1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: What's up A sway up for Angela Gee, I'm Angela Yee. 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 1: And finally, our Mayor Eric Adams is here. 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, yes, good to see you. Good to see you. 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 3: And you know, first of all, congratulations, you know, first 5 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,159 Speaker 3: women of color to you know, black women to do 6 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 3: something of this capacity. And I just don't think people 7 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 3: know your full scope what you do around health my 8 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 3: days in Brooklyn ball president. You know, you are just 9 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 3: really more than a radio personality, and it's just really 10 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 3: a pleasure throughout the years of things that we've been able. 11 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 2: To do together. 12 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:37,919 Speaker 1: You know. That is why even when I first got 13 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: the show, one of the first people I was like, 14 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,919 Speaker 1: I need to get Mayor Eric Adams up here, just 15 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: because I am from Brooklyn. You were our Brooklyn Borough 16 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: president before you became the mayor. So even around health 17 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: and with you being a vegan, just the scene, the 18 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: things that you've done in the community, because even me 19 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: reopening my juice bar, it was so important for me 20 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: to have that juice bar in our community to provide 21 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: those healthier options for peace. And that's something that you've 22 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: been an advocate of as well. 23 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 2: And you were ahead of your time. You know, I 24 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:05,559 Speaker 2: go back. 25 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 3: I think it was on my first term as Brooklyn 26 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 3: Ball president. A lot of people, you know, don't know 27 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 3: the story. You know, the doctor told I was gonna 28 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,559 Speaker 3: lose my sight in the year and I had vision 29 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 3: laws nerve damage in my hands and feet. I was 30 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 3: They said I was gonna lose some fingers and toes, 31 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 3: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, the whole black package. And 32 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 3: it was due to my diet change that I was 33 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,119 Speaker 3: able to regain my sight, nerve damage. 34 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 2: I don't have it anymore. Had an ultar that ulcer 35 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 2: is gone. See, you know, drop down. I dropped thirty 36 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 2: five pounds. 37 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,839 Speaker 3: You know, you know, the health is just unbelievable, and 38 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 3: you know that connectivity between food and how we feel 39 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 3: and some of these food related diseases. A lot of 40 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 3: people don't realize a lot of the chronic diseases that 41 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 3: we think is in our DNA, it's not. 42 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 2: It's in our dinner. 43 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: You think about cancer, yes, and there's things that we 44 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: eat every single day at the corner bodega that are 45 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: like level one carcinogens. 46 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 2: Is that something? 47 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know that's just interesting that I learned. You know, 48 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 3: how you come home and your mom is frying that 49 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 3: chicken and you know you're happy the you know, they 50 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 3: just have the smell. 51 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 2: That smoke is a carcinogen. 52 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: Also, yeah, absolutely, you know, honestly, that's what made me 53 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: get introjuicing was because I had health issues, awesome. And 54 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: sometimes you can't look at a person and tell that 55 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: they're unhealthy. People will think, oh, they're overweight, they're unhealthy. 56 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: That may not be the case. And you can also 57 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: be skinny, that's right, and be unhealthy. And I had 58 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: unusually high cholesterol. I was told I would have to 59 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: be on medication for the rest of my life if 60 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: I didn't take care of it now. And so I'm 61 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 1: glad I knew that and was able to make sure 62 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: that I started watching what I ate and also making 63 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: sure that I work out. 64 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 3: Listen they when I went to that doctor's office that day, 65 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 3: I went it because of the aulta, because I was 66 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 3: feeling pain in my stomach. I thought it was colon cancer, 67 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 3: and I was relieved that it was It was an 68 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 3: altar and the doctor said, your real problem is your 69 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 3: type two diabetes. 70 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 2: He says, Eric, you should be in a coma right now. 71 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 3: And because I didn't take the medication, when I walked in, 72 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 3: I had no medication. 73 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 2: When I walked out had nine different medications. I felt 74 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 2: like I was. 75 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 3: Damn Dwayne Reed you pills and sell in all of 76 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 3: this stuff and it was just. 77 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 2: Food, you know. 78 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: And you know a lot of people are taking these 79 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: weight loss drugs now. A lot of those drugs are 80 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: for diabetes too, by the way, but they do cause 81 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: side effects, and so if you can avoid being on 82 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: drugs for the rest of your life or having to 83 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: do that, you should, and sometimes, you know, if it's possible. 84 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: Obviously some people do need to go that route and 85 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: know not to them for that, but if there's things 86 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: that you could do as far as your diet, it's important. 87 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 3: You know, it's so important what you said, because medicine, 88 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 3: for the most part, is to stabilize the chronic issue 89 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 3: that you have. 90 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 2: Then lifestyle should maintain it. 91 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 3: People think medicine is supposed to be forever, and there 92 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 3: may be some cases where you have to take medicine forever, 93 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 3: but if you're dealing with you know, cholesterol, diabetes, those 94 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 3: other issues, you need to stabilize it. Because my able 95 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 3: and C was up in the teens and it had 96 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 3: to be stabilized. I was on met forman for a week. 97 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 3: But now the question is, now that you stabilize it, 98 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,720 Speaker 3: what are you doing to maintain it? And people are 99 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 3: rather have the pill instead of doing those little modern things. 100 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 3: Standing desk in the office. I have a treadmill near 101 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,679 Speaker 3: my computer. Exercising, getting off the train in the early 102 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 3: stop and walk a couple of blocks, you know, get 103 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 3: your steps in. There are things you could do every 104 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 3: day that you don't have to have to gym membership, right, 105 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 3: you know, you just have to be conscious about it. 106 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: And it's also good mentally, oh it is to do 107 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: those things like go outside, go for a walk. There's 108 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: a lot of times and listen during the pandemic. And 109 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: you know, kudos to you for not leaving Brooklyn during 110 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: a pandemic, because we did see each other on several 111 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: different marches. But even for me being able to walk 112 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: around and see things that I've never seen. Watch look 113 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: at all the new businesses in the neighborhood. Support those 114 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: small businesses because that's a big deal for small businesses 115 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: to thrive, and we have so many of them, you know, 116 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: in Brooklyn and in New York City. Because now you 117 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:08,559 Speaker 1: represent all of the New York City, so we can't 118 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: forget that. 119 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 2: But you know, mental health is real. 120 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,239 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know, like we're doing in our schools, 121 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 3: we're teaching children breathing exercises like I'm into this wind 122 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 3: huff breathing and gold baths. But we got to really 123 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 3: deal with this mental health stuff. You know, suicidal ideations 124 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,679 Speaker 3: are up, our children are feeling more depressed. Social media 125 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:33,040 Speaker 3: is really driving these young people into dark places and 126 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 3: doing things like taking that walk, put that phone down 127 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 3: and having really human interactions and just finding your space, breathing, 128 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 3: meditation of you know, yoga. 129 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:46,119 Speaker 2: We got to do self care. 130 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: You know, you're becoming mayor. What do you do now? 131 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: I mean besides these walks because there's so many things 132 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: and look, I have a laundry list of the people 133 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: were coming in here, Like make sure you ask the 134 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: mayor about this. But what do you do for yourself? 135 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: Because it is I mean New York City, especially right now. 136 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: It's always something happening there, but right now there is 137 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: so much, you know, that's going on, and I feel 138 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,239 Speaker 1: like and it's real. 139 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 3: And it's real, you know, and every day there is 140 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 3: something like yesterday, you know, it's painful for me to 141 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 3: hear this allegation that was made against me. Someone made 142 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 3: an allegation of something that happened thirty three years ago. 143 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 3: I don't even know who the person is, right, and 144 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 3: it's not me. It never happened. 145 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: They're framing it like it's a colleague, a former colleague. 146 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: But I did see a lot of people come to 147 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: your defense, right, right. 148 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 2: Because people know me. 149 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:40,799 Speaker 3: People know I have dedicated my life to uplifting women 150 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 3: in general, but black women specifically. You look at my administration, 151 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 3: first time in history, five deputy Mayors of color, first 152 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 3: women Police Commission, you know of you know, everyone knows 153 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 3: how close I was to my mom before she transitioned. 154 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 3: And there's not one relationship I've had in my life 155 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 3: that I'm not still best friends with the person, right, 156 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 3: not one. 157 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 2: Right. They will all. 158 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 3: Tell you, you know that every comes from a very kind, 159 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 3: respectable place. And you know, I'm sixty four years old, 160 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 3: you know, and I've been doing this for a long time. 161 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 3: I've been very public for almost forty years, and so 162 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 3: you know it's painful, but you know, God doesn't put 163 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 3: anything on your plate that you cannot carry. And he 164 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 3: said that no weapon form against you will prosper. He 165 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 3: did not say there won't be weapons form against this. 166 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: And this is the first time there's been an allegation 167 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: like this. Is so this is the same woman when 168 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: the Adult Survivors Act said she accused you, and that 169 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: now she's giving specifics exactly exactly. 170 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 3: It came out today that the Survivor's Act was going 171 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 3: to expire. 172 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 2: This allegation came. 173 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 3: Out, and now she's given specifics, and so now the 174 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 3: Corporation Council has it. I have to stay focused on 175 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 3: running the city because you said, every day there's another 176 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 3: crisis that we're dealing with, and I need to be 177 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 3: really focused, zero focus on addressing all of these issues. 178 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 3: And you know, it comes with my biblical roots. If 179 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 3: you read the Bible, challenging for you to look in 180 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 3: the book and not find some form of crisis that 181 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 3: was going on. Jesus was homeless, you know, let's not 182 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 3: forget that. And so when I'm talking about fighting homelessness 183 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 3: is coming from my biblical route. 184 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 2: The violence. 185 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 3: I couple my biblical ruth. I grew up in the church, 186 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 3: and I view my prison of is you know, my 187 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 3: religious philosophy. I'm not only a good worshiper. I'm a 188 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 3: good practitioner, right, you got to practice what I learned 189 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 3: inside my Christian background. 190 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: You know, one thing I will say about Mayor Eric 191 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: Adams is you're not rehearsed and sometimes you say the 192 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: things that's like, oh, I can't believe he just said that. 193 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: But I think that is part of what happens sometimes 194 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: when you don't have everything scripted out, and you know, 195 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: you tend to go off and say things and people 196 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: are like, oh my god, I can't believe he said that. 197 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: But I don't see how you can't do that in politics. 198 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,439 Speaker 3: Got to be authentic, you know, and you know people 199 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 3: know I'm not going to be in a box. You know, 200 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 3: you have to bring your authentic self. I don't fit 201 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 3: the mold of a mayor. I'm bullheaded, I wear air ring. 202 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 2: You know. 203 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 3: I'm comfortable in browns before. I'm comfortable in Brownsville Park 204 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 3: Place in Park Avenue. And when you look at my record, 205 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,559 Speaker 3: I know people did not think we were going to 206 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 3: do what we have done. Only been mad for two 207 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 3: years or two months, decreasing crime, decreasing and shootings, homicide, 208 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 3: more private sector jobs in the history of the city 209 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 3: right now, three hundred thousand. Under my administration, there are 210 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,319 Speaker 3: something called bond raiders. They look at a city in state, 211 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 3: is the city being managed correctly so they could determine 212 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 3: what our bond rating is. They raised the bond rating 213 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:48,439 Speaker 3: based on my management of the city throughing the crisis. 214 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 3: One hundred and eighty thousand micros and asylum seekers. 215 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: Yes, you know we have, and I definitely want to 216 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: discuss that now because I saw just recently you had 217 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:01,439 Speaker 1: a lawsuit against this bus company, bus company from Texas 218 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 1: that was bringing in asylum seekers, and it is an 219 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,079 Speaker 1: unmanageable amount, like you, it is, And I just want 220 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: to be clear because I also do walk past some 221 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: of these shelters and sometimes my heart does go out 222 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: when I see kids outside they don't have coats on. 223 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: It's a lot of these asylum seekers, our families with 224 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: small children, right. And we're seeing things where people are upset. 225 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: They're like, well, how come I can't get housing, but 226 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: they're providing housing for people who are not even from 227 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: this country. People get upset because they see food vouchers 228 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: being given out to people who aren't from this country 229 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: and they're able to eat while some people are unhoused 230 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: and starving, and so I just want to address what 231 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:42,559 Speaker 1: is really happening with this because it is a crisis 232 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: and people are putting the two different issues together because 233 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: it is like we see schools where this school has 234 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:50,599 Speaker 1: to close because now it's turned into a shelter for 235 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:53,439 Speaker 1: the day, and then that turns into a huge news story, 236 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: which I think is the whole point of it. Right. 237 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: They're trying to say with these sanctuary cities, this is 238 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 1: what y'all want it where it is for you, now handle. 239 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 3: It, and it's so important. First we should break down 240 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 3: how do we get here? Because I mean people all 241 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 3: the time they walk away from me yelling and screaming, 242 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:09,679 Speaker 3: and then they walk. 243 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 2: Away all. 244 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: Upset about those vouchers, right exactly. 245 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 3: And then we had a conversation, you know, and I 246 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 3: told them, I said, listen, let's understand this because there's 247 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 3: sensationalism that in our media, if it bleeds, it leads. 248 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 3: So there's a lot of sensationalism. So people say, well, 249 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:28,439 Speaker 3: very why don't you stop the busses. 250 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 2: I can't. 251 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 3: It's against the law for me to stop the busses. 252 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,200 Speaker 3: They say, why don't you deport the people after they 253 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 3: commit crime. It's against the law for me to deport 254 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,679 Speaker 3: anyone based on city council law that was passed under 255 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 3: the previous administration. Why don't you don't give them housing? 256 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 3: It's against the law. I have to give them housing, food, 257 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 3: and shelter. That's what the law requires me to do. Well, 258 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 3: why don't you let them work on their own? It's 259 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 3: against the law. I'm not allowed to allow them work. 260 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 3: I can't even allow them to volunteer to clean up 261 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 3: our streets if they want to, and give them a stipend. 262 00:11:58,679 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 2: It's against the law. 263 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 3: So the national law is telling me what I must do, 264 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 3: but they're not giving them any money because it's four 265 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 3: billion dollars. It took them, you know, almost a year 266 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 3: to give us one hundred million dollars out of the 267 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 3: four billion dollars. So we have all of these natural laws. 268 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 3: We have, our borders are open. People are coming in 269 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 3: making their way to New York, and the support we're 270 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 3: supposed to get, they're. 271 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 2: Not giving it. 272 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 1: Getting bust to New York, not just making the right 273 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: its exact. 274 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:31,079 Speaker 3: And so the cat, you know, on Mother Gason Boulevard 275 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:33,959 Speaker 3: is saying, you know, Eric, you know what are you doing, 276 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 3: you know, because we're not reading the whole through the 277 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,959 Speaker 3: lines of why we're here. And so even when the 278 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 3: cars came out, I told the team, we have to 279 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 3: bring down the cost of you know, the micros and 280 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 3: asylum secret of crisis. 281 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 2: And we have done that. 282 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 3: Out of the one hundred and eighty thousand that we received, 283 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 3: over one hundred thousand are now going self sustained. They're 284 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 3: now leaving our shelter system. We're no longer. 285 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 2: Paying for it. 286 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 3: But we also saw how much money we were feeding 287 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,959 Speaker 3: people and how much food was being waste, about ten 288 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,319 Speaker 3: percent of it. So what we were able to do 289 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 3: is say, instead of having them wastefood that we're having 290 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 3: a large conglomerate, give them, let's give them food cards 291 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 3: that they can only buy food, go to shopping, a bodega, 292 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 3: a local supermarket, to recycle the money in our community, 293 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 3: you know, write in our community. 294 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,479 Speaker 2: And the Mocha card is mwbe. 295 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 1: Okay. 296 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 3: We were saving seven million, six hundred thousand dollars a month, 297 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 3: six hundred thousand dollars a month, over seven million dollars 298 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 3: a year with save It because we went to these 299 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 3: cards instead of using this large dollar amount that we 300 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 3: were spending. It was a small way to do it. 301 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: So people were buying the things that they wanted and 302 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 1: we're going to eat and use rather than being given 303 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:54,559 Speaker 1: things that were going to end up getting. 304 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 3: Through exactly exactly, food waste, not shopping locally, not putting 305 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 3: money back in our community. So they sensationalize it. They 306 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 3: will only getting for the day thirteen dollars a day 307 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 3: to buy their breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Thirteen dollars a day. 308 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 3: We brought down the cost of doing it. It was 309 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 3: this is why the bond raiders are saying, this guy 310 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 3: is managing the city, making smart decisions and tough decisions 311 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:19,359 Speaker 3: in the process. 312 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: And then I just feel like every day we see 313 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: a different news story, like today, I was seeing that 314 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: half of New Yorker's planned to flee the city within 315 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: the next four years. 316 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 2: About that, I think about that. 317 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: You know, they say we have. 318 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 3: Eight eight point one million New york You think four 319 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 3: million New Yorkers are leaving the city? 320 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: Oh man, I have to say though, it's a great headline, 321 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: but I do want to say that people do complain 322 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: right now about the cost of living is really really 323 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 1: it is so expensive to be here. I mean, there's 324 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: people in this room who are like, I'm about to 325 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: move to Jersey because I can't pay my rent here 326 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: and brand is really high. There's not a lot of availability. 327 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: I know that there's a lot that you're doing with 328 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: affordable housing, and I want to make sure that we 329 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: talk about what the plan is because for every problem, 330 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: there's solutions that are being. 331 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 2: And that's why it's so important. 332 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 3: Your show is so important because you reach an audience 333 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 3: that historically won't pick up You know, they're not sitting 334 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 3: down watching CNN, right, They're not coming through the New 335 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 3: York Times and much of the media, much of what 336 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 3: we get on information is come from social media. 337 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 2: We look at a quick tweet, we look at a 338 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 2: quick TikTok or ig. 339 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 3: And so when people hear you do these long form 340 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 3: communications entertaining, but then it's down to the real level. 341 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 3: And so when you hear stories four million people fiftyeople 342 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 3: sit on New York is leaving, that's just doesn't make sense. 343 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 3: Four million people are not leaving the city. But then 344 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,359 Speaker 3: you have to ask yourself, why's it so afford unaffordable? 345 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 3: We have a one percent vacancy one point five percent 346 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 3: vacancy rate in the city, meaning these are all the apartments. 347 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 2: We have vacant. 348 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 3: Folks are refusing to put in place the plans so 349 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 3: we can build more. 350 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 2: We have to build more. 351 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: And there's a lot of commercial real estate that isn't 352 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: being used right now too, and I want to we 353 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: want to. 354 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 3: Convert it to housing. So folks are running around marching 355 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 3: on Monday, rah, rah, let's build housing, more housing for 356 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 3: the people. And then on Tuesday we say, okay, we're 357 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 3: gonna build it here. No, you can't build it on my. 358 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: Block, that's what they say. Not on my block, not 359 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: in my backyard. 360 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 2: Right. 361 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 3: So we want Albany to pass and building incentives. 362 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 2: We wanted them to do it last year. 363 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 3: They didn't. We're hoping they do it this year. And 364 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 3: we went to city council. Our housing policies have been racist. 365 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 3: There's certain communities where you build no affordable housing. Yes, 366 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 3: that's off to Julie Minning, who's the city council person. 367 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 3: She just did mandatory inclusion, meaning affordable housing in her 368 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 3: district in the Upper east Side, they had no affordable 369 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 3: housing building that area. 370 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: Oh wow, that's a wild because I feel like and 371 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: especially with developments now, they make sure write a portion 372 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: of that has to be affordable housing. 373 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 3: But if you were to do an analysis of the city, 374 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 3: you'll see that there are many communities that have never 375 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:09,439 Speaker 3: built affordable housing. 376 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 2: Don't want affordable housing in the area. 377 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 3: They want their own parks, their own hospitals, their own 378 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 3: access to healthy food, of. 379 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 2: Their own transportation system. 380 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:24,360 Speaker 3: People that are medical rich, access to healthy food, rich, 381 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:28,639 Speaker 3: access to transportation, rich, access to public space, rich, access 382 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,199 Speaker 3: to good schools rich. We need to be built in 383 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 3: housing in their community, just as we've been building in 384 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 3: other communities. 385 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: Right. I feel like that is what New York is 386 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 1: in Mecca, from block to black from even in the 387 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 1: middle of the black, things change. You know, you could 388 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 1: be in New York City housing authority housing, but then 389 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:47,159 Speaker 1: have a three million dollar brownstone in the middle of 390 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 1: the block. Right, It just is what. 391 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 2: It is, that's right, Especially in Brooklyn. 392 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, especially in my. 393 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 3: House on Laette Avenue, we're blocks away from marsy houses, 394 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 3: We're block away from other housing. 395 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 2: Night your housing, which we're really leaning into. 396 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: You know, a lot of great people have come from. 397 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 3: Night without what, without a doubt, my attorney of many 398 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 3: years came from Goanas, brilliant attorney. And what we did 399 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 3: when I back during COVID, when I was going into 400 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 3: night you to give our masks of you know, people 401 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 3: were attacking me while you're giving masks of those people. 402 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:24,640 Speaker 3: But we were knocking on doors, going up and down 403 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 3: the stairs. And I noticed when I was when people 404 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 3: were opening their doors getting a mask, I said, how 405 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 3: things going. 406 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 2: With your children, you know, because they're doing remote learning. 407 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 3: They said, we don't have access to high speed broadband, 408 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 3: so a lot of our children can sign on. And 409 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 3: I committed to them. I told them when I get elected, 410 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 3: we're gonna get you high speed broadband. Last year we 411 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 3: were able to get high speed high speed broadband for 412 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 3: every night your residence for free. 413 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: That's amazing for free. Yes, that's that is absolutely incredible. 414 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: And another thing I saw that's been happening is people 415 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: going door to door to help tenants their housing. Yes, 416 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: people who are living places now. I just recently saw 417 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 1: that because I pay attention to everything that's going on 418 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,639 Speaker 1: because I am a real New Yorker. I still live 419 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: in Brooklyn right by you. But yeah, that is something 420 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: that's happening now too. 421 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 2: Our public engagement unit. We're getting out. 422 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 3: There because you got to meet people where they are 423 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 3: and take them where they ought to be. You can't 424 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 3: meet people where you are, you know, so we can't 425 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:21,880 Speaker 3: sit back and say, well, why aren't you coming in. 426 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:22,719 Speaker 2: For these services? 427 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 3: No, we need to go out there and find people 428 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:30,439 Speaker 3: because government navigating government is intimidated. My mother used to 429 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 3: hate going to access any benefits. She would go without, 430 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 3: you know, because she said she felt so dehumanized when 431 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 3: she would come inside a governmental agency. We have to 432 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 3: become more user friendly and become more willing to meet 433 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 3: people on the ground where they are. 434 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 1: It's so hard too when people come to your door 435 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: because you don't know who's There's so many scammers out 436 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 1: here too. We got to make sure that we're also 437 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: aware of that, like who is this person? We need 438 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: to see some credentials. And another thing that I saw 439 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: as we're talking about protecting tenants also homeowners. I was 440 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: just reading in the news about a woman and queen 441 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: was it in Queen's but anyway her house. Somebody was 442 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 1: squatting in her house. She changed the locks and then 443 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 1: she ended up getting arrested. And for that, it is 444 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: really hard to get people out who are you know, 445 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 1: who have a job, who can pay the bills but 446 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: elect not to because they just you know, I've had 447 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 1: that issue before too, and that's not an easy process. 448 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 2: No, it's not, No, it's not. 449 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 3: You know, oftentimes when we think of housing, we always 450 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 3: have this image of someone that owns a thousand units. 451 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 3: We don't realize that small mom and pop, you know, 452 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 3: ten unit house, three unit house, like my brownstone, my 453 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 3: building in Brooklyn, only I have two tenants and if 454 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 3: one tenant decide they're not paying rent, that's hitting us all. 455 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,880 Speaker 3: We have to be more understanding of small property owners 456 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:54,880 Speaker 3: and we need to give them the support that they 457 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,880 Speaker 3: need because that's why our wealth is. All of our 458 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 3: wealth is tied up for the most part in our homes. 459 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 3: And if we lose our homes because you have attendant 460 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 3: that's not paying rent, then a developer is going to 461 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 3: come in and change the landscape. Black and brown people, 462 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 3: their wealth is in their home and we have to 463 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 3: do everything possible to protect it. 464 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's hard because the courts are backed up, and 465 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 1: then you have to give somebody ninety days before you 466 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: can even try to do it. Then you're paying for 467 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: a lawyer it's a process. 468 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 2: It is, it is sometimes it could take one to 469 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 2: two years. 470 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 1: I know people who are like, I don't even want 471 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: to be a homeowner because I don't want to have 472 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: to be a landlord, you know, in case things like 473 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 1: that happen. But you know, it is something I encourage. 474 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 1: But it's also like I get it because it can 475 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 1: be really, really tough at the same time. Now, let's 476 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 1: talk about the subway. You know, my mom works for 477 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 1: transit and has been ever since I was in elementary school, 478 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 1: and so she still works for a New York City 479 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,120 Speaker 1: transit authority. But we've seen virally things that have been 480 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 1: happening on the subway. We saw a man get shot 481 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: with his own gun, right and we're harassing someone on 482 00:21:56,359 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: the train. We saw that being videotaped from the very beginning, 483 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: and I also feel like it's fortunate that we were 484 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 1: able to see that video, because who knows what would 485 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 1: have happened if there wasn't something documented. And so some people, 486 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: and this is another report I read, some people are 487 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 1: feeling like the train is not safe and they're nervous 488 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 1: to take the train. We do have congestion pricing on 489 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: the way really soon so we are going to need 490 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 1: people to take the subway. And on the flip side, 491 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: I had a conversation with the MTA about people who 492 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: are not paying their fare as well, and how it's 493 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 1: costing six hundred million dollars a year and people who 494 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 1: aren't paying their fair are all different types of people 495 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: who are going to Starbucks getting their coffee, you know, 496 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: Gucci bag, but still not paying a train because I 497 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,920 Speaker 1: see nobody else is paying for the train. 498 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 3: That's so important. So let's let's break down those three pieces. 499 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 3: When you talk about three piece. 500 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: I'm trying to get it all out of you. 501 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 2: So let's break down. Let's break down those first, let's 502 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 2: deal with safety on the subway. Think about it for 503 00:22:55,400 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 2: a moment. You have a high profile incident and you 504 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 2: read about it on the paper. 505 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,880 Speaker 3: Then you walk into the subway system and you see 506 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 3: someone that's dealing with the mental health issue that yelling 507 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 3: and screaming on the system. 508 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 2: It starts to play on your psyche. 509 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 3: You start to believe although nothing has happened to you, 510 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 3: You may have taken thousands of trips and everything is fine, 511 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 3: but your psyche is now you don't feel safe. Do 512 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:27,359 Speaker 3: you know we have about four point one million daily 513 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,880 Speaker 3: riders one point four million. At at one point four million, 514 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,680 Speaker 3: we have about six felonies a day. I did a 515 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 3: four point one million. But if you are hearing about 516 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 3: somebody being shot on the train, all of those numbers 517 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 3: mean nothing to you. 518 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 2: It's like what that feel. 519 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 3: And my job is to say, yes, I want to 520 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 3: show you statistically that you, as a writer, you may 521 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 3: take thousands of trips and nothing happened to you. I 522 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 3: must bring down that six felonies a day. But also 523 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 3: must make you feel safe. And that's why we put 524 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:02,399 Speaker 3: a thousand more offices in the system. We tell them 525 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 3: to walk around, engage with the passengers. Announcer on the 526 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 3: train intercom broadcast system, Hey there's a police officer on 527 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:11,920 Speaker 3: the platform if you need them. 528 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 2: We must make people feel safe. 529 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:16,159 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think it's a problem too that there's a 530 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 1: lot less people working in the train, you know, in 531 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,120 Speaker 1: the system. Even as far as like in the toe booth, 532 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 1: you always see somebody and there did used to be 533 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 1: you know, officers down there. And then even I saw 534 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: Governor Kathy Hoko, she employed the National Guard. So how 535 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: long is that lasting? 536 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 3: And it was just we don't need National Guards at 537 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 3: every train station. It's important to deploy them place like 538 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 3: Penn Station, Grand Central Station, maybe even Times Square. But 539 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 3: you don't need the National Guard on Utica Avenue. You 540 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 3: don't need them on Franklin Avenue because it doesn't fit 541 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 3: into the decorum of a community. It's good to be 542 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 3: in places they are large number of people, but the 543 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 3: police must do the job, and that's what we're making 544 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 3: sure police are doing. I want to switch a congestion 545 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 3: pricing okay, has to be done right, you know. 546 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 2: And I've set this over and over again. 547 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 3: Many people don't realize that the MTA, the state put 548 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 3: in place to congestion pricing plan. 549 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 2: New York City. 550 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 3: We don't have the authorization, which I think is wrong. 551 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 3: These are our streets. They should have been turned over 552 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,399 Speaker 3: to the city Council and the mayor and say how 553 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 3: do you want to roll this out? 554 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 2: We don't have that authorization. You know. 555 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 3: I have two members on the MTA board, but this 556 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 3: is something that's controlled by the state and the MTA, 557 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 3: and which I think was a big mistake. 558 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 2: We got to make sure the cost is right. 559 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 3: We got to make sure we don't displace the environmental 560 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 3: issues into stand Island, into Brooklyn and into the Bronx 561 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 3: and other areas. We have to make sure that we 562 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 3: look at those folks who have to use this system 563 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 3: all the I mean have to drive in for reason. 564 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's fifteen dollars a day. 565 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:55,479 Speaker 2: It's nice hit. 566 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 1: And then you got to pay the park to come 567 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: into this area. It's not cheap for that either. And 568 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 1: then imagine you're paying a toll on the triborough Bridge 569 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,640 Speaker 1: or coming in from Jersey, you have to pay a toll. 570 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 1: And then in addition, I'm also thinking about the neighborhoods 571 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 1: on the outskirts of where congestion pricing takes place below 572 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 1: sixtieth Street and you know above downtown. That's going to 573 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,640 Speaker 1: affect those neighborhoods. 574 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 2: Too, without a doubt. 575 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:21,160 Speaker 3: And that's why we're saying we have to do it right, 576 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 3: make sure it doesn't have some unintended impacts that we 577 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 3: don't realize. 578 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 2: Those three drops. You I can put something in my water. 579 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 3: What is that You don't even know what this is? 580 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 1: Is it for detox? Well, it's brand new. This is 581 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:37,880 Speaker 1: for your bone, your brain, and immune system. I don't 582 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 1: think you need period relief. 583 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 2: Sometimes cycle. 584 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: Shout out to coach to Jesse for the detox. Now 585 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,239 Speaker 1: you know, de time, let me see which you went 586 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 1: that is. That's for your sis, tumorous inflammation, immune support. Okay, yeah, 587 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 1: so these are all things you do. Half a vial 588 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,360 Speaker 1: of that brain and immune. 589 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 2: Who's de tux now. 590 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,199 Speaker 1: Coaching Jesse? Yeah, you can open it. It's fine. I 591 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: have I have this at home too, so I just 592 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 1: always make sure that every. 593 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 3: Day, so you know, I just want to make sure 594 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 3: I boost my immune immune system. 595 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 2: Yeah see that. 596 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, two week fast, you know what I mean? Nothing 597 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 1: but water and coconut weater the two weeks. Yeah, for 598 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 1: two weeks and these fat It's a serious detox. But 599 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 1: it definitely will help you. I do and it goes 600 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: great with the Ghostbusters movie? Does it? 601 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 3: When I do my my fast? I do my I 602 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,679 Speaker 3: do klonics when I do my fast. 603 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 1: So I haven't done a colonic yet, but I'm a 604 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: little that scares me, but I will definitely try it. 605 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 1: Now that you said you've done it all right, Now 606 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:50,959 Speaker 1: back to the fair evasions, because that is the thing 607 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 1: they're trying to figure out. How do you get people 608 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,119 Speaker 1: to pay their affair. I think people got used to 609 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,400 Speaker 1: not paying the fair because during the pandemic they didn't 610 00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 1: have to. People are going on the bus, walking past 611 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,640 Speaker 1: the bus driver, and what bus driver is gonna fight 612 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 1: and argue with somebody about paying them. 613 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 3: What happened is that we normalize not paying out fair. 614 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 3: Many of the das stated they're not going to prosecute 615 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:16,159 Speaker 3: fair evasions. We sit up the wrong message. We need 616 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 3: to be very clear if if Johnny or Babay kids 617 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 3: jump over the turnstile and pay the fair, it's gonna 618 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 3: come out of the passenger. If we're losing millions of dollars, 619 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,880 Speaker 3: then those passengers who are paying, that's where the increases 620 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 3: are going to come. So where's zero in back into 621 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 3: making people pay it fair? Sending the right message? The 622 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 3: police presidents were no longer ignoring that. That's very important 623 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 3: for us. 624 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 1: Here that Dan paid my fare. No, I mean it's 625 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: gonna be something difficult because it used to be like 626 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: embarrassing to you know, get stopped for not paying your fare. 627 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 2: Right right? 628 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: And now another thing I want to talk about. This 629 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 1: is huge for us and I feel like we're not 630 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 1: talking about this enough. The World Cup Soccer find us. 631 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: Can you tell me about how you managed to get 632 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: that to New York and New Jersey. 633 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 3: That is a had a great partner in New Jersey 634 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 3: Governor Murphy, who owns a soccer team. We were competing 635 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 3: with Dallas just knew they were going to win. 636 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 2: They probably made up t shirts. You know, the finals 637 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 2: are going to be here, you know. 638 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 3: But we were successful. And it was not only the Games. 639 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 3: We already knew we won the Games. We announced it 640 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 3: at Liberty Field when we won the Games. But to 641 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 3: win the final unbelievable. 642 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: That's going to bring so much money and so many 643 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 1: jobs into the city. 644 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 3: Jobs, money, tourism, restaurants of you know, the fan experience. 645 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 2: I was in. 646 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 3: Qatar for the World Cup a few years back and 647 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 3: they the fan experience is huge. You know, you get 648 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,959 Speaker 3: a million people into your your region and split between 649 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 3: New York and New Jersey. 650 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:57,280 Speaker 2: This is very big. 651 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 1: How did you get that? 652 00:29:58,560 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 2: It was a combination work. 653 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 3: Well, they looked at a number of things. They were 654 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 3: very big on fan experience. We sat down with the 655 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:08,600 Speaker 3: heads of FIFA. They were huge on fan experience because 656 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 3: some people come here, they don't go to the game, 657 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 3: So what are you doing with your spouse and your family? 658 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,720 Speaker 2: You know, and when they looked at what's here. We 659 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 2: have so much. 660 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 3: Entertainment that's going on here, and that was attracted to them. 661 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 2: They looked at with the media market. 662 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 3: You know, there's not every city that has an energy league, 663 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 3: that's right. We looked at public safety. They were big 664 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,960 Speaker 3: on public safety. They looked and did an analysis and 665 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 3: they said, you're the safest big city in America. You 666 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 3: have the great police force, transportation, hotel, accommodation. So there 667 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 3: were a few items that they looked at to say, 668 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 3: do you check all the boxes? And we did, and 669 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 3: we just we just did a great proposal. 670 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 1: Can't get an airbnb here though anymore. Now I want 671 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,160 Speaker 1: to ask you about that because the airbnb restrictions are 672 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 1: really tough now. But obviously we do have a house issues. 673 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 1: So those two things do go hand in hand. 674 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 3: Let's say, well said, and you can't take housing off 675 00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 3: the market, and so if you just have Airbnb, then 676 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,320 Speaker 3: those who are trying to find housing is really challenge it. 677 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 3: And so what they did they put restrictions in the airbnb. 678 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 3: They didn't make it illegal, They just put restrictions in 679 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 3: place so we don't decimate or further decimate our housing market. 680 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 1: All right. Now, I was telling you people were coming 681 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,760 Speaker 1: in here, like make sure you ask the mayor about this. 682 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:33,960 Speaker 2: So education me, this should be a make sure you 683 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 2: ask me about. 684 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 1: Make sure you asked me about this, all right? So, 685 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 1: and I'll tell you shout out to Nick who works 686 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 1: up here. He said, my girlfriend's a teacher. And so 687 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 1: you got to ask about these budget cuts when it 688 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:48,320 Speaker 1: comes to education and of course preschool education. A lot 689 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 1: of people are trying to get seats for their kids 690 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 1: in preschool, but cuts in that in general, because I 691 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: feel like that's always the worst place to make cuts. 692 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 3: Let's let's put it in two places, because some of 693 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,960 Speaker 3: the stuff is me a sound bite. So with people here, 694 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 3: we have when the previous administration they created these programs 695 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 3: pre K three K summarizing a lot of programs, they 696 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 3: took to temporary dollars of COVID and made permanent programs. 697 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:20,240 Speaker 3: Those temporary dollars are sun setting this year. So now 698 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 3: you have, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars that 699 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 3: are needed for programs that they didn't even factor out that, hey, 700 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:28,320 Speaker 3: the money's going to run out. 701 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 2: Big mistake. 702 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:32,640 Speaker 3: We were able to save summarizing and finding money to 703 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 3: do so. And if we didn't have to pay twelve 704 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 3: billion dollars on this migrant asylum seekers, we be able 705 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:40,960 Speaker 3: to find it to pay for some of the other programs. 706 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:44,280 Speaker 2: But we only have a limited budget and we have. 707 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 3: To find ways of funding the other programs that we're 708 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 3: looking at to try to find ways to fund it. 709 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 3: So our goal my budget was not to cut these programs. 710 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,680 Speaker 3: We knew that the money was sunsetting, but we said, 711 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 3: you know what, we're gonna find money to do it. 712 00:32:58,760 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 3: Then all of a sudden we got hit with this 713 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 3: asylum seeker. We spend four billion dollars. 714 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's what I told them to I said, I 715 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 1: think that there's been, you know, budget cuts because of 716 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,719 Speaker 1: the asylum seekers. I just want to also point it 717 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 1: it's not illegal to seek asylum. So people will act 718 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,680 Speaker 1: like it's illegal immigrants here, but people are here trying 719 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 1: to seek asylum, which they are allowed legally to. 720 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 3: So important, so important what you just raised, because people 721 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,680 Speaker 3: are mixing up. If you a migrant or asylum seeker, 722 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:30,400 Speaker 3: you will parolled into the country. You're here legally, it's 723 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:35,400 Speaker 3: another thing if you undocumented. That's where the sanctuary city 724 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 3: law comes in. If you're undocumented, we're not going to 725 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:40,120 Speaker 3: turn you over to Ice. 726 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:42,280 Speaker 1: Okay, that's what when people. 727 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 3: Talk about scudary sanctuary city, migrants and asylum seekers are 728 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:47,280 Speaker 3: not part of the sanctuary say. 729 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:51,320 Speaker 1: They're just on the path to find to getting citizenship. 730 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:54,120 Speaker 3: And they have to their asylum seeker application have to 731 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 3: be reviewed to see if you are able to stay 732 00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 3: here on an asylum some type of person cution you 733 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 3: were experiencing back back home, And so people sometimes conflate 734 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 3: the two that sanctuary city is the migus asylum seekers. 735 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:13,360 Speaker 3: No sanctuary. Sanctuary city is here if you're here illegally. 736 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,520 Speaker 3: Migrants and asylum sekerts were parolled into the country. 737 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:18,920 Speaker 1: Okay, good, I just want to make that distinction. And 738 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 1: look as we're wrapping up, I feel like you got 739 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,960 Speaker 1: to come here more often because I have a million 740 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,440 Speaker 1: questions and I paid attention to everything that's been going on. 741 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,839 Speaker 1: So you already getting ready for re election? Yes, okay, good. 742 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 1: I just want to put that out there. And I 743 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,279 Speaker 1: see some people also throwing their hat in the ring. 744 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,320 Speaker 1: Is it going to be ring choice voting? 745 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:41,319 Speaker 3: Yes, it is. Remember how many people were in the 746 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:41,879 Speaker 3: last week. 747 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,520 Speaker 1: Yes, it was a lot right right right, and it 748 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:46,120 Speaker 1: was all over the place. At first it was like 749 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,120 Speaker 1: this person's winning and this person. 750 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:52,000 Speaker 3: We were focused. Andrew Yang was measuring the curtains that 751 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,160 Speaker 3: city hall. He thought he was gonna win so much. 752 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 3: And I was like, okay, you know, you know, Angel, 753 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:03,240 Speaker 3: I'm just being Angie. I'm big on what God means 754 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:07,000 Speaker 3: for you. No man can take away what God does 755 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,920 Speaker 3: not mean for you. No man can give. I'm just 756 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,600 Speaker 3: supposed to do my job. I'm not even focused on Well, 757 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,880 Speaker 3: you know, reelection is coming now, Eric, what do you want. 758 00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:15,359 Speaker 2: To do right now? 759 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,560 Speaker 1: Right? Well, you know what you do right now does 760 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:22,359 Speaker 1: matter though for reelection and how things are framed. And 761 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,680 Speaker 1: you see Donald Trump talking about a blood bath if 762 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:28,439 Speaker 1: he doesn't get you know, and one conversation that people 763 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,200 Speaker 1: have been having is black men and voting and then 764 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,760 Speaker 1: you know, kind of leaning away from the Democratic Party, 765 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,400 Speaker 1: and so what do you think about getting people energized 766 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 1: to even vote, not just locally, but also to get 767 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:41,360 Speaker 1: out and vote. 768 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 3: We have a vote, I have to vote. There's a 769 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:49,239 Speaker 3: real initiative. A brother that's its name escapes me. They 770 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,920 Speaker 3: want to do this whole black men who vote initiative, 771 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,560 Speaker 3: and the Democratic Party has a real obligation and responsibility 772 00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:01,359 Speaker 3: to show why black men should vote. The highest unemployment 773 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,960 Speaker 3: in the city right now is dealing with black people 774 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:06,839 Speaker 3: in general, but black men specifically. 775 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,160 Speaker 2: We have to answer the needs. 776 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,759 Speaker 3: Of black men because many of them feel as though 777 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:14,759 Speaker 3: their needs are not being heard and and not being met. 778 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:18,279 Speaker 2: And we do everything from the Black Men brunch. So 779 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 2: I was. 780 00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:20,920 Speaker 3: I had a meeting this afternoon with a group of 781 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:23,760 Speaker 3: black men to talk about what do we do around 782 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:28,759 Speaker 3: mwbe's and really focusing on the attention to black men 783 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:31,680 Speaker 3: because you know that's a you know, all of us 784 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:35,839 Speaker 3: have unique items that we need address, and I think 785 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:38,600 Speaker 3: that for far too long we've ignored the items that 786 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 3: I've been on the black men lists that are important 787 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:42,439 Speaker 3: to them. 788 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 1: All right, Well, I just want to make sure we 789 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,120 Speaker 1: keep on and that's why I wanted to come straight 790 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,239 Speaker 1: to you with a lot of these questions that we have, 791 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:51,560 Speaker 1: and you know, we need more frequent check ins. 792 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:55,000 Speaker 2: Yes, I would love that. I'm gonna make sure the team. Noah. 793 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 2: Noah is my guy. 794 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,719 Speaker 3: You know, you can't forget him since he built the 795 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,160 Speaker 3: OAR many years ago. You know, nowhere is our guy, 796 00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:04,799 Speaker 3: and we're gonna make sure we come on as much 797 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:05,280 Speaker 3: as possible. 798 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, because it's important what is getting accomplished too. Sometimes 799 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:11,120 Speaker 1: people overlook those things. I know. Also recently eighty thousand 800 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:14,959 Speaker 1: human services workers got a cost of living adjustment as well. 801 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:17,080 Speaker 1: Huge and that's a big deal because that affects women, 802 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:20,200 Speaker 1: that affects people of color. So just real quick, if you. 803 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:23,640 Speaker 3: Yes, overwhelming the human services when you think about a 804 00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:29,800 Speaker 3: childcare workers deliver food to people, social services overwhelmingly women 805 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:34,719 Speaker 3: of almost fifty percent of women of color. We were 806 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:38,959 Speaker 3: able to raise their increases so that they can have 807 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:43,320 Speaker 3: a meaningful life. And you know, you can't provide services 808 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,319 Speaker 3: and then you're going to need those same services because 809 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:46,880 Speaker 3: you're not getting paid enough. 810 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 2: This is a huge victory. I promised it on the 811 00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:49,920 Speaker 2: campaign trail. 812 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,640 Speaker 3: They sat down with me and I've told them when 813 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,640 Speaker 3: I become mayor, we're going to address this. And they 814 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:58,759 Speaker 3: mentioned it at the rally. They said he promised us, 815 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:02,480 Speaker 3: he delivered on it. My mom was a human service worker. 816 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 3: She was a food service worker at am Said daycare center. 817 00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:09,400 Speaker 3: We knew what the children ate every day because she 818 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,680 Speaker 3: would bring tupperware bowls and looming and foil and wrapped 819 00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:13,560 Speaker 3: up the leftovers. 820 00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:16,320 Speaker 2: So that was a personal story for me and the 821 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:19,040 Speaker 2: speaker as we talked about this great success. 822 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:20,880 Speaker 1: All right, well Gray, well, I love to hear it. 823 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,840 Speaker 1: And you know, let's see if this year for Halloween 824 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:27,800 Speaker 1: we have a party promoter, Eric Adams costumes in the stores. 825 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:30,279 Speaker 1: I will say night life is important though in New 826 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:33,279 Speaker 1: York and as critical as people can be. I like 827 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:35,520 Speaker 1: the fact that we can see our mayor, you know, 828 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:37,600 Speaker 1: out at the places that we go to because those 829 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:40,080 Speaker 1: are also a lot of them are small businesses and 830 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:42,960 Speaker 1: it means a lot to go to a business and 831 00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:45,440 Speaker 1: for the owner to be like the mayor was just here. 832 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:49,319 Speaker 3: Multi billion dollar industry has been ignored under all of 833 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:52,799 Speaker 3: them administrations. I walk into a night life establishment, I 834 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:54,680 Speaker 3: go into the kitchen. I'll speak with the cooks, I 835 00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:58,560 Speaker 3: speak with the waiters, I speak with all those employees 836 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:01,120 Speaker 3: and tell them how much I appreciate them. This is 837 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:03,560 Speaker 3: not a nine to five cities. This is a city 838 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,959 Speaker 3: that never sleeps. So the mayor can't be taking a nap. 839 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,839 Speaker 3: I'm out there speaking to my nurses that work during 840 00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:14,560 Speaker 3: midnight shift, my TA employees, people who wrote around the clock, 841 00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:17,080 Speaker 3: the city never stops, and I'm out there meeting them, 842 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:19,960 Speaker 3: greeting them, and they should know their mayor, not just 843 00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:21,520 Speaker 3: who worked corporate hours. 844 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:23,239 Speaker 1: All right, Well, next time you see them, shots on 845 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:27,839 Speaker 1: the mayor everybody. Okay, but thank you so much, Maya Eric, 846 00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:30,120 Speaker 1: and I'm always really appreciate you and I know you'll 847 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:30,480 Speaker 1: be back. 848 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:34,160 Speaker 2: Okay, thank you wa