Department. He's only

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<v Speaker 1>looking out for the interests of one New Yorker and

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<v Speaker 1>that's himself, not even speaking up when they come to

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<v Speaker 1>take our lunch money.

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<v Speaker 2>There are many layers to this. It's a two two

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<v Speaker 2>page memo. I should say the acting Deputy Attorney General

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<v Speaker 2>is an alumnus of this office of the sd and

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<v Speaker 2>I which may STNY, which makes us even more astonishing.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's a line, a footnote buried in it, which

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<v Speaker 2>I flagged on Twitter and all the other platforms last night,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's just find it to be like an astonishing footnote.

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<v Speaker 2>Quote your office correctly noted in a February third, twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five memborandum quote, as mister bouve Amil Bouv, the

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<v Speaker 2>acting Deputy Turny General, clearly stated to Defense Council during

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<v Speaker 2>our meeting on Jail thirty first, twenty twenty five, the

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<v Speaker 2>government is not offering to exchange dismissal of a criminal

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<v Speaker 2>case for Adams's assistance on immigration enforcement. A lot of

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<v Speaker 2>absurdity baked in there and just the way that that's constructed.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is something that you've you've homed in on

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<v Speaker 2>in recent days. That is, was there some sort of

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<v Speaker 2>deal broker between the mayor and the president in mar

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<v Speaker 2>Lago or elsewhere?

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<v Speaker 1>It sure looks like it elsewhere in the memo it

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<v Speaker 1>says we're doing this so that the mayor can get

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<v Speaker 1>back to the business of fighting quote unquote illegal immigration.

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<v Speaker 1>His job is to protect New Yorkers, not to do

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<v Speaker 1>the president's bidding.

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<v Speaker 5>Do you agree?

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<v Speaker 4>Is David Gurrows more up to speed on this than

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<v Speaker 4>I am and a Christmaster Landers? So are you that

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<v Speaker 4>the way the language is formed, there's a threat to

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<v Speaker 4>the mayor if you don't guess what we say.

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<v Speaker 5>We're gonna bring those charges.

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<v Speaker 1>Back dismissed without prejudice, means we will be watching every

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<v Speaker 1>step of the way, and if we're dissatisfied with your

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<v Speaker 1>fealty to the Trump White House, see we'll bring the charge.

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<v Speaker 4>The difference is Landers studied this Chicago. I got it

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<v Speaker 4>from Perry Mason, and that's the difference.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't help but draw a line to what now

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<v Speaker 2>former President Biden did in the final days of his administration,

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<v Speaker 2>making these preemptive pardons to his son and others. Look,

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<v Speaker 2>President Trump could have done the same thing. But there

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<v Speaker 2>is a flex a power move here.

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<v Speaker 3>In doing this.

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<v Speaker 2>You talked about the long standing independence and proud independence

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<v Speaker 2>of the SDN Y. He's testing them effectively by doing this,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean move fast and break things. He's breaking the

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<v Speaker 2>Justice Department and the tradition of independent prosecution that the

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<v Speaker 2>Southern District of New York has long had, and that'll

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<v Speaker 2>mean more corruption. You say he should resign. There is

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<v Speaker 2>another means of recourse here. If he doesn't do that,

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<v Speaker 2>you other Democrats could go to the governor of the

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<v Speaker 2>State of New York or to Cathy Hokland say, look,

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<v Speaker 2>you have the power to get him to step aside,

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<v Speaker 2>perhaps force and to step aside. Is that something that

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<v Speaker 2>you and your fellow Democrats are thinking about and indeed

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<v Speaker 2>would consider it this moment because of all of this.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the form of removal I'm focused on right

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<v Speaker 1>now is the ballot box New York can get rid

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<v Speaker 1>of Eric Adams and restore integrity and effective government to

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<v Speaker 1>city Hall. I mean people are fed up not just

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<v Speaker 1>with his corruption, but with his failure to deliver. People

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<v Speaker 1>are fed up with democratic mayors of big blue cities

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<v Speaker 1>who can't govern.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's what we can elect this year. I want

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<v Speaker 3>to get to your platform.

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<v Speaker 2>One last question on this, based on what you just

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<v Speaker 2>said there in that memo, is this criticism of this

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<v Speaker 2>case being brought close to an election. I guess nine

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<v Speaker 2>months out now from an election is too close for

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<v Speaker 2>comfort for this Justice Department. As you look at this campaign,

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<v Speaker 2>how do you see this story being a through line?

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<v Speaker 2>Perhaps the through line is you campaign and your fellow

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats campaign against him.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, New Yorkers know that Eric Adams has run

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<v Speaker 1>a corrupt administration. I think it's twenty six members of

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<v Speaker 1>his administration have either been indicted or under investigation, including him.

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<v Speaker 1>But he also has been failing to deliver on affordable housing,

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<v Speaker 1>on public safety, on childcare, on just making the government

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<v Speaker 1>run well, so those will go together. What New Yorkers

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<v Speaker 1>want is a safer, more affordable, and better run city, and.

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<v Speaker 3>That I think will be the through line of this campaign.

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<v Speaker 3>That's why I'm running.

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<v Speaker 5>For all your nationwide.

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<v Speaker 4>with Grad Lander.

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<v Speaker 5>He counts the beans in New York.

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<v Speaker 4>He's a controller, but far far more of that is

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<v Speaker 4>David goes to your campaign. I want to frame this,

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<v Speaker 4>I said to a family member. Finally, whether you're a

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<v Speaker 4>Republican or Democrat. The former mayor of Chicago Ram wrote

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<v Speaker 4>an essay in the Washington Post. Democrats have become the

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<v Speaker 4>party of permissiveness. That's ballot box poison. You have a

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<v Speaker 4>history of progressivism. How does the left in the Democratic

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<v Speaker 4>Party migrate to the center to compete?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean I want to give you some straight talk.

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<v Speaker 1>I think progressives, including myself, we're slow to respond to

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<v Speaker 1>rising disorder and crime coming out of the pandemic, and

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<v Speaker 1>we need to be real clear about it. So the

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<v Speaker 1>number one commitment of my campaign is to end street

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<v Speaker 1>homelessness for people with serious mental illness in New York

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<v Speaker 1>City who are on the streets and subways. That is

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<v Speaker 1>something a mayor could do. I've laid out a really detailed,

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<v Speaker 1>ready on day one plan. Some of that is involuntary hospitalization,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of that is connecting people to housing and

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<v Speaker 1>services so they're not on the subways or on our

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<v Speaker 1>stoops a danger to themselves and to others.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Tom and I travel, we go to Washington,

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<v Speaker 2>go elsewhere, and I think a lot of people like

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<v Speaker 2>to rag on New York, like to bring up the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that they think that the subways are unsafe, that

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<v Speaker 2>there is a sense of a lack of good public

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<v Speaker 2>safety in the city right now.

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<v Speaker 3>And you can bring up.

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<v Speaker 2>Statistics to push against that, But how do you deal

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<v Speaker 2>with that feeling? What's in the zeitgeist here that if

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<v Speaker 2>you're riding the subway there is a danger that something could.

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<v Speaker 3>Happen to you. And both things are true.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we have more private sector jobs, more office

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<v Speaker 1>using jobs than ever in the city's history. People do

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<v Speaker 1>want to be here. But if you're on the subway

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<v Speaker 1>and you just heard the story that an unwell person

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<v Speaker 1>a mentally ill person push someone onto the tracks, and

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<v Speaker 1>then you see a homeless person who's mentally ill in

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<v Speaker 1>your car. Of course you're anxious. I have a friend

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<v Speaker 1>whose eight year old daughter was pushed to the ground

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<v Speaker 1>last week. So it's a real issue and a perception issue.

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<v Speaker 1>But what we do is get those people connected to

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<v Speaker 1>housing and services so they're not riding the subways where

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<v Speaker 1>it's not good for them and it's not good for

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<v Speaker 1>writers in New York City. That ends street homelessness for

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<v Speaker 1>people with serious mental illness will be a proud New

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<v Speaker 1>York and one that could show all those critics look

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<v Speaker 1>at how well we're doing. But that takes a new mayor,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what I'm running Fortant.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you look at the relationship when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>to transportation between New York City and the state government,

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<v Speaker 2>and of course the governor has weighed in on what

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<v Speaker 2>needs to happen on subways to make them more safe.

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<v Speaker 3>How important is that relationship?

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<v Speaker 2>What would you do to improve that to sort of

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<v Speaker 2>harness that effective way to make things safer for them?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean the city state relationship to make the subways

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<v Speaker 1>around well as critical. This is why I was a

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<v Speaker 1>big proponent of congestion pricing, and when the governor put

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<v Speaker 1>it on pause, I help bring the lawsuits that sued

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<v Speaker 1>to get it implemented. But of course now we're working

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<v Speaker 1>closely together to make sure it's implemented well. The numbers

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<v Speaker 1>are great so far. Travel times are down, traffic is down,

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<v Speaker 1>money is more people are on the subway. Now the

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<v Speaker 1>city and state have to work together to deliver platform barriers,

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<v Speaker 1>new station gates, new subway elevators, modern signal system, all

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<v Speaker 1>the things that we have to work together to make

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<v Speaker 1>sure it works.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm going to cut to the chase. It's real simple.

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<v Speaker 4>I live in a fancy part in New York where

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<v Speaker 4>I enjoyed a cigar in the street and one day

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<v Speaker 4>there's seven police officers around me all of a sudden.

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<v Speaker 4>And again it's crime that you mentioned. It's the issue.

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<v Speaker 4>It's almost like Nixon sixty eight to seventy whatever. Brad Lander,

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<v Speaker 4>how are you going to have a relationship with the NYPD?

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<v Speaker 4>How do you form that is mayor versus being counter

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<v Speaker 4>going after contracts.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, this is an important moment. I have to say.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesse Tish, who's now and there as police commissioner, is

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<v Speaker 1>doing a great jobs so far, both doing reform, holding

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<v Speaker 1>people accountable, and providing support and that.

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<v Speaker 3>Look survivor of this administration.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean honestly, the fact that the mayor's corruption has

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<v Speaker 1>opened up an.

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<v Speaker 3>Opportunity for reform is great.

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<v Speaker 1>But I would love to keep Jesse Tish as commissioner.

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<v Speaker 1>I think she's got the right tone of accountability and

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<v Speaker 1>rebuilding and reform.

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<v Speaker 4>And I need you to go out to Stanton Island,

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<v Speaker 4>next to where Mandolin Brothers was years ago. I need

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<v Speaker 4>you to go to Staten Island and bond with people

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<v Speaker 4>that look at progressives and go, you gotta be kidnaped.

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<v Speaker 5>So how do you do.

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<v Speaker 3>That when I go?

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<v Speaker 1>So this is a connection from being being counter. I

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<v Speaker 1>work with the Police Pension Fund to manage their pension.

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<v Speaker 1>So there was an officer, Officer Fayaz, who the mayor

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't allow to get line of benefit due to line

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<v Speaker 1>of duty benefits, and my office did. I worked with

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<v Speaker 1>the Police Pension Fund to make sure those officers who

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<v Speaker 1>had long COVID could actually get their disability benefits. So

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<v Speaker 1>I've got a track record of working with the union reps.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope you know I'll bring them out with me

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<v Speaker 1>to Staten Island and when I go to have that meeting,

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<v Speaker 1>and I hope to do it, you know, in a

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<v Speaker 1>way that shows, of course, we want.

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<v Speaker 3>To support our officers.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone wants accountability from people who do the wrong thing,

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<v Speaker 1>from cops and from elected officials.

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<v Speaker 3>I've got three kids in public school in this city.

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<v Speaker 2>As much as there's been a rotating cast of police commissioners,

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<v Speaker 2>you've had a rotating cast of chancellors as well.

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<v Speaker 3>What are your top.

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<v Speaker 2>Line plans for the hugest school system in the country

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<v Speaker 2>here to stabilize it? You know, one of the reasons,

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<v Speaker 2>candidly why we moved to New York was the prospect

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<v Speaker 2>of having universal pre K funding has been an issue

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<v Speaker 2>here in recent years. Your perspective, your platform when it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to the schools.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, my kids also went from pre K to twelfth

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<v Speaker 1>grade in the New York City public schools, and they

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<v Speaker 1>were lucky to have good schools.

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<v Speaker 3>But boy, not everybody does.

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<v Speaker 1>So Look, you need a schools chancellor who recruits principles

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<v Speaker 1>and superintendents who support their teachers but also hold them accountable.

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<v Speaker 1>The state has increased the money we're getting. That's an

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<v Speaker 1>opportunity to reduce class size, which is something that promised

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<v Speaker 1>to do but really hasn't done yet. It's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be on the next mayor to reduce class size with

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<v Speaker 1>the money the state is giving us and.

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<v Speaker 5>For our audience.

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<v Speaker 4>Afterthought, when she was in elementary school here on the

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<v Speaker 4>Island of Manhattan, there were eleven languages.

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<v Speaker 5>In her first grade class.

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<v Speaker 4>I think you have to, as David says, did you

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<v Speaker 4>say three offspring?

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<v Speaker 3>I have no idea. I mean, that's what's remarkable about

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<v Speaker 3>this city. What other place has that?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, we're working at it. Okay, Kmox. She grew up

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<v Speaker 4>with the Cardinals. It's just like I used to listen

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<v Speaker 4>from Western New York bouncing off the imsphere. If somebody

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<v Speaker 4>said to me my ten great moments. One of them

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<v Speaker 4>was a guy named Mario Cuomo talking to the former governor,

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<v Speaker 4>and we said good morning to him and his family

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<v Speaker 4>about his time with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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<v Speaker 5>It was magical.

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<v Speaker 4>Dear Mario Cuomo talk about the Pittsburgh Pirates. One of

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<v Speaker 4>his offspring may enter the race or is in it.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not sure the details. Is it crowded a field?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, how away from Mayor Adams upset how do

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<v Speaker 4>you frame September in October to be I mean, how

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<v Speaker 4>do you frame into.

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<v Speaker 3>It elections in June?

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<v Speaker 1>So Juankuner, I don't think New Yorkers will want to

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<v Speaker 1>replace one corrupt chaos agent with another. This is someone

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<v Speaker 1>who resigned in disgrace just ahead of impeachment after a

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<v Speaker 1>dozen women who worked for him accused him of sexual harassment.

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<v Speaker 1>Who sent thousands of seniors to their deaths and nursing

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<v Speaker 1>homes and then lied to their families about it to

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<v Speaker 1>protect his five million dollar book deal. Who cut the subways,

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<v Speaker 1>who cut a thousand in patient psychiatric beds, who doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>care about New York City, where he hasn't lived in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five years. We're getting rid of one corrupt chaos agent.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's not bring another in.

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<v Speaker 2>When you look at this field of challengers to the mayor,

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<v Speaker 2>Democratic challengers, what are we going to sort out here?

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<v Speaker 2>This is going to be a robust debate, I imagine, about

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<v Speaker 2>the future of the Democratic Party here here in New York.

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<v Speaker 2>It's to be part of this broader conversation about it

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<v Speaker 2>here in the US. How important is it, how vital

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<v Speaker 2>is it to have that conversation right now? What are

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<v Speaker 2>we going to learn from from this, this this primary campaign. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's critical.

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<v Speaker 1>Part of the reason in New York people shifted to

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<v Speaker 1>voting for Trump is they haven't seen government working for

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<v Speaker 1>them and there is doubt about whether Democrats can govern

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<v Speaker 1>big blue cities. Well, folks like Michelle Woo are doing

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<v Speaker 1>it in Boston. We have to do it in New

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<v Speaker 1>York City. Get the cost of living under control, confront

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<v Speaker 1>and build affordable housing, deliver on that childcare and universal

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<v Speaker 1>pre K and three K and make the city safer.

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<v Speaker 5>Are we going to have a Gilded age campaign?

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<v Speaker 4>Miche Wu in Boston's running against the craft offspring.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, you know there's the fair amount of money

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<v Speaker 5>rolling around here. How do you frame out this path

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<v Speaker 5>to June?

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, I assume how many people are in

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<v Speaker 1>the race yet right now? Yeah, eight or SOE about

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<v Speaker 1>SloMo getting in.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you perceive may to be Like, I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>it's going to be busy for me.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going to be a question about who people think

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<v Speaker 1>can actually run the city well, and that's the track

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<v Speaker 1>record have as the city's chief financial officer, with a

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<v Speaker 1>history of actually delivering. We managed two hundred and eighty

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<v Speaker 1>five billion dollar pension fund. Our audits have saved hundreds

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<v Speaker 1>of millions of dollars. I can make government work, and

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's what New Yorkers want.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, come full circle. Brought that memo at the top.

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<v Speaker 2>I read that footnote which had that innuendo about immigration policy,

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<v Speaker 2>and let's end there. And you know, a few weeks back,

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<v Speaker 2>I was out at Floyd Bennett Field and saw the

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<v Speaker 2>shelter that had been built there. I gather it's being

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<v Speaker 2>emptied out or has been emptied out of migrants moved

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<v Speaker 2>to New York City. How do you approach this issue,

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<v Speaker 2>which is one that I think is flum mixing a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people.

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<v Speaker 3>Here.

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<v Speaker 2>We are in a city that has historically welcomed so many.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we have a federal administration that is wanting to

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<v Speaker 2>constrict that. What is the duty of the mayor of

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<v Speaker 2>this city here at this moment where we've had this

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<v Speaker 2>influx of people here and a lot of people who

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<v Speaker 2>are have left their home countries in great pain. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>many without documents have come here to New York. What's

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<v Speaker 2>the mayor to do?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, New York City obviously doesn't control border policy.

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<v Speaker 1>That's you know, federal What New York City can do

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<v Speaker 1>is help those folks get to work. I mean, we

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<v Speaker 1>need people working in construction, in our restaurants, in a

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<v Speaker 1>home care, in healthcare. So helping folks who have work

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<v Speaker 1>authorization get to work. Helping folks get work authorization critical,

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<v Speaker 1>and then we can't allow ice to come into our schools,

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<v Speaker 1>into our public hospitals. The Brooklyn District Attorney told this

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<v Speaker 1>amazing story about how when his brother was murdered, which

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<v Speaker 1>is why he became a prosecutor, it was somebody undocumented

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<v Speaker 1>who was a witness, and the defense got that guy

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<v Speaker 1>deported and there was no justice. And you know, that's

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<v Speaker 1>what we need is a city that's keeping at the

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<v Speaker 1>place where your daughter has eleven languages in her preschool class,

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<v Speaker 1>but we also make it work for a thriving economy

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<v Speaker 1>in a safe, successful city.

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<v Speaker 4>It was unbelievable the first time I walked into that classroom.

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<v Speaker 4>Five twenty nine eleven languages is just just yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>It was.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, forget about Ellis Island and all the emotion

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<v Speaker 4>of a city. You know, you think of Italy and

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<v Speaker 4>the Jewish community decades ago, to witness in real time

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<v Speaker 4>eleven languages in a perfect five twenty nine school up

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<v Speaker 4>on the East Side. It was absolutely unbelievable. One of

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<v Speaker 4>the great moments. Two kids from Bangladesh not a word

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<v Speaker 4>of English, and those teachers went into it every day.

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<v Speaker 5>Would you say goodbye to mister Landers.

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<v Speaker 2>Coptro for New York City candidate from mayor here and

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<v Speaker 2>you're great to see you. Jack Buck is smiling on us.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, oh there you got.

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<v Speaker 5>Jack Buck is smiling at us. Bred.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a pothole.

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<v Speaker 5>How many times a week do you get a lot?

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<v Speaker 3>A lot?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, thank you so much.