1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news. 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 2: Farrick Adams, Mayor of New York City, Mayor, we have 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 2: a ton to get through. Thank you so much for 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 2: taking the time. You know you're quite busy. Want to 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 2: start on the topic of immigration in particular, New York 6 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 2: City is a sanctuary city. Does that get reversed anytime soon? 7 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 2: So the NYPD can help deport immigrants and. 8 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 3: It is so important that term has been thrown around 9 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 3: without any real understanding and meaning of it. 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 4: Of the Centuary, part of it is to stay too. 11 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 3: Immigrants, undocumented and whomever that utilize our services. Have your 12 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 3: children educated in schools, call law enforcement. If you're a 13 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 3: victim of a crime, you have a right for medical care. 14 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 3: That is what we believe in. And what the problem 15 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 3: was is that this was in place since may Mayor 16 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 3: Bloomberg of but the changes that were made under the 17 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 3: previous administration that prevent a law enforcement and any city 18 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 3: agency for collaborating with ICE for deportortation. 19 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 4: Reason. 20 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 3: I just don't believe that those who commit serious violent crimes, 21 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 3: we should collaborate with ICE to make sure they are 22 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 3: not on our streets committing threats and dangers to migrants 23 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 3: assimum seekerts in everyday New Yorkers. 24 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 2: Okay, so, Mayor, that's a yes to revamp the sanctuary 25 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 2: laws if I'm hearing that correctly. Now, you met with 26 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 2: Trump's Borders R last week. If I'm also remembering correctly, 27 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 2: what have you both discussed? What is the roadmap going 28 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 2: forward to collaboration. 29 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 3: I've stated it from the beginning. I was talking about 30 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 3: this even prior to the election. It's about public safety 31 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 3: to me, and we're going to sit down with our 32 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 3: team and his team and broke out the plan of 33 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 3: dealing with those who are dangerous and should not be 34 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 3: in our city or country. 35 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: When we talk about though, the methods that will be used. 36 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: There was a lot of hay, of course, made about 37 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: your meeting last week with Tom Homan, the cooperation that 38 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: you will have to have one way or another with 39 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: the Trump administration. As you know, Mayor, a lot of 40 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: the issues with the first Trump administration and the way 41 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: that they dealt with undocumented immigrants wasn't so much the 42 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: kicking them out, but it was a lot of the 43 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: methods used to round them up. Here will you be 44 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: cooperating on the roundup part of that? 45 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:16,119 Speaker 3: Well, I think that the borders are would articulate exactly 46 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 3: what their methodologies are and how they're going to operationalize 47 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 3: what they want to do in the city. We're clear, 48 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 3: and I want to take all the anxiety away from 49 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 3: our migrants, asylum seekers and undocumented individuals continue use the 50 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 3: service that your tax dollarists are paying for. I am 51 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 3: zeroing in on those who are committed repeated violent crimes. 52 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 4: I say this over and over again. 53 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 3: And let's be clear, the American public have communicate caterd 54 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 3: loudly and clearly. 55 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:46,639 Speaker 4: We have to fix our border. 56 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 3: We have to keep dangerous people out of the country, 57 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 3: and that is why they voted for this president to 58 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 3: do so. 59 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: They certainly did, But according to a Siana poll, a 60 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: lot of those people also voted not just to deal 61 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: with the violent immigrant rents, but pretty much all and 62 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 1: some of that has to do with the budget pressures 63 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 1: on this city as a result of all those folks 64 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: coming in, almost seven billion dollars spent just since mid 65 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two on shelters, tens of thousands and hundreds 66 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: of thousands of migrants still in this city using city services. 67 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: Can New York City afford that. 68 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 3: No they cannot, like you indicated, six point five billion dollars. 69 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 3: You know what I've could have done with two hundred 70 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 3: million dollars of that, I could have gone after those 71 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 3: chronically absent young people. Hundreds of millions of dollars we 72 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 3: could put into our older adults. These were taxpayers dollars 73 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 3: that were used for a national problem. 74 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 4: The White House only gave us roughly a lootle over two. 75 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 3: Hundred million dollars as six point five billion dollars. And 76 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 3: we can't look at what's happening to Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, 77 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 3: all of these big cities that had to take on 78 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 3: this crisis. It was wrong and we need to make 79 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 3: sure that it doesn't continue to happen. 80 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: Did you have to take in all those my grants, 81 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: mister mayor there with a lot of questions, particularly on 82 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: some of those migrants being either bussed here or shipped 83 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: here rather than them coming here voluntarily. I mean, there 84 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: were some mechanisms in place where you could have turned 85 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: those folks around. Why didn't you? 86 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 4: No? 87 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 3: And I'm so glad you said that, because that was 88 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 3: one of the most misunderstood. People would stop me every 89 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 3: day on the streets and say, wait a minute, what 90 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 3: are you doing to us, Eric. I had no authorization 91 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 3: to stop the buses from coming in. That would violate 92 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 3: federal law. I had no authorization not to give them 93 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 3: a place to sleep three miles and the other amenities 94 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 3: that's against local laws. And I had no authorization to 95 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 3: allow them to work that would violate federal law. I 96 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 3: couldn't even allow them to volunteer and give them a 97 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 3: stifen to. 98 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 4: Clean streets, remove graffiti, and other services. 99 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 3: The federal government said, no, you cannot, Eric, So no, 100 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 3: we did not have any of the choice. 101 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 4: We were successful though. 102 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,559 Speaker 3: Out of those two years and twenty thousand, one hundred 103 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,359 Speaker 3: and seventy thousand, we were able to allow them to 104 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 3: go on the next step of their journey. They're no 105 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 3: longer in our care, they're no longer being paid for 106 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 3: a tax is dollars because we took the right steps. 107 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 2: So let me just clarify for a second. So, when 108 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 2: we were talking about the New York City sanctuary laws, 109 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,160 Speaker 2: that would be for undocumented criminals, right, But then what 110 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 2: about these people that we're talking about who are busted in, 111 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 2: who are still on a New York City payroll. What 112 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 2: happens to them. 113 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 4: I didn't quite understand your question. 114 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 3: You said the cent you ever law is for anyone 115 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 3: that's in this city that's not documented, stating you have 116 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 3: the right to use taxpayer services. When an undocumented person 117 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 3: walks in the store and buy a loaf of bread, 118 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 3: those taxes he's paying, if he's documented or not, So 119 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 3: you should have the right to use the services that 120 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 3: your tax dollars are paid for. What I am saying, 121 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 3: those who are committing repeated violent acts of they should 122 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 3: not be in our city to be released on our 123 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,679 Speaker 3: streets to continue to carry out those violent acts against 124 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 3: long standing New Yorkers and migrants and asylum seekers. 125 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 4: Yeah. 126 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 2: I guess my question was a term was distinguishing that 127 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 2: versus like the families that I see in the subway 128 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 2: who are undocumented but clearly not a harmed to society. 129 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:03,799 Speaker 2: What are you going to do about them? 130 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 4: We want to give them the services they need, but 131 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 4: we can't. 132 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 2: Afford it, right, But you just said we can't afford 133 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 2: those things. 134 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 3: No, we want to give them the services they lead 135 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 3: and show them the next step on the American journey. 136 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 3: Like other immigrants, immigrants have come to this city for 137 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:20,160 Speaker 3: hundreds and hundreds of years. I don't care if it's 138 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 3: the early Irish that built our subway system, the early Italians, 139 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 3: the early Caribbeans. Immigrants have always come to this city, 140 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 3: but they found their way. And that's what we did 141 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 3: to one hundred and seventy thousand microso into silence seekers. 142 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 4: The city cannot pick up that tab. 143 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 3: We need to put them on a pathway to find 144 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 3: their way to pursue the American dream. 145 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: All right, mister mayor, I do have to ask you 146 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: about the federal investigations and the indictment against you. First 147 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: and foremost, do you plan to follow through on running 148 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: for re election? 149 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 4: Yes, I am. I made that clear over and over again. 150 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 3: People stated that, you know, Eric stepped down those small 151 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:57,799 Speaker 3: number of people. 152 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 4: I stepped up. 153 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,239 Speaker 3: Look at the numbers, and we've accomplished in this city, 154 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 3: particularly for someone like Bloomberg Station. We have more jobs 155 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 3: in the city's history. We brought down crime of our 156 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 3: office employees of back to work. We continue to break 157 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 3: records after recus I could do my job. 158 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 4: My legal team is going to handle the case. 159 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: Well, okay, they'll handle the case. But is that not 160 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: a distraction? And what if you lose the case. 161 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 3: Look at the you said it's not a distractions. Look 162 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 3: at the number people said it was going to be 163 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 3: a distraction. I'm moving forward and I'm going to continue 164 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 3: to deliver for the people of the City of New York. 165 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 3: We just passed the most comprehensive housing reform in the 166 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 3: history of the city. And I'm not going to speculate 167 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 3: because I'm not going to lose because I did nothing wrong. 168 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 3: I got a great legal team and they're going to 169 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 3: handle the legal proceedings. 170 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: What does the team around you, I'm not talking about 171 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: your legal team. What does your administrative team look. 172 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 4: Like right now? 173 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: You've lost a lot of folks. You had another top advisor, 174 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: Ingra Lewis Martin, resigned today, with her lawyers saying that 175 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: they think that she will be indicted as well. You've 176 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: had to dig deep into the bench to find a 177 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: new police commissioner. I mean, who's left around you that 178 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: is competent, that is capable, that can see out your 179 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: vision if you are reelected. 180 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 3: Well, let's first look at what we have done that 181 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 3: shows our level of competency. As I indicated, from our 182 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 3: employment to our housing success to bringing down crime. 183 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 4: We didn't have to reach deep into our bench. 184 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 3: We had a large number of people who wanted the 185 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 3: covenant job of being the police commissioner, and I picked 186 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 3: the right person based on all that we have. 187 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 4: All of my deputy mayor is but one left. 188 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 3: So when you talk about large number of people, we 189 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 3: have over three hundred thousand city employees that are getting 190 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,839 Speaker 3: up every day doing their job. There's some sensationalism by 191 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 3: those who decided that they wanted to move on with 192 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 3: their lives. But when you look at my deputy mayor 193 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 3: and williams Isisam's mayor, Josie, my chief of staff, they're 194 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 3: still in place doing the job that we ask them 195 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 3: to do. Difficult times come, but what could you do 196 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 3: to overcome them and continue to move the city forward? 197 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 4: And let's face it, we have been doing just that. 198 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 2: We heard today from President like Donald Trump at a 199 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 2: mar A Lago press conference that he would consider potentially 200 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 2: giving you a pardon. Can you confirm that your lawyer 201 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 2: has been in contact with the Trump administration on that. 202 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 3: No, I cannot confirm that my lawyers handling the case. 203 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,319 Speaker 3: You know, the President also stated that he felt that 204 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 3: was unfairly treated. President Biden stated that his Justice Department 205 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 3: has been politicized. President Trump said that, I said that 206 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 3: a large number of Americans who have been a victim 207 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 3: of this politicized and of the Justice Department. 208 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,839 Speaker 4: We have adults in. 209 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 3: This country that were placed on the FBI watch list 210 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 3: because they were advocating for their children and families. So listening, 211 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 3: I'm just reiterating what President Biden stated about his Justice Department. 212 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 3: So my lawyers will look at every avenue to ensure 213 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 3: that we get justice. 214 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 4: I should not have been charged. 215 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 3: I did nothing wrong, and I'm going to continue to 216 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 3: lead the city. 217 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 2: So just inferring here, if you are offered a pardon, 218 00:09:58,160 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 2: you will take it. 219 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 4: There's no I was very clear in my response to you. 220 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 3: I have an attorney that's managing ensuring that I got 221 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 3: the justice that I deserve, and he will handle that. 222 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:11,679 Speaker 3: And if you have any questions, you should give those 223 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 3: questions to him. 224 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: All right, mister Marra, one final question for you, and 225 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: this is really just about the health of the city. 226 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: Of course, we all remember just how hard the city 227 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: was hit by the pandemic. Anyone walking around, particularly in Manhattan, 228 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: you can see it's come back in a big way, 229 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: but it's not quite there. We've been having a lot 230 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: of conversations with economists, with business leaders, with Wall Street, 231 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: with real estate developers, all saying that there still is 232 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: a lot more work that needs to be done to 233 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 1: get this in New York City economy back to where 234 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: it was pre pandemic. What types of assurance is or 235 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 1: promises can you give to some of those folks here 236 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: that we are on that path. 237 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 3: And that's a great question. You know, it's difficult for 238 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 3: people to believe. We're probably just two years out of 239 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 3: COVID where the city was shut down completely, two years 240 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 3: more jobs in the city history. 241 00:10:58,200 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 4: Those who determine. 242 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 3: How well the city is being managed, we call them 243 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 3: bond raiders. They raised my bond and then they double 244 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,959 Speaker 3: down on the fact that it should remain. Raise of 245 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 3: You're seeing business leaders across this city talk about the 246 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 3: relationship they have with city Hall and the collaboration we 247 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 3: have together, and we're going to continue to do so. 248 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,839 Speaker 3: So within two years of coming over the city being 249 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 3: shut down, we have returned to the greatness that we 250 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 3: looked at. Fourth lodgers, tourism in the history of the city, 251 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 3: continue decreasing crime. What our business leaders have told me, Eric, 252 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 3: we need to have jobs up, crime down. That's what 253 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 3: we've done. Case closed. We're moving in the right direction. 254 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: All right, Eric, We have to leave it there. We're 255 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 1: going to catch up with you next year and see 256 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: if some of that still stands. Of course, Eric Adams, 257 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 1: he is the mayor of the financial capital of the world, 258 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: right here in New York City.