1 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Audio Studios, Podcasts, radio News. 2 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 2: We're sitting down with the mayor here in Gracie Mansion, 3 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 2: and the first thing we want to talk about with 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 2: the mayor is the National Guard. You know, Donald Trump 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 2: said just yesterday, if these mayors can't control their streets, 6 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 2: we will, and he listed New York among the cities 7 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,240 Speaker 2: under review for National Guard deployment. Do you believe this 8 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 2: is a real threat to New York? 9 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 3: Well, the partnership between the federal government and the city 10 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:35,200 Speaker 3: and state government, it's extremely important, and I think there's 11 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 3: a role we need. My role is to make sure 12 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 3: New York are safe, and the numbers are shown. We're 13 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 3: doing that, and the partnership of making sure guns don't 14 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 3: come into our city, and that's what we want to 15 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 3: continue to do with the federal government. We are ready 16 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 3: collaborate with the federal government every morning ten am with 17 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 3: the height of city, state and federal authorities to go 18 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 3: after shooters and those who bring guns into our cities. 19 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 2: When he talks about the National Guard coming here to 20 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 2: New York and in the event that happens, is there 21 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 2: anything you do to counteract that? I mean, you know, 22 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 2: what would it look like if National Guards members you 23 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 2: saw in DC two thousand of them on the streets 24 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 2: of Washington, if they were here, you know, on ninetieth Street. 25 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 3: Well, the goal is the relationship between the federal government 26 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 3: and DC is different than the relationship between New York 27 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 3: City and the federal government. And again, our communications with 28 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,479 Speaker 3: the federal government is we got this. We moved over 29 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 3: twenty three thousand legal guns off our streets. We see 30 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 3: it well, witnessing records levels of decreasing crimes, homicides and 31 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 3: shootings in the first six months and shooting victims in 32 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 3: the first seven months. And so we are very clear, 33 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 3: always have been, I have never moved away from the 34 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 3: public safety. That's the prerequisite to our prosperity. And we're 35 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 3: going to continue to do an amazing job. And if 36 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 3: the federal government wants to communicate with us and ask 37 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 3: us to go to other municipalities and help them see 38 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 3: what we're doing, we're willing to do that because they're safe. 39 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 3: America is a safe New York City and we want 40 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 3: to help any way we can. 41 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, I want to ask you about November election as 42 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 2: it relates to that. You know, one of your opponents, 43 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,239 Speaker 2: Andrew Cuomo has said, if Mom Donnie gets in office, 44 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 2: then Trump takes control of New York City, then Trump 45 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 2: does put the National Guard here. Do you think that 46 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 2: could happen? 47 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 3: Andrew will say anything to anyone to get elected. He 48 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 3: created this, He passed the cannabis laws. I had to 49 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 3: close down fifteen hundred cannabis shops because of the failed 50 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 3: law he passed. 51 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: He did the bill reform. 52 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 3: That's the revolving door criminal justice system that we're looking at. 53 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 3: He closed psychiatric beds. So every time you see someone 54 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 3: put someone on the subway track because of severe mental 55 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 3: health illness or stab three yearnits in New Yorkers, you 56 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 3: have to ask yourself, why do we close those beds? 57 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 3: Raise the age we're seeing young people are victims of 58 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 3: crimes more and more, and their shooters as well. 59 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: These so all of his bills, I had to. 60 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 3: Fix, his mess and so Madonni's call to defund police, 61 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 3: his calls to legalized prostitution, his clothes to calls to 62 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 3: empty right As Island. They are two of the same people. 63 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 3: New York has come too far to go backwards with 64 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 3: either one of them. 65 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 2: When I heard the President talk yesterday about cash list bail. 66 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 2: You know, I immediately thought of you because you have 67 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 2: been one of the people who has talked about bail reform. 68 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 2: Your police commissioner talked about bill reform. On Friday with 69 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 2: the friendly fire incident involving the officer, the President signing 70 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 2: an executive order directing DOJ to look at these jurisdictions 71 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 2: that have done cashless bail. 72 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: What's your take on that. 73 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 3: Well, I've been clear and I don't believe if someone 74 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 3: steals in Apple that we should hold them in jail 75 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 3: because they can't afford to get out. But if you 76 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 3: are possessing an illegal weapon, you commit one of the 77 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 3: seven major crime categories, and I'll sit you are. 78 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: Repeatedly an offender. 79 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 3: We need to look at the criminal justice system that 80 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 3: allows you to continue to go back and you repeat 81 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 3: the crime. We saw what happened with the Custom Border 82 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,599 Speaker 3: Patrol agent. These were repeated offenders. We just had a 83 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 3: shooting over the weekend of the individuals in job involved. 84 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 3: They had several gun arrests that just can't continue to happen, 85 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 3: and so using bail appropriately, I think it would help 86 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 3: us deal with the public safety issue we're facing in 87 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 3: the city. 88 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 2: The President said, you know, crimes continue to rise when 89 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 2: they have castles spail. Is that something that's happened here 90 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 2: in the city. 91 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 3: When you remove bail on those who commit serious crimes, 92 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 3: it will impact your public safety. We are witnessing that 93 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 3: over and over again. 94 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 2: The school system comes back next week. Should parents fear 95 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 2: for ICE to be in their schools? You know in 96 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 2: Washington that was a big fear as they went back 97 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 2: to school yesterday with ICE saying that they may come 98 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 2: to some schools of students. We saw a student in 99 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 2: Queens six years old deported by ICE with our mother. 100 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 3: With a family, and so we wanted to be clear 101 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 3: ICE has not been in our schools. Ice the only 102 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 3: way they could come into the schools with clear judicial 103 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 3: warrants or if they are looking at a condition with 104 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 3: someone that's fleeing running into the school a dangerous person. 105 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 3: But that's the role of our police officers to do so, 106 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 3: and we have been extremely consistent around this. 107 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: Children should go to school. 108 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 3: They're not going to be fearful of having ICE come 109 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 3: into their schools. Their directives indicate that as well. People 110 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 3: should go to the hospital if they need medical care. 111 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 3: They should call the police if they need police assistant, 112 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 3: and I know personally what happens when you fail to 113 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 3: do that. My rookie years as a police officer had 114 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 3: a Chinese immigrant that was afraid to call the police 115 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 3: when he was being robbed. I took actions while I 116 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 3: was off duty, but he was extremely fearful. People can't 117 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 3: live in the shadows. That creates disorder, and we don't 118 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 3: want that. 119 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 2: Let's go back to your career in a transit police 120 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 2: that's where you met Ingrid Lewis Martin's husband, obviously someone 121 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 2: you've known a long time. I just you know, we 122 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 2: heard from you on Friday. But what did when you 123 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 2: hear some of the allegations in the indictment and you know, 124 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 2: indictments just show a piece of what is being alleged. 125 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 2: And what did you make of of the some of 126 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 2: the allegations you heard? 127 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 1: Well, first of all, let's think about this for a moment. Uh. 128 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 3: Like I said, Ingrid's like a sister to me, and uh, 129 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 3: I'm pretty sure you have close relationships in your life 130 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 3: and the worst thing you want to do is not 131 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:43,359 Speaker 3: allow people their due process. And when you're dealing with 132 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 3: criminal cases, every road you say could harm that person 133 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 3: who's dealing with that case, and I'm not going to 134 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 3: do anything to harm someone that like a sister to me. 135 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,799 Speaker 3: I'm very clear she's in my prayers. She has an attorney, 136 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 3: and anything that's dealing with that case should be brought 137 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 3: to her attorney. I would not do anything that's going 138 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 3: to be harmful to someone that's alect a sister to. 139 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 2: How would you say your week was last week because 140 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 2: you had the situation with Ingrid Jesse Jesse Hamilton as well, 141 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 2: and then you also had the situation with Winnie Greco. 142 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 2: Just what your thoughts on what happened with Winny Greco? 143 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 2: And then also you know it was you know, I 144 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 2: saw it by Friday, it. 145 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: Was it was a week. Yeah, No, not to me. 146 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 3: I had tunire thirty seven thousand MicroC and assignment seekers. 147 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 3: I inherited COVID, I inherited the city that was imaging jobs. 148 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: I had thousands of illegal guns. 149 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 3: On our streets, ghost cars on our streets, cannabis shops 150 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 3: are open, people rode off New york Is. Not only 151 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 3: was I dealing with those who were committing crimes, had 152 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 3: to deal with rats everywhere. But look everywhere that we 153 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 3: dealt with, we got up every day and we did 154 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 3: the job. 155 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 2: But the more jobs, the red envelope in and a 156 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 2: potato chip bag, I mean, when you heard about so, 157 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 2: what do you think of it? 158 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: First? I want to go back. 159 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 3: More jobs in our city history, twelve months of tourism, 160 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 3: twelve months of Broadway the best in the city's history, 161 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 3: unemployment drop crime, drop illegal vehicles off our street, all 162 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 3: of those things. I'm not gonna be judged by a 163 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 3: red envelope in a paper bag. I'm gonna be judged 164 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 3: by how how I improve the lives of New Yorkers. 165 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 3: It was a stupid thing to do. I don't understand 166 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 3: the conversations she had with the reporter. I don't have 167 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 3: the history of it. It's not something that we would 168 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 3: do in our campaign. I made that clear. I don't 169 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 3: know what that was about. And now she's no longer volunteering, 170 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 3: or she was never employee of the campaign, and she 171 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 3: was long time, no longer in a city hall, So 172 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 3: only the reporter and Winnie can explain to us exactly 173 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 3: what that was about. I don't know what it was about, 174 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,079 Speaker 3: and it's not acceptable behavior on my part. 175 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 2: Let's talk campaign, because we've talked about the campaign plenty 176 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 2: of times, private meetings, public meetings, you know, where have you? 177 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 2: You're polling in the single digits behind Mamdani. You know, 178 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 2: I've heard you talk about, you know, the state of 179 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 2: the race when you were running last time, but that 180 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 2: was sort of during the primary. Now we're in the 181 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,599 Speaker 2: general election. Just tell me sort of what your strategies 182 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 2: to win in November and how you think you could 183 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 2: pull through. 184 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 3: Well, a couple of things, As I said over and 185 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 3: over again, when you look at this distance from the 186 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 3: primary to the election, this same time period, Madonnie was 187 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 3: at one percent. No one called for him to step 188 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 3: out of the race, and if we did, we would 189 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 3: have been premature because he won the primary. And we 190 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 3: need to be clear that that seemed to be a 191 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 3: fact that everyone is missing. We also missing the fact 192 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,839 Speaker 3: that I was in third place in twenty twenty one, 193 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 3: behind Andrew Yang who was beating me by double digits. 194 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 3: Some Poles have me in double digits, some poles have 195 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 3: me single digits. Poles had Andrew up, Andrew Cuomo up 196 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 3: by ten percent before the election, he lost by twelve percent. 197 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,839 Speaker 3: He was up thirty six percent. So when you start 198 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 3: to talk about the polls. The only poll that matter 199 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 3: is on election day, who's going to have the most votes. 200 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: I must do what I'm good at doing. 201 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 3: Campaigning, get my information out to the public so they 202 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 3: can see the success of where we were and where 203 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:25,079 Speaker 3: we are. This city has turned around. I mean, if 204 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 3: we want to be honest about it or not. And 205 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 3: I have to explain that to the voters. 206 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 2: So the messages. Eric Adams is staying in no matter what, Yes, 207 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 2: you're not signing any pledge. 208 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: Yes, I'm saying in no matter what. Who created the pledge? Andrew? 209 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 3: You know, one candidate that was at one percent in 210 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 3: the poll all of a sudden said whoever's up by 211 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 3: a certain number in September should win. 212 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:50,199 Speaker 1: That's all Andrew's creation. 213 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 3: Trust me when I tell you he creates these scenarios 214 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 3: so that people can believe he's doing the right thing. 215 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 3: Was he lost the race thirty five million dollars up 216 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 3: by double digits, didn't get out in campaign, and he 217 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 3: lost the race. 218 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: People heard his message already. 219 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 2: Let's get to some bloomberg topics here. You know, one 220 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,959 Speaker 2: of your biggest accomplishments that you've stated has been city 221 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 2: of Yes, just tell me you know what it took 222 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 2: to get that through. Housing a big issue for you know, 223 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 2: voters and for people who own homes here, who want 224 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 2: to own homes here, you have a lack of places 225 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 2: to put homes. For City of Yes change that just 226 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 2: you know, explain how that's worked out. 227 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:35,079 Speaker 1: In so many ways. 228 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 3: You know, many people talk about affordability but never used 229 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 3: their offices to actually produce affordability. Like I said, five 230 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 3: people running for office, Three people don't have a record. 231 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: One person is running from his record. I have a record. 232 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 3: A City of Yes is going to produce housing throughout 233 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 3: the city because housing New York is is not just 234 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,439 Speaker 3: a Manhattan or Brooklyn or areas that were juentrified gentrified. 235 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: It's the entire city. 236 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 3: Never before have we witnessed this most comprehensive of housing 237 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 3: and rezoning policy in the history of our city. We 238 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 3: have built, renovated, and planned rezoning for four hundred and 239 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 3: twenty six thousand units of housing in the next decade. 240 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,439 Speaker 3: I mean, this is unbelievable when you think about it. 241 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 3: We did it in three and a half years. That 242 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 3: number is larger than twelve years of Bloomberg, eight years 243 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 3: of the Blasio combined in three and a half years. 244 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 3: We are the most housing forward administration in the history 245 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 3: of this city. And we got projects off the ground 246 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:49,959 Speaker 3: that many have tried, like Willia's point, twenty four hundred 247 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 3: units of affordable housing Flushing Airport of hundreds of using 248 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 3: of units of affordable housing, Union built. And so City 249 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:01,239 Speaker 3: of Yes is part of the overall package that we're 250 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 3: doing five rezonings in each Budy borough, fifty fifty thousand 251 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:09,679 Speaker 3: units of housing that's coming out of that. So we 252 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 3: know New Yorkers must be housed, but you got to 253 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 3: match housing with using the resources of city to make 254 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 3: the city affordable, decreasing the course of childcare, universal childcare, 255 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 3: no income tax for low income New Yorkers, none at 256 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 3: all of what we have done. 257 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 2: Well, that sounds that sounds like, you know, like no 258 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 2: income tax for low income New Yorkers, sounds a lot 259 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,319 Speaker 2: like a Mom Donnie proposal. And you know that that 260 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 2: requires going to Albany to get that done. People may say, 261 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 2: you know, you've been in office for you know, nearly 262 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 2: four years. You know, how can you haven't been able 263 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 2: to get that done? You know, just make the case 264 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 2: for how you could get that done, you know, with 265 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 2: four more years. 266 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 3: Well, no, where he got it done. There is no 267 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,719 Speaker 3: income tax for low income New Yorkers. And then what 268 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 3: you do is each year you go to Albany. They 269 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 3: call it a ten cup day for you go up 270 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 3: there to bag for your proposal. But look at each year, 271 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 3: each year we got exactly the things we ask for. 272 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 3: Mail control, we got the new income tax, we got 273 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 3: housing reform of renovating our office spaces into permanent housing 274 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 3: and low income housing. We got the public safety initiative, 275 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 3: we got the involuntary removal. So you're seeing each year 276 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 3: we brought back what we needed from the city. 277 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: And so in three years and eight months we've. 278 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 3: Done a great job of ponding with our Albany lawmakers. 279 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 2: And that's Mayor Eric Adams talking directly to Bloomberg terminal 280 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 2: customers and listeners all around the world.