Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson holds a press briefing.
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00:00:00Members of my administration, our Deputy Mayor Ponce de Leon for our immigrants
00:00:07migrants and refugee rights. We have our Corporation Counsel Mary Richardson
00:00:13Lowry. We also have my Deputy Mayor for Community Safety Gary and Gatewood
00:00:20Budget Director Annette Guzman and then my Chief Operations Officer John
00:00:27Roberson. And so with that there are a few presentations and I will turn it
00:00:33over to our Deputy Mayor for immigrant migrants and refugee rights
00:00:37Ms. Ponce de Leon. Thank you Mayor. Good morning everyone. Good morning. We
00:00:43wanted to just share today an overview of some of the executive orders that
00:00:48have come out in this new administration that are impacting our immigrant and
00:00:52refugee communities and focus on one new practice that we saw taking place
00:00:57last week. Talk about some of the implications for for families and for
00:01:01our city and then Mary Richardson Lowry will say more about the the legal ways
00:01:09that we are challenging these some of these orders. But I'll start by just
00:01:13saying it you might have seen and obviously it was pretty obvious last
00:01:17week that across the US in several cities ICE has begun to detain people in
00:01:23immigration court. So you know typically that has not happened in this way and it
00:01:28was a coordinated effort that we now know is happening across the cities not
00:01:34just Chicago. But it is impacting families because they are showing up for
00:01:39mandated hearings for mandated appearances and their cases are being
00:01:44dismissed and then ICE agents are there ready to serve them with an order for
00:01:50expedited removal and to remove them on the spot. And it's just one other way
00:01:55that we have seen how families are being torn apart. People are not being given
00:02:02access to to full legal services and due process and this will have implications
00:02:07along with several of the other executive orders that cause instability
00:02:11fear and uncertainty in individual families but also in our communities and
00:02:17in our city. And so as we think about these executive orders I'll name a few
00:02:21of them. You know one is that there's been this this challenge to birthright
00:02:27citizenship and we know there's a long way to go before that happens but again
00:02:31it is causing fear and uncertainty in in families and in communities. We were also
00:02:37earlier this year there's an executive order that put a hold on work of refugee
00:02:42resettlement organizations. Those community-based and sometimes national
00:02:46organizations have begun not only to lose funding and to be unable to serve
00:02:51refugees anymore but some of them have begun to shut down and so those are
00:02:55people that were here with permission by the U.S. receiving services who no longer
00:03:00have that and that again is causing much uncertainty and trauma to those families.
00:03:05We know that TPS by executive order was also ended for Venezuelans and across
00:03:10the country it's over 350,000 people that may be impacted. Here in Chicago we
00:03:16will see that once again families will be broken apart, people will potentially
00:03:22have to leave the country suddenly and very quickly and causing the type of
00:03:28instability that that looks like children not going to school, people
00:03:32losing their jobs, losing their homes, their apartment, needing emergency
00:03:35services and really causing challenges again to our city and to our state to be
00:03:41able to serve those families. We have seen the international student visas be
00:03:45revoked and the impact here with Chicago City with major universities we know
00:03:51from our immigrant community partners that we're seeing that impact those
00:03:56international students and then certainly two other executive orders and
00:04:01changes that have instilled much fear in our communities and will keep people
00:04:06from seeking emergency care or going to work or sending their children to school.
00:04:11One is the non-citizen registration which any non-citizen that is 14 years
00:04:17or older who has not yet been registered in one way or another through
00:04:20immigration proceedings needs to to be registered. People are afraid they don't
00:04:25know should they go, should they not go, will they be able to return home to to
00:04:29their families and then the IRS is now sharing data with with ICE and that
00:04:37traditionally has not happened historically again causing much fear in
00:04:41these communities. I wanted to highlight those because as we think about Chicago
00:04:45and Illinois how we protect all of our residents and citizens is important and
00:04:50what it means for our services as people lose the ability to work and the city
00:04:57may have to you know find ways to step up as people seek emergency shelter or
00:05:03food or other types of care. On the next slide a couple of resources to share. One
00:05:09is this new immigration hub for Illinois. The city, our Office of Immigrant
00:05:15Migrant Refugee Rights partnered with IDHS and ICER, the Resurrection Project
00:05:20and the National Immigrant Justice Center. It's a really rich website that
00:05:24basically has resources, information that we were all sharing in one way or
00:05:29another now they're centralized in this hub and continuing to push out the
00:05:34hotline that ICER has 1-855-435-7693, a centralized way for people to seek
00:05:42resources. And then just one last thing, part of what you'll find on that website
00:05:46is some tips for creating a family emergency plan. So as people are dealing
00:05:52with the uncertainty being caused by the executive orders and by the recent
00:05:56you know deportations or detentions happening in immigration court, families
00:06:02can be prepared. Preparing their documents, making sure their children
00:06:06have an adult to care for them if they're separated and being certain that
00:06:11they have their financial assets in order if they were to be to be separated.
00:06:16So that is a tool that we are promoting and sharing so that families can get the
00:06:21most information and resources that they need to make informed decisions for
00:06:25themselves and their families. Thank you.
00:06:30Good morning. Good morning. Mary Richardson, Laurie Corporation Council.
00:06:37The mayor thought it was important that we share with you some of the actions
00:06:41that we've taken legally since the start of the new federal administration. As I
00:06:49walk through those in total, well I won't be able to mention all of them
00:06:55because it's been over 30 legal filings. Some of them are direct complaints, some
00:07:00of them are amicus briefs, some are in the form of administrative responses, and
00:07:08we've had some areas of significant success. With respect to DOJ, our first
00:07:17filing that is referenced on the screen, we had we challenged along with a host
00:07:25of other cities legal actions that were taken, illegal actions that we thought
00:07:31were taken by the DOJ department, that is actually not a department, and
00:07:38essentially they fired probationary federal employees and we challenged
00:07:43their ability to do so under the Separation of Powers Act. Why is that
00:07:48important? These are employees that reside in Chicago, that provide services
00:07:53that impact our ability to service the citizen. The AFGE, the next item listed,
00:08:02this is a direct complaint that the city of Chicago filed. Probably the one that's
00:08:08received the greatest amount of national attention because it's affected
00:08:12approximately two dozen federal departments. It too is
00:08:21associated with the mass layoffs, but let me give you an example of the kind of
00:08:25mass layoff impact that that particular series of actions had on Chicago. When we
00:08:35deploy services around weather events, we are that city, whether it's flooding, snow
00:08:41events, we have to rely on the weather services employees to do our job, to make
00:08:48sure citizens are safe, to protect the interests of 77 communities, 50 wards.
00:08:55Those employees that were terminated adversely impact our ability to provide
00:09:01a safe and secure city. We also allege in our complaint that the separation of
00:09:11powers act did not allow them to take that action. The administrative
00:09:15procedures act did not allow them to fail to give proper notices. So we
00:09:25prevailed in receiving a preliminary restraining order. We are now in the
00:09:34Supreme Court as they decided to forego the appellate court and we will seek
00:09:44proper recompense on behalf of the city. When that stay occurred, it affected the
00:09:55kind of departments where there are federal employees that affected, OBM, USAD,
00:10:01Commerce Department, Energy Department, Interior Department, Labor Department,
00:10:08State Department, Transportation, Veterans Affairs, EPA, Small Business
00:10:15Association, Social Security Administration, HHS, HUD, Energy, counted
00:10:23among them. So each of those federal employees that also live and work in
00:10:28this city help us to provide services in this city, affect the millions of
00:10:35citizens in this city. Their termination based on our filing has stayed and we
00:10:43are now before the Supreme Court asking for support in our position that there
00:10:49was no authority absent Congress for them to riff these employees. Our other
00:10:59filings include Homeland Security. Let me start with the FEMA because it
00:11:11builds on what Bea was just referencing. Many people think of that and they think
00:11:19solely of migrants. I also want you to think of it in terms of services
00:11:24provided by small businesses to those migrants, by mid-sized businesses to
00:11:30those migrants. Those services have been provided. They were providing under the
00:11:34existing federal rules. They were provided in accordance with the
00:11:38Separation Powers Act and authorized by Congress. They were provided and we are
00:11:44entitled to the proper remuneration and coverage of our costs in providing
00:11:51those services. So we file a complaint and challenge the federal
00:11:57administration. I want to focus you on one of our latest filings. It's called
00:12:05Securing Our Cities where we've challenged the Department of Homeland
00:12:09Security. In that filing we are alleging that they failed to comply with the
00:12:15Separations of Powers Act. They failed to comply with the Administrative
00:12:19Procedures Act. But here's why it's important for you and the citizens of
00:12:24this city, our 50 wards, our 77 community areas. The Securing Our Cities program is
00:12:34about terrorism. I was the building commissioner on 9-11. I know what
00:12:42that looks like. I know what the adverse impact is. I know what the resources are.
00:12:47Many of you were around during that time and you know as well. Under that act the
00:12:56city is identified as a large city whose costs are to be
00:13:02covered and they have slowed that. What that means is the fire resources we
00:13:09need. We can't buy the equipment we need. The police services we need. The
00:13:16911 Center which I negotiated during my first tour of duty here. The services we
00:13:23provide though through that body which deployed for the entire city on 9-11
00:13:29will be compromised. So we have challenged that and we are awaiting an
00:13:35outcome. We filed 19 amicus briefs across a plethora of areas. Birthright citizen
00:13:46as Bea has referenced which is a bedrock constitutional consideration for each of
00:13:54us as citizens of this country. It is the thing that anchors us as a democracy.
00:14:04The other legal actions include among them the Department of Transportation
00:14:12and slowing or failing to pay grant dollars. That impacts our airport
00:14:21operations which we are the transportation hub still of the United
00:14:27States. We must be able to properly operate that those facilities and
00:14:35absent proper remuneration payment federal employees that help us with
00:14:40things from aviation issues, avery issues, bird flight that impacts planes etc. All
00:14:49those impact the services we render not only to our citizens but those from
00:14:54around the globe that fly through our airports. We've challenged on gender
00:15:00identity. There is an EO that was issued that impacts the
00:15:08passports of those who have our transgender non-binary intersex but
00:15:14ultimately also asked that they waive their rights with respect to that
00:15:22identity that they are entitled to claim as citizens. We've challenged the
00:15:29head start retraction of head start funds that affects the children of the
00:15:34city. Imagine that choice. Retraction of funds that impact adversely children and
00:15:42we are also a cultural center so we've challenged grants arts and grants but
00:15:48noting back earlier with some of the administrative challenges that we
00:15:52finally have had one of which was in the area of CDC that administrative challenge
00:15:59affected 519 city employees. We challenged it. It was rescinded. Those 519
00:16:09city employees are employed today. We will continue to challenge legally those
00:16:17actions whether by EO, directive, or memo which adversely impacts the citizens of
00:16:23our 77 communities and our 50 wards. Gary? We'll talk a bit about some of the
00:16:33impact that the Trump administration can have on community violence intervention
00:16:38and then obviously we'll get into the Memorial Day weekend and just the work
00:16:42so far this year. As you can see up there 811 million dollars in cuts to the
00:16:50Department of Justice and obviously those cuts include impacting victim
00:16:54services and community violence intervention. We have a couple of
00:16:57organizations here directly in the city that we work closely with. One large
00:17:02group is losing 3.7 million dollars Metropolitan Family Services and two of
00:17:07our groups in Englewood who have been doing a lot of work on the ground and as
00:17:11you all are aware Englewood had the second largest reduction in homicides
00:17:15last year doing part to some of the street outreach work but obviously a lot
00:17:19of it the work of the Chicago Police Department and commander courts and the
00:17:23work that they do down in Englewood but it's literally everybody coming together.
00:17:27So it's not just that these cuts have an impact on the operations of the work
00:17:33these are actual lives that are being impacted on a day-to-day basis. We can
00:17:38talk about why this matters a bit here. Some studies are showing that violence
00:17:42is down 41% in some of those hot spots. The work that's including peacekeepers
00:17:47in our police department and all of our work coming together is really driving
00:17:51how some of that violence is going down in particular places. The reason that
00:17:56this matters is we have continued to expand our community violence
00:18:00intervention work in our Chicago Police Department partnerships as a part of the
00:18:05people's plan for community safety. As you all are aware we work the business
00:18:08community the philanthropic community to expand that funding in this work. We can
00:18:13expand that funding and sustain that funding but obviously the cuts from the
00:18:16federal level can't take a can't harm that work. We're incorporating our street
00:18:23outreach partners along with the Chicago Police Department in large gatherings and
00:18:27how we manage those large gatherings. Some of those events that we partner
00:18:31with them all we had this past weekend late-night basketball which we had in
00:18:36Washington Park in Malcolm X College. Several hundred folks were there had a
00:18:41great time. You know I have to give a special thank you to the commander
00:18:46Williams commander Williams in the second district and commander buyer in
00:18:49the 12th district for providing additional support. We also had our street
00:18:53outreach partners at Hacklevitz also. We had city employees volunteer parks. So
00:18:59many people came together to partner to create that safe space for young folks
00:19:02and young adults. So the Memorial Day weekend is just where we are so far year
00:19:08to date and we often talk about. Month to date our violent crime is down yes our
00:19:15month to date our violent crime is down 24 percent our homicides are down 25
00:19:20percent. Shootings month to date are down 39 percent and robberies are down 32
00:19:24percent. Year to date our violent crime is down 21 percent our homicides are
00:19:29down 24 percent and our shootings are down 33 percent. Our robberies are down
00:19:3336 percent. Now I'll talk a bit about how some of that work came together this
00:19:39weekend. As you all know some of you attended the press conference on
00:19:44Thursday. We launched our summer operations center which is operated out
00:19:48of the Office of Emergency Management and Communications in partnership with
00:19:52the Chicago Police Department, the mayor's office, and all of our
00:19:55infrastructure departments which are led by Deputy Mayor Lori Lipson and
00:19:59obviously our Chief Operating Officer John Robeson. All of our public safety
00:20:03departments and infrastructure departments and all agencies came
00:20:06together throughout the weekend from Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and even
00:20:10yesterday to coordinate on the nearly 100 events that we had this weekend
00:20:16including Swing Yo's Fest. I had around 40,000 people attend. The assets that we
00:20:22had on the streets including salt trucks from the Department of Streets and
00:20:26Sanitation. Making sure we had adequate resources around our entire city. The EOC
00:20:32the Emergency Operations Center housed 15 agencies to coordinate that planning.
00:20:37Making sure information was exchanged between our agencies and our partners to
00:20:41make sure people understood how we would be working together. Obviously we
00:20:45utilized the city's camera network to make sure not only for large-scale
00:20:49events but also activating around occurring events in city neighborhoods
00:20:54to make sure people were safe and they felt supported. We again we have those
00:20:57coordination calls and we'll continue those coordination calls all the way
00:21:01through Labor Day for the rest of the summer. And our agencies worked
00:21:04tirelessly. I can't thank our agencies enough. You know every commander in the
00:21:09city was out this weekend and the mayor talked about that. The Chicago Police
00:21:12Department was out in full force along with our street outreach partners. Our
00:21:16city agencies to continue to drive violence down. Obviously there were a
00:21:22couple of homicides this weekend and that is always tragic but the work that
00:21:28is happening to drive violence down has to continue regardless of federal cuts.
00:21:32We're going to continue to do our work here in the city of Chicago and provide
00:21:36services and support for those who are in need and continue to do our work to
00:21:40keep people safe. Thank you to our Deputy Mayors Ponce de Leon and Gatewood.
00:21:46Thank you both for your leadership and to our Corporate Counsel Mary Richardson
00:21:50Laurie. Again I do want to just lift up the collective work that my
00:21:59administration is putting forward to all of the commanders who were present to
00:22:03our Police Superintendent Snelling and his entire team Talley, DeVries, Orsetti
00:22:11and Hine. All of them are doing an incredible job working in concert with
00:22:16the full force of government and much work still it ahead and we're grateful
00:22:22that there is a community response to the needs that this city has had for a
00:22:27very long time and that community response is leading to a safer Chicago.
00:22:33With that we'll open it up for questions. Okay so we'll do one question one
00:22:37follow-up we'll go to Justin Craig and then sneak around here. Morning Mayor.
00:22:43Good morning. You know last week in Springfield this week a lot of a lot of
00:22:48things going on but on the transit bill you know it seems it's possible that
00:22:52they try to tackle the structure and governance part and not revenue. Do you
00:22:57think that's acceptable to to do one without the other at this time or does
00:23:02the revenue need to come in in May? Well let me just say that I'm grateful for
00:23:07the collective work that is being done in Springfield. As I've said before our
00:23:13equitable distribution and fair share of resources for Chicago in the region
00:23:18that's my number one priority particularly at a time in which we're
00:23:23already seeing the benefits of our investments right where hotel occupancy
00:23:27is up tourism is up the ridership is up 300 million riders last year alone so we
00:23:34know that there is a growing need for reliable and affordable public
00:23:40transportation. As far as the parsing out of action that that is typical of
00:23:48Springfield you know my position is we have to do both right and you know our
00:23:55team has worked hard to ensure that the governing structure is situated properly
00:24:02for the future and the resources that's where we really have to roll up our
00:24:08sleeves and dig in a little bit more to ensure that that equitable distribution
00:24:12comes to fruition but all in all sometimes it it's manageable to parse
00:24:20elements of something of this magnitude apart and you know I don't necessarily
00:24:25have any grudge towards that effort. You know the the agencies themselves have
00:24:31said they need the revenue to avoid cuts they you know they would have to schedule
00:24:36I guess a series of meetings that they're required to schedule to talk
00:24:40about cuts before they actually implement them. Is there time to bring in
00:24:43that revenue on their timeline if they don't do it you know in this week? There
00:24:50is some urgency to respond to the financial needs that exist today you
00:24:55know as far as the timing is concerned look as I said there's clearly a growing
00:25:01appreciation and confidence in our public transit system there's more work
00:25:05to be done but as ridership continues to go up as well as the as tourism
00:25:11continues to to it to improve and we were talking about 20 billion dollars of
00:25:17infusion as a result of tourism we're gonna have to have a fully funded well
00:25:24supported transit system safe affordable and reliable you know and you know again
00:25:29there's no secret that we have to move with some expediency to ensure that the
00:25:35funding is there again the timing of it all probably some room there not very
00:25:41much though. Good morning mayor. Good morning. Continuing the Springfield theme
00:25:47when you went down there you talked about kind of four lower level asks
00:25:51would there were your priorities asking at a Springfield I'm wondering have
00:25:55you've gotten any assurances from you know your team down there or lawmakers
00:26:00you know that things like the mandated categories for schools the 9-11
00:26:06surcharge telecommunication tax you know better than I do are you getting any you
00:26:12know confirmation that what you need is going to come through in this budget
00:26:16with only a couple days left in the session. Well there's still work to be
00:26:19done right what I will say is this we take nothing for granted as you know and
00:26:24as you've covered over the years you know these last few days you know become
00:26:30you know paramount our team is working hard to make sure that as you mentioned
00:26:36the categoricals for instance for special education for transportation
00:26:41bilingual education that those reimbursements don't drop below what
00:26:46we've had in the past we actually believe that there should be some
00:26:49increase there you know there's nothing that's guaranteed and our work continues
00:26:56there to ensure that they ask that we have for the people of Chicago that
00:27:00those tasks become realized now there's always room to negotiate and there's
00:27:05different forms in which these asks can be delivered but we'll continue to work
00:27:09through that process to ensure that those investments reach Chicago. I'm
00:27:14hearing from one of the lawmakers who's key involved with the budgeting who
00:27:18describes your team's present down presence down there as virtually being
00:27:22absent now can you respond to that? We're there we're there. Hey man hey I
00:27:31understand your team along with the subcommittee on revenue is unveiling
00:27:34your package of ideas next month would you say many of those proposals require
00:27:40a state legislature approval and if so are you worried about needing to pass
00:27:43those taxes during the fall veto session that runs alongside the city's budget
00:27:48cycle? Well it's evident that and we've expressed this before that the levers in
00:27:54which I have direct control over in terms of being able to generate revenue
00:27:59there are there's limitations there and that the state of Illinois there are far
00:28:04more areas of revenue streams that we will need the state to approve them
00:28:10here's what we do know about both of our budgets and these are budgets across
00:28:14America where our expenses are have not have outpaced our revenue right and
00:28:20that's a challenge that I know that the state of Illinois just expressed five
00:28:24hundred and thirty six million dollars roughly of anticipated revenue that the
00:28:29state can no longer account for these are just challenges all over the country
00:28:34Denver had a conversation with Mayor Johnston of the challenges that he's
00:28:38faced what Mayor Bass has had to deal with in Los Angeles so there's going to
00:28:44be a continued concerted effort on my part to ensure that the key investments
00:28:48that we are making continue to push forth our effort to build the safest
00:28:54most affordable big city in America our investments are clearly I'm having some
00:28:59strong returns as violence continues to go down in the city of Chicago as far as
00:29:04anything more specific beyond that I will pass it to our budget director
00:29:08Guzman and that is my budget director I invite you to tune in to next week's
00:29:17revenue subcommittee hearing where we're specifically talking about state level
00:29:22taxes beginning that conversation with alders one to help them understand you
00:29:28know what are the options at the state level how do we begin these
00:29:31conversations early now ahead of next year's state budget process how do we
00:29:38get them involved in conversations at the state level early so we're starting
00:29:43right after the you know state's budget cycle ends but we're not just resting on
00:29:48state level revenues we're going to have continued conversations with our alders
00:29:51about the types of revenues that they have the ability to to put into effect
00:29:58as well as relates not only this budget but future budgets for the city in merit
00:30:04there are now two Chicagoans rumored to be running for president in 2028 of
00:30:08course governor Pritzker and there have been some different analysis pieces
00:30:13written on mayor Rahm Emanuel floating with a run what do you think about the
00:30:18potential candidacy of each and why or why not would they get your endorsement
00:30:23well let me just say there's a great deal of political talent that comes out
00:30:28of Chicago right I mean you know hands down whether it's Carol Mosley Braun the
00:30:32ambassador from United States Senator former United States Senator and
00:30:37President United States of America Barack Obama there's an enormous amount
00:30:41of talent and you know Chicago is built differently right and it places us in a
00:30:48unique position to be able to you know highlight you know what working-class
00:30:52people around the country want you know you know here's what I can say my focus
00:30:56will always remain at this point on building the safest most affordable big
00:31:01city in America and what I hope is that as we have these conversations
00:31:06nationally around what's best for this country that we look to what is working
00:31:13and in Chicago we're building more affordable homes creating more
00:31:17opportunities for our young people expanding mental and behavioral health
00:31:21care for for families you know look we are the most pro-worker city in America
00:31:26that's the type of infusion of excitement that we have to have within
00:31:30our political discourse to ensure that we not only capture the imaginations of
00:31:36working people but we capture their confidence as well so you know I'm going
00:31:42to continue to lead in the way in which I believe the people of this country
00:31:46want you know look you have a great deal of hostility coming from the federal
00:31:52government you know the fact that the president of the United States of
00:31:55America is cutting off food supply and medicine to working people and families
00:31:59across this country that is an act of war and we're gonna need leaders who are
00:32:04prepared and willing to stand up for working people because this battle has
00:32:10reached our front doors all across America where people are struggling and
00:32:15suffering and in order to alleviate that pain and discomfort that's going to
00:32:19require bold leadership and we can't tippy-toe and nibble around the edges we
00:32:24have to be very forthright and very determined to ensure that the values of
00:32:28working people get fully expressed as well as exercised in our policies good
00:32:33morning mayor yes it is what's your reaction to last week's social media
00:32:37posts incorrectly tying the suspect in the DC shooting to you as well as all
00:32:41the women Rosanna Rodriguez Sanchez and other elected officials and can you
00:32:45comment specifically on whether you agree with the demand from her staffers
00:32:49lawyer that alderman Raymond Lopez apologized to these officials including
00:32:53you well let me just make sure that we focus our attention on the people who
00:32:58are hurting in this in this city and across this country you know this act of
00:33:03violence and terror that was clearly motivated by anti-semitism we have to in
00:33:13very certain terms and unequivocally not just denounce but rebuke those acts of
00:33:18terror and that the people of Chicago stand in complete solidarity with the
00:33:26Jewish community but we also cannot lose sight on what I believe that the vast
00:33:31majority of Chicagoans and Americans want they want a peaceful resolution and
00:33:37you can reject terror and call for the releasing of hostages as well as for an
00:33:45end to the bombings we've done that as a city we were one of the first cities in
00:33:50America to call out the attacks against the Jewish community and against the
00:33:57state of Israel when Hamas went and directed their attention directly
00:34:03towards civilians it's horrific and we cannot deny the fact that there are
00:34:09thousands of Palestinians who are being harmed and bombed and and killed across
00:34:17that region here's what I'm calling for ultimately I'm calling for sensible and
00:34:22peaceful resolution to to this war you know as far as you know politicians
00:34:30looking to incite more fear and violence that is just as much an act of terror as
00:34:37that which is being promulgated in that entire region and it is incredibly
00:34:43irresponsible in fact I find it to be absolutely grotesque so as far as you
00:34:51know you know how people should be motivated in this moment it's not just
00:34:58about one particular politician who has provocated and incited a great deal of
00:35:05fear and and terror that it has no place in our city and trying to make
00:35:13these egregious and unsubstantiated connections is proof positive though
00:35:21that their focus is not only displaced but it has malicious intent I'm calling
00:35:30for the people of Chicago to render calm and peace in this moment nations
00:35:41are hurting as a global city we have to be forthright and elevated in our
00:35:50presentation and not succumb to the the dirt and the basement level hell level
00:36:03engagement it doesn't do anything for the people in this city who are feeling
00:36:11isolated and unprotected that's my reaction thank you and going back to
00:36:17Justin's question our understanding is that the CTA budget process begins early
00:36:22fall so the budget they proposed would have a giant question mark if lawmakers
00:36:25don't figure out the revenue piece this week with that concern you well I would
00:36:32be remiss if I didn't acknowledge that I don't have concerns about budgets
00:36:36across the board here right whether it's CTA Chicago Public Schools my city
00:36:42budget the budget that I know that the state of Illinois is grappling with
00:36:47here's what is most important there is a commitment to make sure that there's a
00:36:52governing structure that reflects the equitable distribution of services and
00:36:58that we have to fund a system that clearly is underfunded right and you
00:37:05know as far as again the timing to your colleagues point yes I'm yes I am
00:37:15calculating the distance between ensuring that there's funding and how we
00:37:21can continue to grow our system and we're going to stick to it and work as
00:37:26hard as we can these next few days to be able to come to a reasonable resolution
00:37:32to ensure that the 300 million riders that we had just last year alone that
00:37:36that number continues to expand how do you guys plan on 3.7 million dollar loss
00:37:44in federal cuts for violence intervention groups city facing
00:37:48obviously a big giant deficit how do you plan on making up for that loss and how
00:37:52do you think it will affect crime stats well look it's going to be tough right
00:37:56whether it's the 3.7 million or you know what's being threatened in the
00:38:01billions at the federal level look we send tax dollars to the to the federal
00:38:06government our city does and we expect to return on that as you've heard we are
00:38:11taking every single action including lawsuits I made that point a couple of
00:38:15months ago that we will sue and we have there's some stays on some particular
00:38:20executive orders that the president has attempted to has attempted to carry out
00:38:24you know and this is why this working group is so vital to our work we have
00:38:30brought together every single sector we're not going in this alone and so the
00:38:34solutions that will come from the working group and ideas that will come
00:38:38specifically from my administration to be able to respond to these investments
00:38:42it's going to take all of us to be able to come to a reasonable conclusion
00:38:46because look to your point the last thing that the impact that it will have
00:38:50it will it will have an impact on the progress that we're making violence is
00:38:56down in Chicago violence is down in Chicago violence is down in Chicago we
00:39:02are saving lives we are investing in people build this building the safest
00:39:07most affordable big city in America it's not a tagline that's an actual objective
00:39:11of mine and we're carrying it out whether it's the 4,000 affordable homes
00:39:15the missing middle to create owner-occupied spaces so that we can
00:39:20build generational wealth while also provide more affordable units to
00:39:24families and then making these critical investments in our neighborhoods so that
00:39:29shootings and robberies don't become the the standard and we're shifting that so
00:39:36you know it's clear that you know the president's actions have clearly been
00:39:41inimical you know to the interests of working people we're going to continue
00:39:46to organize and take the full force of government head-on so that we can these
00:39:51so that these investments are not lost and the progress that we're making won't
00:39:55be disrupted sure please feel free to jump into so obviously we knew that
00:40:02opera the opera cuts would be coming so a part of that work thinking about
00:40:05before even getting into the DOJ cuts a part of that work was working with the
00:40:10government alliance of safe communities our partners at the county our partners
00:40:14at the state and our partners in business and philanthropy to add
00:40:18additional resources to that portion of our public safety infrastructure to keep
00:40:22that work going now that is one big part of our public safety infrastructure but
00:40:27it's also important that we highlight these cuts are not just impacting
00:40:31violence intervention you know as our corporation council mentioned this is
00:40:34impacting our office of emergency management communications a fire
00:40:38department our police department all of these entities work together to continue
00:40:42to drive crime down so it's important that people understand we're going to
00:40:46continue to show up and do the work that we have been doing to drive violence
00:40:50down but these cuts in these threats of cuts are real so it is incumbent upon us
00:40:54that if we want to continue to see these declines we have to find a way to make
00:40:58sure we are resourcing it across the board that means we have to find
00:41:01partnerships at different levels and dig a little deeper if we want to continue
00:41:05to see these declines and crime okay I know the school board has a meeting
00:41:14this week schools winding down Pedro Martinez his contract is almost up can
00:41:21you respond to some of the reports that school board members have been
00:41:24pressured by the school board president to reverse course their superintendents
00:41:31license so you can put in place an interim superintendent which is rumored
00:41:35to be your chief of staff yeah I'm happy to respond there is no pressure
00:41:40that's being applied for any one particular person what I have directed
00:41:46the board president to do is is to engage with board members to have a
00:41:51fruitful conversation around what we need in a in a in a school leader I've
00:41:58had multiple conversations with board members around this converse around this
00:42:02very issue is because we look I I have to have a leader who recognizes and
00:42:13appreciates the value system in which I'm tethered to and these conversations
00:42:21have been meaningful and effective look when it's all said and done you know my
00:42:29decision to ensure that the people of Chicago have a school leader that
00:42:36understands and knows how this moment is transformational that's what's most
00:42:43important here someone who recognizes why you know small class sizes are
00:42:49valuable because that affects all students across the city every single
00:42:53kindergartner will be in a school where class sizes are far more manageable you
00:42:58know ensuring that we're protecting our immigrant students that has tremendous
00:43:02value you know look as a former public school teacher and someone who sends my
00:43:08children to the public schools in Chicago that person has to reflect the
00:43:13values of working people and families who are calling on this district to show
00:43:18up for them so you know look I have not made a final decision I will continue to
00:43:23have conversations with board members around the values that the people of
00:43:28Chicago have entrusted me to carry out and you know any speculation beyond that
00:43:33is just you know just simply just that okay we're just going to do a question
00:43:38today we can't do a monologue so just go straight to the question thank you
00:43:42microphone on Mayor Johnson ever since the Department of Justice has opened
00:43:49their civil rights racial discrimination investigation into you and your
00:43:56administration you've done nothing but attack the Department of Justice and
00:44:02Donald Trump by name including what we need the question or we're gonna have to
00:44:08keep going for me Dylan the assistant attorney general sir who are going to
00:44:13the question that you're okay thanks for the question
00:44:43what what here's here's what's important here that the conversation around what
00:44:50does it mean to have an administration that reflects the values of the people
00:44:55of the city of Chicago and whether or not that approach is something that the
00:44:59administration subscribes to clearly they don't you know we have the most
00:45:05competent talented loving diverse administration 64% of the
00:45:12administration is made up of women and that there's value there and you know it
00:45:17certainly is is different than you know the the Trump administration right where
00:45:23you have pro wrestlers and individuals who quite frankly should address their
00:45:29their their addiction to to control substances and someone who is running a
00:45:38department that knows nothing about Department of Human Services right
00:45:43there's a degree of again frustration that the American people are
00:45:51experiencing simply because you know the the Trump administration again is more
00:45:57interested in the country club than the country you know my administration
00:46:01speaks to the values of the people of this city and around the country and as
00:46:04we continue to drive by this time the city of Chicago and as our investments
00:46:08continue to go up it is proof positive that my administration only reflects the
00:46:12values and the diversity in the competency of our city but there are
00:46:17actual positive results that we can speak to racist rhetoric that you have
00:46:24used on the campaign trail and the racist policies hiring policies that the
00:46:30city is currently being investigated for you said you didn't answer the question
00:46:34including all right we need the question I'm gonna keep on a terror Gomez see
00:46:39there now we're gonna keep moving sir you know a lot of Chicagoans have said
00:46:43that please ask the question want this that they want this question answered
00:46:46that's fine just ask the question and you interrupting a question that real
00:46:49Chicagoans want to understand is mr. Kelly are you are you okay sir just ask
00:46:56the question you seem a little you seem a little heavy just let me just say this
00:47:01one more time if you don't ask the question we're going to move on to the
00:47:04next person that's the question go for it
00:47:08millions of Chicagoans have asked have commented on on my last video want to
00:47:16know about for example the case of Robert Gomez the rest of the Riverwalk
00:47:22restaurateur who had his license yanked without any explanation costing the
00:47:27city by the way $800,000 there do you if you could go back to last week when I
00:47:34asked you this question and before this DOJ what is the question the people of
00:47:45Chicago want to know why you are engaging in racist rhetoric and hiring
00:47:50practices yeah thank you for that question and I fundamentally oppose and
00:47:54reject the premise of your question thank you very much yes it is let's
00:48:00shift to the Bears so we're kind of closing time in Springfield we know that
00:48:09they're they've been in active talks about getting some kind of funding for a
00:48:13new stadium with lawmakers there is the city engaged in any conversation with
00:48:17lawmakers during this last week to try to maintain keep them here in Chicago
00:48:22well look the door is is still open for the Bears to remain in the city of
00:48:27Chicago I've expressed you know my commitment and our team has put forth
00:48:33terms that we believe are fair and are attractive you know obviously at this
00:48:41point I've done everything that I possibly could do to ensure my
00:48:47commitment to the Bears in our city and they need support from Springfield I
00:48:52mean that's really what it comes down to those conversations have always been
00:48:57led by the Bears because just like the Bears had to come to me about how the
00:49:03city could wrap itself around an agreement and we were able to respond to
00:49:10the organization the Bears also have the responsibility to speak to the
00:49:15leadership in Springfield in order to secure a stadium look that is out of my
00:49:20control at this point if the Bears do not receive support from Springfield
00:49:25then they'll have to make decisions that are best for their organization as far
00:49:29as I'm concerned you know the door is still open just to clarify is the city
00:49:35engaged in any conversations of its own in Springfield regarding the city of
00:49:39Chicago has done this part in communicating directly with the Bears
00:49:42the Bears have the responsibility just like they came to the city of Chicago to
00:49:46go to the state of Illinois for support if the state of Illinois decides that
00:49:50they're not going to provide any financial support for the Bears then the
00:49:54Bears will have to make a decision accordingly just ask you quickly
00:50:00historically we've seen you know very violent Memorial Day weekends and this
00:50:05year we we didn't is obviously been touted today as a success can you talk
00:50:10about that and moving forward in that same theme into the summer well you know
00:50:16again I you know I do appreciate the collective work that we have put forward
00:50:22you know I said that we needed to promote 200 more detectives and we've
00:50:26done that and now the clearance rate I believe for just this year alone it's at
00:50:3185% you know and we're using those same measures to not just resolve and bring
00:50:41closure to homicides but to also to resolve and bring closure to shootings
00:50:46if you shoot someone or shoot at someone or shoot in this city we're gonna hold
00:50:51you accountable we're gonna hold you accountable it's the level of tear and
00:50:57discomfort that has been the prevailing form of existence in this city has gone
00:51:02on too long and that's why the investing in detectives and the entire detective
00:51:07division was so critical but it's not just policing it's policing and youth
00:51:11employment it's policing and behavioral mental health support services we know
00:51:16that 40% of 9-1-1 calls used to comprise primarily 40% of those calls were mental
00:51:23health crises now that we've expanded the care program crisis assistance
00:51:27recovery engagement we have allowed for paid professionals to show up to those
00:51:35mental health crises then freeing up law enforcement to respond to the other
00:51:40areas of concern I don't think we should you know diminish and we certainly
00:51:45should not diminish the investments in housing and youth employment all of
00:51:49these are efforts to bring the full force of government to show up for the
00:51:53people of Chicago violence is down in Chicago investments are up in Chicago
00:51:59I'm going to build the safest most affordable big city in America and even
00:52:03when detractors wanted to push back against our approach they talk about
00:52:08timing the conversation really has to be about commitment I'm committed to
00:52:13making sure that every single neighborhood across this city is safer
00:52:17and the work that we're doing there's still much work to be done and we're
00:52:22gonna continue to bring everybody together to ensure that all 77
00:52:26neighborhoods can experience the vibrancy and the beauty of this city and
00:52:30do it and by feeling safe and experiencing safety thank you for that
00:52:34question you're welcome hi I'm Mallory with BBM hi I have a question in light
00:52:39of the Liverpool tragedy we're moving into the summer festival season are you
00:52:45changing the safety plan according to these kinds of moves this kind of car
00:52:49ramming into crowds pride coming up any kind of comments you can make on our
00:52:55safety plan as a city with this kind of tragedy hanging over us yeah and
00:53:00happening again is this a trend that we now need to kind of look at and put
00:53:05safety guardrails in place for crowds well we do have safety measures in place
00:53:11for large events we just talked about the success of swing yo's and other
00:53:18community events that are being held all over the city of Chicago of course it's
00:53:22still something that I think about and we we are taking effective steps towards
00:53:29ensuring of full safety I'm gonna turn it over to my chief operations officer
00:53:35because he can speak directly to this John Robertson who led the DNC and other
00:53:39large-scale events across this city good morning John Robertson chief operating
00:53:45officer one of the things that our emergency management and operations team
00:53:50does is every time there is an incident whether it's here in Chicago or anywhere
00:53:55around the world they look at those types of incidents and then we have the
00:53:59opportunity to then do a review of our standard operating procedures if we feel
00:54:04that based upon a specific event that there are enhancements that need to be
00:54:09made if there are changes that need to be made then our emergency operations
00:54:13team takes a look at those things and we will adapt and change our plans as
00:54:18necessary in order to meet the needs of the moment and switching to Springfield
00:54:25it's a delicate balance I mean speaking with state lawmakers they're looking for
00:54:30funding with federal government cuts it's been a challenge for them we're
00:54:34talking about the city of Chicago also having to face those same challenges now
00:54:39that we're in that final week and we have issues like where are we finding
00:54:44actual funding for public transit where are we going to find things you're going
00:54:49now to not calling out President Trump but you're saying you know I'm putting a
00:54:54stamp on it this is our feeling towards as the city of Chicago what we stamp are
00:54:58our values how do we get money I guess just give me a comment a little bit on
00:55:03the balancing act of all this as we look to Springfield it's a great question
00:55:15the focus has to be on the people who we are advocating for and I get it yeah I
00:55:27understand that your characterization my position directed towards the president
00:55:33how do we balance these conversations when the federal government has a
00:55:38responsibility to actually do its job by supporting the people of this country
00:55:43you know look I actually appreciate let me just say this during the governor's
00:55:50budget address governor Pritzker he described the the steps and the actions
00:55:57of this president akin to how Nazi Germany became real and governor
00:56:11Pritzker eloquently not just described it but offered up a warning you have a
00:56:18president that is cutting off medicine and food a president that is working to
00:56:25erase culture I mean you can't you can't make this up he's doing it in plain sight
00:56:35literally doing it in plain sight and then those of us who study history and
00:56:39those of us who have been impacted by these evil malicious ungodly acts people
00:56:48at the time wondered how an entire nation and or globe could see in plain
00:56:56sight the wickedness and the viciousness against a particular group of people and
00:57:03how we are now still fighting the anti-semitic governance right that that
00:57:14that still unfortunately has place in this society but we're also watching in
00:57:21plain sight the president of the United States of America carry out the playbook
00:57:27that was done against an entire people group and he's doing it right here in
00:57:31this country against working people erasing black folks from museums and the
00:57:37history and the culture coming after leadership and so when you ask how we
00:57:45balance that you have to fight it and resist it with everything that's in you
00:57:51the president of the United States of America is capturing the hopes and
00:58:05aspirations of working people and holding us hostage as he works to
00:58:10implement and annihilate democracy and so the the lawsuits that we are pushing
00:58:21working collaboratively within our city to put forth a budget apparatus that
00:58:28protects all the investments as violent crime continues to go down in Chicago
00:58:33and so this is a fight that this generation has to show up for other
00:58:42generational leadership responded in a forceful way but if I could just be so
00:58:52bold here they responded late in too many lives were lost as a result of the
00:58:59late response we have to respond much earlier than our ancestors and to ensure
00:59:05that the evolution of our democracy is not interrupted simply because of the
00:59:08threats and the hostage holding that this administration is putting forward
00:59:13and so our balance is to continue to do everything within our power to make sure
00:59:17that working people in the city of Chicago are loved and protected and
00:59:20invested in and we're going to work with the state of Illinois to do just that
00:59:25thank you sure please I think the way that we have to balance it is we
00:59:30actually have to talk about it we have to be really honest with people we need
00:59:34people we need you guys to report on it a lot of people think because the city
00:59:39of Chicago provides a service that that is funded by the city of Chicago and I
00:59:44get that that is confusing but a lot of that money comes from the federal
00:59:47government I think it's important for people to understand that the things
00:59:52that we get direct money from the federal government or pass through from
00:59:56the state of Illinois from the federal government are not city of Chicago
01:00:00issues you know the you know cutting off money to CDC impacts our public
01:00:06health departments not only in the city of Chicago but the state of Alabama the
01:00:10state of Georgia the state of Louisiana cutting off funding for our Head Start
01:00:17programs doesn't just impact the city of Chicago it impacts red states as well
01:00:22cutting off funding or threatening funding for transportation isn't just a
01:00:26city of Chicago issue and those are not city of Chicago funds and so I think
01:00:31it's incumbent upon us to talk about it to be honest with people about where
01:00:35those funds go come from and how they impact their day-to-day lives of
01:00:39Chicagoans and residents throughout the entire country and we look to you to
01:00:45help us amplify those messages we provide the information we get the data
01:00:50out it's important for you to help us amplify that because it's not just a
01:00:54city of Chicago issue it's not just a blue state blue city issue these impact
01:00:58everyone across the country hello thank you trying to come back to my notes here
01:01:06as I've been listening I you talk a lot about violence being down but from
01:01:11recent numbers that I've seen thanks to Jake Sheridan here car car stolen are
01:01:18way up and also robberies have increased since the Lightfoot administration so
01:01:23all categories of violence are not down it's it's would be fair to say there are
01:01:29categories that are down but could you talk about especially that there's like
01:01:34a doubling of the number of cars stolen so violence totally is not down violent
01:01:40crime is down that that's so violent crime is down 21% and whether it's
01:01:47homicides shootings shooting victims our robbery strategy that we put forth
01:01:53just over a almost a year ago now we're down 36% this is not to say that we
01:02:00don't have more work to do right look there's nothing magical about this work
01:02:06and I'll turn over to our deputy mayor in a second something magical about it
01:02:10it's just intentional now you know look for four decades we have not had the
01:02:17full force of government responding in a unified harmonious way where you have
01:02:23law enforcement and CVI working hand in hand you have the city services
01:02:30providing support with with everything from tree trimming to making sure that
01:02:35people have access to jobs so like if if if if the suggestion is somehow that
01:02:40I'm completely satisfied no we're not but you can't ignore the fact that
01:02:47violent crime is down in the city of Chicago and that's the message that we
01:02:51want to make sure permeates through throughout the city of Chicago but as
01:02:54far as some of the specific numbers around car vehicular carjackings those
01:03:00numbers are down yeah absolutely yeah I got you yeah motor vehicle thefts right
01:03:06so thank you for your question Miriam motor vehicle thefts are down by 2,500
01:03:11motor vehicle thefts so far this year in comparison the last year which is a 29%
01:03:15decrease happy to share these numbers with you can also see them on our
01:03:19violence reduction dashboard motor vehicle deaths from year over year down
01:03:2329% motor vehicle thefts okay so we're quoting who are you quoting again yeah
01:03:44so yeah I am literally pulling our daily report right now for here's what I would
01:03:50ask you to do how about we don't get our sources from and a no disrespect to
01:03:55whoever this person is I'm just but I'm just I'm just saying Marianne that so
01:03:59you're the source through Jake through someone else I can't tell you how to get
01:04:04your source what I'm saying is the source that we use as a city we're down
01:04:07okay and so you can reference that source and maybe reference Jake for
01:04:13something else in the future yeah again it's down twenty nine point one percent
01:04:16compared to last year on motor vehicle thefts thank you we saw an uptick in
01:04:20motor vehicle thefts when we first came in and worked with Kia and Hyundai and
01:04:25others to bring motor vehicle thefts down they decreased last year they've
01:04:28decreased this year and again is that at twenty nine point one percent decreased
01:04:31year-over-year you're welcome
01:04:37NASCAR
01:04:46here's what I want I just want NASCAR to take place without rain we just get one
01:04:54year to experience it let me just give a special thanks to NASCAR they've done an
01:04:58incredible job working with the community all over the city of Chicago
01:05:03the programming that they have provided the investments that they've made have
01:05:07been solid you know as far as the future I'm gonna have that conversation we're
01:05:12gonna continue to work with the neighborhood that has been most impacted
01:05:16the outreach that has been done in and around NASCAR has been strong and again
01:05:23we're just hoping that we don't have the torrential rainfall so that we can
01:05:28actually see the full beauty of NASCAR we do know that in terms of viewership
01:05:34you know they broke records so that's good for the city of Chicago but it also
01:05:39does speak to the I know the strength of our city we hold large events really
01:05:46well and that's why I believe that we're while we're experiencing population
01:05:50growth hotel occupancy is up you're seeing more people getting on public
01:05:56transportation this is not to say that we have done all that we can all I'm
01:06:01simply saying is you all with things that are controversial or less
01:06:04controversial here's what we can say as a city we are safer and more affordable
01:06:09and we're gonna continue to grow that out and if NASCAR plays a part of the
01:06:15future of the safest most affordable big city in America we're of course going to
01:06:20have that conversation thank you for that hi mayor I think I'm taking us home
01:06:24let's go back to Springfield we're no no why why would we want to know I'm
01:06:29teasing yeah right it's a delightful place I might stop by this weekend so
01:06:36they're talking money they're talking reform maybe they're talking not gonna
01:06:39punt on money but among the reforms being discussed is more police on routes
01:06:44do you want the state to spend more money on transit security and have you
01:06:49thought about what you would do with freed up police resources in that
01:06:54scenario well look we here's what I want I want a safe affordable and
01:06:59reliable transportation system and there are many ways in which we can get at
01:07:04that look policing plays a part and our overall you know community safety
01:07:09strategy it's policing and right you know you're with the amount of families
01:07:14that are unhoused in this city and lack behavior I meant to help support
01:07:18services is why we're expanding those services I mean there's no secret here
01:07:22that there's drug abuse and other you know manifestations of mental and
01:07:30behavioral health challenges like we're gonna take it head-on that's why we
01:07:34expanded the care program and we've grown our shelter beds by 126 percent so
01:07:40it's it has to be all-encompassing this is the difference between I believe the
01:07:45way others have gone after this before I know one of your colleagues asked what
01:07:50do you attribute you know to some of the the numbers reflecting a downward
01:07:57trend in violence is that we're not taking a singular approach it's
01:08:01policing and behavior mental health support services is policing and
01:08:05shelters and building more affordable housing if it's just spoken in the silo
01:08:10that is the the failure of the past we're not gonna get locked back into
01:08:15that approach because we saw that that approach did not reap the full benefit
01:08:20and you know it's an ongoing conversation but it has to be the full
01:08:24force of government approach to have a transportation system that continues to
01:08:28grow and show up for working people I'm gonna parse your words that's what we do
01:08:33here you said today you've not made a final decision about the new CPS CEO so
01:08:40question does Christina Passione as I asked recognize the value system you're
01:08:45tethered to with respect to CPS she's my chief of staff this entire dais
01:08:53reflects my values now believe it or not we do have some tense conversations iron
01:08:59sharpens iron you know and there's a benefit to that I mean all of us come
01:09:04from different experiences right Beatrice Ponce de Leon has a long track
01:09:08record of working in community Annette Guzman has has had you know from the
01:09:15county to Copa you know poor John Robertson he's had to work for a bunch
01:09:20of mayors right Mary Richardson Laurie in fact where one point both of them
01:09:25were in buildings right and aviation and and the school board right Gary and
01:09:32Gatewood statewide efforts around reducing violence in this in the state
01:09:37of Illinois and bringing people groups together all I'm so here's what I want I
01:09:44want a person who again understands the the values that I that I that I have
01:09:50look there's no secret that I have repeatedly pushed this city to show up
01:09:57for working people as it relates to our public education system there's no
01:10:01secret there some of you were around when I took an arrest blocking the
01:10:08elevators of another administration because they were trying to close diet
01:10:13high school and now there are six individuals that are going on to play
01:10:18division one basketball all I'm saying is like my credibility around this issue
01:10:23is unmatched and I say that with all due humility right and there's never been a
01:10:29mayor that has ever committed to a fully elected representative school board
01:10:32there's never been a mayor who sent their children to the public schools
01:10:36there's never been a mayor that taught in our public schools there's never been
01:10:40a mayor that has actively advocated for neighborhood schools in the way in which
01:10:44I've done so whomever we settle on you best believe that person's gonna be cold
01:10:50thank you all