- 6/3/2025
New York City Mayor and New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch held a press briefing to celebrate the department's successful operations and crime statistics.
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00:00:00Why are you so crowded today, Fabian? What's going on?
00:00:05Got a lot of questions today.
00:00:09I cannot tell you how great it is to see some of you, you know?
00:00:16And joined by Police Commissioner, Deputy Mayor, Daugherty, Chief LePetri.
00:00:23Chief is, you know, it's just like our secret weapon.
00:00:26Always behind the scenes and knows how to really analyze crime in a real way to do the things that we are doing best.
00:00:38And that's making this a safe place to raise children and families.
00:00:44And we're delivering on that every day.
00:00:46And over the last three and a half years, we've worked to create safer streets, safer subways, and a safe city for all New Yorkers and their families.
00:00:57We've said this over and over.
00:00:58And again, I said it during 2022.
00:01:02The feeling of crime must match the success of bringing down crime.
00:01:07And many of you criticized me when I said it, and then that became your talking point after.
00:01:12We know people have to feel safe and be safe.
00:01:15We knew we were being successful in bringing down crime, but the reality was that New Yorkers weren't feeling safe.
00:01:22And we wanted to match that.
00:01:24And we knew we had to make sure that our strategy was about removing illegal guns from our streets.
00:01:31As you see these examples here, these are not props.
00:01:35These are guns that bad people were carrying.
00:01:38Just look at these weapons that you see here with a scope.
00:01:42You're seeing weapons that are very dangerous, automatic weapons.
00:01:48At one time, we would only see 38 revolvers, like this one here and this one here.
00:01:54Now these are semi-automatic, and they carry more than the six shots.
00:01:58That's like a two-shot Derringer there.
00:02:00But these are some serious weapons, and they could do a lot of harm and a lot of danger.
00:02:06And the goal was to get them off the street.
00:02:082,200 this year.
00:02:1122,000 over the three and a half years we've been in office.
00:02:17And the National Gun Violence Awareness Month, we want to draw attention to what we're doing,
00:02:24and we want to honor and remember victims of gun violence.
00:02:28You know, Jackie Rowe Adams is a good friend of mine.
00:02:31She lost two sons to gun violence.
00:02:33And many occasions, family and loved ones share with me how they've lost multiple family members
00:02:41throughout the years to gun violence.
00:02:44That's why this was an important initiative, and our promise to eradicate gun violence.
00:02:49We're moving forward on that promise.
00:02:52And our promise is playing dividends, breaking shooting and homicide records, hats off to Commissioner
00:03:00Tish for continuing to drill down on the success that we want to have in dropping gun violence.
00:03:09The last five quarters, I believe it is, we've witnessed a decrease in crime.
00:03:16But the last five months, we've had the lowest number of shootings and homicides and recorded history in the city.
00:03:26I just want that to linger out there for a moment, you know, because you have people running around saying the city's out of control, city's out of control.
00:03:34The lowest number of shootings and homicides in recorded history of this city.
00:03:41That is an amazing achievement.
00:03:44It is not the end of the line.
00:03:47We want a city where there are zero shootings and homicides.
00:03:51But we have to acknowledge the work that our men and women are doing every day.
00:03:55They're running towards gunshots when others run away from gunshots.
00:03:59And we know how important this is.
00:04:03But this is, again, there's so much more to do because there are illegal guns out there, and we're going to go after them.
00:04:11And so, the five months into the year, we know that this success is what we are moving towards.
00:04:18But it's by no accident.
00:04:20It is the result of our administration's clear and continuing focus on eradicating violence in our city.
00:04:26And violence on all levels.
00:04:30Mopeds, crashes, that's a violence.
00:04:33Violence by vehicles, that's violence.
00:04:36We're looking at violence on all levels.
00:04:38There is no condolences if someone stops and tells you that you lost your loved one to some form of violence.
00:04:49And when you take 22,000 guns off our street that can no longer terrorize New Yorkers, you're hitting them off.
00:04:57Each illegal gun we took off the street is saving lives and damning one more river that leads to the sea of violence.
00:05:04And this is about public safety.
00:05:06This is about public safety, but also about quality of life in our city.
00:05:10The feeling that you are safe and proof that our public safety system is working is crucial.
00:05:16But I say it over and over again, we can't do it alone.
00:05:20Too many people who are carrying these guns have repeated interactions of violence with law enforcement.
00:05:27So everyone must be on the same page.
00:05:30And, in fact, since coming into office, shootings and homicides declined 53.9 percent and 41.4 percent, respectively.
00:05:40These numbers show our comprehensive approach.
00:05:42We are now more than two-thirds through the next quarter, and we are seeing our sixth straight quarter of crime continue to decline.
00:05:52We're seeing year-to-date declines.
00:05:55In May 2025, there was a 4.9 decrease in major crimes.
00:06:00Shooting incidents decreased by 38.6 percent compared to the previous year, representing 41 fewer shooting victims.
00:06:09The commissioner is going to go over some of the stats that we have here.
00:06:13And we have Chief LaPetri if there are any questions as well.
00:06:18So I'm going to turn it over to the police commissioner of the city of New York, Jessica Tish.
00:06:22Thank you, sir.
00:06:25Thank you, Mayor Adams, and good morning, everyone.
00:06:28Good morning.
00:06:29The NYPD's work in May was exceptional, and the results were historic.
00:06:33Memorial Day weekend was the safest on record for gun violence, with the fewest shootings ever recorded and zero shootings on Memorial Day Sunday for the first time in recorded history.
00:06:46That's 32 years.
00:06:48That weekend capped off the safest May on record for shootings and murders.
00:06:53Last month, murders declined 46 percent, shooting incidents dropped 39 percent, and shooting victims fell 38 percent.
00:07:05And that momentum has carried through the year, making 2025, so far, the safest year on record for both shootings and murders.
00:07:14For the first five months of this year, there were 264 shootings and 112 homicides.
00:07:20Not only are those figures back to the pre-COVID range, but both are below any previous year as far back as crime stats have been kept.
00:07:31Before now, the record low for shootings was in 2018, with 267, and homicides was 2017 and 2014, with 113.
00:07:42That is not luck, and it is not a coincidence.
00:07:45It's the result of our bold, aggressive, and data-driven summer violence reduction plan, and the extraordinary work of 49,000 members of the NYPD who are focused every single day on one thing—public safety.
00:08:01And that progress isn't limited to shootings and murders.
00:08:05For the eighth month in a row, major crime is down citywide.
00:08:10It is down in our precincts, on our subways, and in our housing developments.
00:08:15And our summer violence reduction plan is aimed to continue this progress into the warmer months through the expansion of our citywide zones.
00:08:24As we've seen over the past several months, this scalpel approach to crime-fighting works.
00:08:31Throughout our zone deployments in some of our city's most violent areas, major crime is down nearly 20 percent year-to-date.
00:08:37We've now expanded that strategy into 70 summer zones across 57 communities, the largest deployment of its kind in NYPD's history.
00:08:48With 1,500 uniformed officers on footposts in precincts, public housing, and the subway system, all focused on high-priority crimes and shootings.
00:08:59Because just 12 square miles scattered across five boroughs, only 3.5 percent of the city's land accounts for 41 percent of all shootings.
00:09:11That's not just concentrated violence.
00:09:13That is a clear call for precision policing.
00:09:16And it's not just cops on footposts.
00:09:20We've also deployed specialized units, including gun violence suppression, narcotics, auto crime, and our field intelligence officers, all of them working in concert to target the drivers of violence in these communities.
00:09:34Since the summer violence reduction plan began on May 5th, major crime in our summer zones during deployment is now down nearly 28 percent,
00:09:43with shootings down 65 percent, felony assaults down 52 percent, robberies down 25 percent, and grand larcenies down 21 percent.
00:09:54Quality of life calls were also down 18 percent last week in these zones.
00:09:59And across the city, our officers have already recovered nearly 2,270 illegal firearms this year, a critical part of our mission to prevent gun violence before it happens.
00:10:11That effort would not be possible without the leadership of Mayor Adams, who has made illegal gun enforcement a top priority from day one.
00:10:21And let me be clear, we are not letting up.
00:10:25We'll keep applying pressure exactly where the data points us to ensure the rest of the summer is just as safe.
00:10:32While I laud the mayors and the NYPD's successes fighting crime, I'm equally candid about the challenges that we still face.
00:10:41Three weeks ago, a 16-year-old girl was killed by a stray bullet fired into a group of children by a 14-year-old boy who was handed the gun by a 13-year-old boy.
00:10:51It was a tragedy, but it was not an aberration.
00:10:54From 2018 to 2024, the number of children under the age of 18 arrested with a gun increased by 136 percent in New York City.
00:11:05Over the same time, shooters under age 18 went up by 92 percent, and young shooting victims increased 81 percent.
00:11:12So far this year, 36, or 14 percent of our shooters in the city or persons of interest in a shooting were under the age of 18.
00:11:25And 44, also 14 percent, of our shooting victims were under 18.
00:11:31I have seen enough.
00:11:33This all went off the rails when the first part of New York State's Raise the Age Law took effect in 2018.
00:11:39The legislation changed both the age of criminal responsibility and the way that teenage offenders are processed in our courts.
00:11:47The idea behind this was one that we can all agree on.
00:11:51Children should not be treated like adults in our criminal justice system.
00:11:56But when the age of criminal responsibility went up, the age of criminal suspects went down.
00:12:03Gangs and crews began recruiting younger and younger members and had them carry the guns and commit the shootings, the robberies, and the assaults.
00:12:12And we cannot forget, when more shooters are kids, more shooting victims are kids, too.
00:12:19Seriously bad things come from a consequence-free environment.
00:12:23And right now, juveniles who commit serious crimes in New York City are living in a virtually consequence-free environment.
00:12:32I believe that Raise the Age was a well-intentioned attempt at protecting our children.
00:12:38Unfortunately, instead, it had the unintended consequence of putting them right in the line of fire.
00:12:44Until our laws change, Mayor Adams has made investments in a variety of programs specifically tailored for at-risk youth.
00:12:53And every day, our cops are out there in the neighborhoods that need them most.
00:12:57So, to the women and men of the NYPD, thank you.
00:13:01This progress that I've announced today is a direct result of your hard work, your presence out on footposts in the heat, and your tireless commitment to the people that we serve.
00:13:13And thank you, of course, to our public safety mayor, Mayor Adams, for your continued support of this department, and for ensuring that we have all of the tools that we need to make our streets safer.
00:13:26Thank you. Thanks so much, Commissioner.
00:13:28Well done.
00:13:28And the challenge—this right here just looks like a little simple device, but it's not.
00:13:35In fact, it's a handgun.
00:13:40And it just folds up.
00:13:42Has an extra area here for bullets.
00:13:48This is what officers are going up against every day.
00:13:53These simple devices and the complicated ones here.
00:13:58And the challenge that they face.
00:14:02So, I'm going to open up a few questions while the commissioner and her team is here.
00:14:06Let's do some on-topic about this, and then we'll do some on-topic after that.
00:14:10Questions about crime stats.
00:14:16Good morning.
00:14:17How are you?
00:14:17Good, good.
00:14:18I wanted to talk a little bit about subway safety.
00:14:20You've obviously made a lot of progress in terms of bringing down murders, shootings, getting guns off the street, but it seems in terms of subway safety, there are still issues with assaults within the system.
00:14:30Wanted to know what's been working, what's not been working in terms of assaults within the subway system, and ways that you move forward.
00:14:36And do you agree that there should still be officers on patrol on the subway cars at night?
00:14:40Yeah, you're one of us, Chief.
00:14:42Chief.
00:14:43We have the most aggressive subway plan that I've seen over the past few years.
00:14:54We have officers exactly where they should be deployed, deployed to the platforms and the trains.
00:15:00And what we've seen is a reduction in crime on the platforms, on the trains, and that's exactly what we thought.
00:15:08As far as the assaults, we know that mental illness plays a part of this, and that's what our data shows us.
00:15:18So, with the coordination of the mental health system and, obviously, offices in transit, we have really done a very good job targeting areas that we do see more prolific people who assault individuals in transit.
00:15:34And we've done well with that, whether it be layup locations like 34th District in Coney Island or other end of the line, we've actually been very aggressive, and we see very good results.
00:15:44What is the overall declines in transit crime?
00:15:47Yeah, so transit crime has reduced approximately 5 percent.
00:15:52We see reduction in areas that really have been stubborn for us, some quarries in Manhattan, but really where we've seen a lot of good progress is in Brooklyn and also in Queens.
00:16:05And, you know, when we see the individuals that continue to prey on New Yorkers, and when we look at those individuals and we analyze those individuals of what type of crimes they're committing, a lot of them are low-level crimes in transit.
00:16:18Right? So we treat that differently.
00:16:20And what we've seen is when we take those individuals out of the system for committing a low-level offense, well more than 50 percent of them already are walking around the streets with a warrant.
00:16:29And we deal with that, and we've dealt with that, and that has really helped us reduce crime in transit.
00:16:34In terms of the assaults, what more do you need, or what else could help you push the numbers even lower?
00:16:38I mean, look, mental illness is tied to it. It is.
00:16:42So, again, we're working—you know, I know the mayor and the police commissioner, you know, we're doing as much as we can to work with our partners and see, you know, removing those individuals from the transit system when the law allows.
00:17:03The mayor mentioned safety in his intro, and he also mentioned road violence.
00:17:07So, for the commissioner, it's worth noting that last week the Department of Transportation put out statistics that—
00:17:12Oh, okay. Do you have a question about crime stats?
00:17:15This is literally about crime stats.
00:17:17The mayor mentioned road violence in his intro, and road violence is a key part of keeping people safe in the city.
00:17:23The commissioner knows that, and she also knows that the Department of Transportation issued statistics that showed that in the first four months of this year, crashes and injuries caused by the riders of electric bikes are down by double-digit percentages.
00:17:37Nonetheless, you launched a criminal crackdown because you said that the tickets—regular traffic tickets—issued against e-bike riders were meaningless.
00:17:47So, my question is, you have never showed data to show that the tickets issued to electric bike riders were being blown off at any higher rate than car drivers.
00:17:57So, my question is, do you have that data, and will you present it?
00:18:05But let me say this.
00:18:07I'm not sure if you know what our campaign is.
00:18:11Our campaign is Vision Zero.
00:18:13So, to say—and I'm surprised to hear that from an advocate—to say that the numbers are down, the numbers aren't zero.
00:18:25My goal is zero, because I can't go to a parent that the child was almost hit in Williamsburg.
00:18:32I can't go to Michael Miller, who had his leg broke and he has pins in it right now, and say that, well, the numbers are down.
00:18:41No.
00:18:42My mission is Vision Zero.
00:18:44And the only way you won't get a summons is don't speed.
00:18:49Don't break the law.
00:18:50That's all.
00:18:51This is not complicated.
00:18:52Don't break the law.
00:18:54You break the law, we're going to find a way to make sure you come to court and make sure you right-size your behavior.
00:19:00I don't know if you have crossed over some of these bike lanes and seen how fast people are riding.
00:19:05It is out of control.
00:19:06I have not gone to one community board forum, one community senior forum, where they haven't said over and over again for almost a year now,
00:19:16May, I need you to do something about this.
00:19:18And so, the goal is zero.
00:19:20And when we get to zero, then we can engage in that conversation.
00:19:23Mary, you did have a plan for a Department of Sustainable Delivery.
00:19:27All right.
00:19:28Let's stay on topic again.
00:19:29We're going to do an off topic and we'll come back to you.
00:19:31Monica, go ahead.
00:19:32Can I ask you a question?
00:19:34Monica, hello.
00:19:35Yes.
00:19:36My question is about the guns removed.
00:19:38Do you have statistics on, like, where are they removed from, the most transit system, or how do you take those illegal guns off the street?
00:19:47And the second question, Commissioner mentioned that there is a centralized effort in specific areas that are most crime-driven.
00:19:53Would you say that the sole presence of more police officers in that area is enough to see those improvements within one month?
00:20:02So, I do believe 22,000 guns removed from the streets of New York City over the past few years has interrupted the flow of guns into New York City.
00:20:15I do believe that with that large number.
00:20:17We analyze everything.
00:20:18So, we do know the percentage of how we recover a gun.
00:20:22So, say, for instance, search warrants.
00:20:24Search warrants usually equate to about 10 percent of the guns recovered in New York City.
00:20:29Vehicle stops—usually about 40 percent of the guns recovered come from vehicle stops.
00:20:37People stopped on the street, somebody walking with a gun in possession is usually about 30 percent.
00:20:44So, we look at all of that.
00:20:45As far as the largest concentrations of guns, it's the Bronx, with no surprise, because it's 37 percent of the shootings in New York City.
00:20:52Right?
00:20:53And that's why we put 42 percent of the graduating class into the Bronx.
00:20:58And that's why the 4-4 precinct—the 4-4 precinct had no shootings for the month of May.
00:21:04That's incredible.
00:21:05That's incredible.
00:21:06That's why we see the 7-3 and the 7-5 in Brownsville and Eastern New York, respectively, down 39 percent in shootings.
00:21:14It's remarkable, really.
00:21:15And it's the men and women out there every day on foot posts from—I don't want to give the times—but until late at night.
00:21:24And they're doing a phenomenal job.
00:21:28Yep.
00:21:29Yep.
00:21:31Thanks a lot.
00:21:32Why didn't the police want to come here?
00:21:37Because this is our person.
00:21:40That's not complicated.
00:21:42You can catch up.
00:21:43Reach out to her.
00:21:44All right.
00:21:49Go ahead.
00:21:52So, Mr. Mayor, your corporate counsel issued a minkus brief in the case of Dylan Lopez Contreras,
00:22:01who was a New York City high school student who went with his mother in good faith to the immigration court,
00:22:07had his case dismissed, and then was arrested by ICE afterwards and moved to Western Pennsylvania.
00:22:14And in your comments attached to the minkus brief, you described that that kind of extra-legal activity undermines safety in the city.
00:22:23If you could expound on that and talk about how you want people to go to their court dates
00:22:27and how that kind of action undermines that minkus brief.
00:22:30Well, and I'm not sure if many people are aware, it was our process.
00:22:35You know, we advocated for TPS.
00:22:39We assisted thousands of people through the process.
00:22:43This was our process.
00:22:45And we encouraged people to go through the process legally.
00:22:48And I don't think I have been shy about sharing.
00:22:52My focus is on those who commit crimes in this city.
00:22:56I've been clear on that.
00:22:57We will not and we have not collaborated with ICE on any civil enforcement.
00:23:04And so I don't want people to be deterred from going to court,
00:23:08because if you deter people from following out the process,
00:23:12then you can create a level of people being fearful of our court system.
00:23:18And that's what we shared.
00:23:20Just a follow-up.
00:23:21So when we both started out a long time ago, there were 2,000 homicides in your city.
00:23:25Mm-hmm.
00:23:26And I remember those days.
00:23:27Yes.
00:23:28And now if we think of what 2,000 pairs of shoes look like, he would fill this room.
00:23:33Yes, ma'am.
00:23:34You mentioned in that, in Mika's brief, 3 million New Yorkers are immigrants.
00:23:39Isn't part of the secret sauce of New York undocumented people here who come
00:23:44and have the foundation of faith, family, and work?
00:23:47Isn't that the thing that's revitalized this city that we both love?
00:23:51I've said that over and over again.
00:23:53Not only did I say it, we displayed it.
00:23:55I don't know if you really understand what housed 230-something thousand people,
00:24:02with not one child or family sleeping on our streets.
00:24:05The success of this administration, getting thousands of people through the legal process,
00:24:10giving the support, educating 40,000 children, matching and reaching the buses that came in.
00:24:18We lived up to our responsibility, and we're going to continue to do that.
00:24:23And I believe what you just raised is important.
00:24:26A lot of people who are in this room, they were not here during those 80s.
00:24:30They didn't know what the city was like.
00:24:33So they don't fully appreciate the removal of 22,000 guns and dropping from 2,000 homicides a year down to the numbers that we are currently experiencing.
00:24:45I was there.
00:24:46Not only was I here, but I was a police officer at the time.
00:24:50And we're going to continue to make this a safe place for all residents of the city.
00:24:54That is my responsibility.
00:24:56How are you doing, Masha?
00:24:59How are you today?
00:25:00Good.
00:25:01I have two questions.
00:25:02The first one actually has to do with this.
00:25:04You're running for re-election on two lines, one being safe, affordable city.
00:25:10So is this, I guess, exhibit A of what you're trying to say to New Yorkers in terms of your ability to keep the city safe and affordable?
00:25:21Well, what frustrated me with politics all the time is how people run on one thing and produce another.
00:25:27I ran on housing.
00:25:29We produced it.
00:25:30I ran on recovering our economy, more jobs in the city's history.
00:25:34I ran on leaning into our young people.
00:25:37We have the largest number of children who are in pre-K, 3K, 100,000 summer youth jobs, 110,000 young people are in our summer rising program,
00:25:49going after justice-involved young people.
00:25:51We did that with our CRED program.
00:25:53I ran on NYCHA.
00:25:54We included NYCHA being included in our housing plan, high-speed broadband for NYCHA.
00:25:59I ran on supporting foster care children.
00:26:01We're paying their college tuition, giving them a stipend, a life coach, and they're 21 years old.
00:26:06If you look at what I ran on, you'll see the results of it.
00:26:11I ran on public safety.
00:26:13And that was at Paramount.
00:26:14And you know what's interesting, Masha?
00:26:16Everybody was telling me, as a Democrat, you can't run on public safety.
00:26:19It won't resonate.
00:26:20I knew people wanted to be safe, and I stuck to that.
00:26:23And the results of that—you're seeing the results of the things that I ran on.
00:26:28I am running on my record.
00:26:30Other people are running from their record.
00:26:32They're trying to redefine themselves.
00:26:34But you can look at what I ran on, and you're seeing it here.
00:26:37And every day I'm delivering on the promises I made to New Yorkers.
00:26:40And when you look at what we were experiencing pre-pandemic and what we're experiencing now, there's a totally different city that I'm proud of.
00:26:50So, Mr. Mayor, my second question is this.
00:26:54Andrew Crowell has given a number of interviews recently where he talked about the fact that if he is elected, he is going to campaign in Washington and around the country to alert people to the cuts that the federal government is making on Medicaid.
00:27:10And he wants to organize in Washington and around the country to attack the Republican policies.
00:27:17How do you feel about that?
00:27:19And is that something that the mayor of the city of New York should be doing?
00:27:23Well, if you're going to be around the country, then you better understand, whenever you leave the city, you're going to have to deal with the reporters to say, where are you?
00:27:31And if you're going to be around the country, that sounds like you're trying to run for something else and not trying to be the mayor of the city of New York.
00:27:38Because you shouldn't be around the country.
00:27:40You should be around the city.
00:27:42You should be in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Manhattan, Queens.
00:27:46That's where you ought to be.
00:27:48And you need to be among the people.
00:27:50And those of you who follow me, you know I'm not fearful of being among the people.
00:27:54I don't run for office, campaign office, or I'm not in office hiding out anywhere.
00:28:01I'm willing to take whatever comes with this job.
00:28:04The job of mayor is different from being the job of any other lawmaker.
00:28:08The mayor, you have to be closely engaged with people.
00:28:12And the job of mayor is not around the country.
00:28:15It's around the city.
00:28:17But would you still be campaigning for mayor, which is—if you got reelected, would you be campaigning against the Medicaid cuts that could affect your constituents?
00:28:25Yes.
00:28:26We're going to advocate for delivering for the city.
00:28:29And, you know, when you advocate for delivering for the city, you have to ignore those who complain about you going to Washington, D.C., to bring back a multibillion-dollar job.
00:28:39You know, there's an irony to whenever I speak to D.C., I'm placating.
00:28:45But when the governor goes to D.C., it's all right.
00:28:48When governors across the country go to D.C., it's all right.
00:28:51I have to really ignore all of those things that people are saying and stay focused on delivering for New Yorkers.
00:28:59And I'm delivering for New Yorkers.
00:29:01And the numbers prove that.
00:29:03Two questions.
00:29:06Yes.
00:29:07So first, did you know the crypto-kidnapping victim through Brock Pierce?
00:29:12I'm sorry, say it again?
00:29:13Did you know the crypto-kidnapping victim—did you know him through Brock Pierce? His name is Michael Cerro.
00:29:19This is the crypto victims?
00:29:21Yes.
00:29:22Did I know—
00:29:23Did you know him at all through Brock Pierce?
00:29:25No, no, no. Didn't know him.
00:29:27And the second question, why did it take so long for you to respond about the high schooler, Dylan Contreras?
00:29:32Are you worried that city residents are going to feel that you don't have their back?
00:29:37Well, what's your definition of taking too long?
00:29:40Last week, this question was asked, and I was very clear that, you know, they're not in our schools.
00:29:48They're not in our hospitals.
00:29:49They're not carrying this out.
00:29:50Anyway, I was very clear on my position.
00:29:52And the court counsel will respond based on the law.
00:29:57And the court counsel made a decision to do an amicus brief after finding out all the research and all the understanding.
00:30:03That's how we should function.
00:30:05We shouldn't just shoot from the hip because someone raised a question to us.
00:30:08Court counsel did their job.
00:30:10They briefed me.
00:30:11And then we made the determination to do amicus brief.
00:30:14And people should go to court.
00:30:15I said that over and over again.
00:30:16Just off of that, I guess, what is your message to migrants who have to go to court for their dates and are seeing these kinds of ice raids?
00:30:26You know, they're going there and they're getting their case dropped and then getting arrested minutes later.
00:30:31And then separately, the first Democratic debate in the primaries tomorrow.
00:30:36What would you want to ask Andrew Cuomo if you were on that stage?
00:30:41First, let me ask you the first question.
00:30:43They should seek their counsel.
00:30:45That's what lawyers are for.
00:30:46They should seek their counsel.
00:30:47If someone is going to court, they should sit down with their counsel and be guided by their counsel on what actions they should take.
00:30:54I would encourage everyone to do that.
00:30:57Seek your counsel.
00:30:58Seek counsel from your counsel, from your lawyer.
00:31:01The question that I would ask if I was on the stage is just where your consistency?
00:31:09And I'm pretty sure other candidates are going to raise that question.
00:31:12You know, where is your consistency?
00:31:15You got in the way of increasing minimum wage when Bill de Blasio attempted to do it.
00:31:23You took away—you brought Tier 6, and now you're saying you're going to reverse it.
00:31:30You took away the Advantage program that really led and contributed to the homeless problem that we're having.
00:31:36You took away the psychiatric beds.
00:31:38And now you're saying that you will close RICUS and you will remove all the people with psychiatric issues from RICUS.
00:31:48And I think he said 30 days?
00:31:49Who asked?
00:31:50Somebody asked me that.
00:31:51In 30 days, I don't know where you're going to put them, because you took away the psychiatric beds.
00:31:55Bail reform, that's your baby.
00:31:57The smoke shop, cannabis shop, that was your bill.
00:32:04We had to fix it.
00:32:05If you—I spent so much time fixing the governor's mess.
00:32:09You know, if you look at a lot of the energy that I had to do, I had to correct what he put in place.
00:32:16And now he reached the point that—I mean, he would say any and everything to get elected.
00:32:21How about just being honest?
00:32:24He understands how government operates.
00:32:26And so, my question to him is, what Cuomo are we speaking to right now?
00:32:31Jeff?
00:32:32Hey, Mayor.
00:32:33How are you doing?
00:32:34Good.
00:32:35How are you?
00:32:36Good.
00:32:37So, there have been some calls from mayoral candidates regarding comments that Councilwoman Vicky—
00:32:41I'm sorry, regarding one?
00:32:42There have been some calls from mayoral candidates regarding comments from Vicky Palladino that
00:32:46Zoram Omdani should be deported based on the fact that he's a socialist and two lefts,
00:32:52according to her.
00:32:53I'm wondering, do you condemn that sort of language?
00:32:56He is a naturalized citizen.
00:32:58And my second question is, tomorrow is the debate.
00:33:01You know, you're the city mayor.
00:33:02You are a Democrat.
00:33:03You're not going to be there.
00:33:04I'm wondering if that feels unusual to you, and what are you going to be doing tomorrow
00:33:09during that debate?
00:33:10Will you be watching?
00:33:11Will you be critiquing?
00:33:13The—first, I think all of us could tone down the rhetoric.
00:33:17I said this a year ago.
00:33:19We all could tone down the rhetoric—all of us.
00:33:22And, you know, so if we want to point to Vicky and what she stated, we need to point
00:33:27to ourselves first.
00:33:28I mean, some of the stuff that we've been saying and writing and reading, you know, we
00:33:35are leading—our behavior is leading to some of the actions that you're seeing playing
00:33:40out across the globe.
00:33:41I mean, someone threw a Molotov cocktail at innocent people.
00:33:46You know, some of the stuff that we're seeing—and everybody is saying how terrible it is.
00:33:51Yeah, but we're leading to this atmosphere.
00:33:54We've created this atmosphere.
00:33:56And so I think all of us can tone down our rhetoric.
00:33:59Do you condemn that specific language?
00:34:01I'm sorry?
00:34:02Do you condemn that specific language of her calling for a U.S. citizen to be deported?
00:34:07I am not going to point out one specific comment, what I said over and over again.
00:34:12We all need to tone down our rhetoric.
00:34:15I think many of you should have toned down some of the stuff you wrote about me over
00:34:18these last few years.
00:34:19I condemn a lot of stuff that you guys have been saying about me.
00:34:22You guys have committed me—have accused me of all sorts of things, you know.
00:34:26Over and over and over and over did.
00:34:30You know, you went beyond the court.
00:34:32You know, so I think everybody needs to tone down their mean spirit, hateful language.
00:34:37And I'm not going to point out—Councilwoman Palladino, I want to point us all out for what
00:34:44we've been doing.
00:34:45And so tomorrow night, I'm going to be doing what I've been doing for three years and five
00:34:50months and three days.
00:34:52I'm going to be running the city of New York.
00:34:55They—they are running for my office.
00:34:58I'm running the city.
00:35:00So let them, with all of their aspirations on what they're going to do with a complex
00:35:05job of being as mayor, only one of them will come out as the nominee, and two of them have
00:35:13the potential of being on the ballot, you know.
00:35:16So we'll see what—we'll see what happens.
00:35:19Mayor, two questions.
00:35:21Yes, how are you?
00:35:22Good.
00:35:23How are you doing?
00:35:24One is serious, the other one a little light.
00:35:27But what do you think of this new tactic of the Trump administration of arresting people
00:35:33at their hearings, the hearings that they're required to go to?
00:35:37And the second one's about your son, Jordan, in Eurovision.
00:35:39What has Jordan been up to now?
00:35:42The—I believe people should go to court and go through their proceedings.
00:35:49I feel that.
00:35:50And if you don't, it would make people—I don't want people living in the shadows.
00:35:55And I stated that over and over again, and I think that's—that's what our Amicus brief
00:36:00pointed out, that we should allow people to go through the process, because if you don't,
00:36:06people could live in the shadows.
00:36:08But I have—I've said this over and over again, and I want to be clear on this.
00:36:12Federal authorities decide immigration policies, and that includes all of our federal lawmakers.
00:36:18And so, I hear people over and over saying, well, Mayor, do something, do something, do
00:36:23something, do something.
00:36:24We need to be clear on what the mayors can do across this country.
00:36:28The mayors have their powers.
00:36:31Federal lawmakers have their powers.
00:36:33One of the things that we could do is we could do Amicus briefs when we feel the need
00:36:37to do so.
00:36:38We've done that.
00:36:39We could sue when we feel that money was taken from us.
00:36:42We've done that.
00:36:43There are a list of things that we could do.
00:36:45We could go to Washington and advocate for us, like I did under the previous administration,
00:36:49and like I did under this administration.
00:36:51We've done that.
00:36:52We're doing our job.
00:36:53But I find it interesting that you're not asking our federal lawmakers, what are they
00:37:00doing?
00:37:01Because that's their job.
00:37:03So, you're constantly coming to the mayor and saying, Mayor, what are you doing?
00:37:07But I've been reading these articles and listening to these coverage.
00:37:12Have you ever asked the federal lawmakers, which that's their job, what are they doing?
00:37:18Did anyone reach out to our federal lawmakers?
00:37:21We have a federal senator.
00:37:24We have a federal congressional delegation.
00:37:27We have federal lawmakers.
00:37:29The question is, what role are they playing and what are they doing?
00:37:34And being as a march, attending a march and yelling at people, that's not governing.
00:37:41That's not governing.
00:37:43Okay.
00:37:44On your son.
00:37:45Yes.
00:37:46I'm wondering if you're on board with his party rap songs.
00:37:53I know that the drill rap you don't like.
00:37:55But I'm wondering if you're on board with that.
00:37:57And also, how involved is he currently or will he be in your mayoral campaign?
00:38:05Well, you know, Jordan is amazing.
00:38:08He's very creative.
00:38:09He speaks in the spirit and the energy of young people.
00:38:12I'm excited about what he's doing.
00:38:14He's teaching now also.
00:38:15And those students, they love him.
00:38:17He uses, he utilizes his entertainment aspect and his ability to write and do films.
00:38:25He incorporated it into his lesson plans.
00:38:28And it's really exciting to see what he has developed into.
00:38:32And I told him all the time, he's my hero.
00:38:34He's the Paul Robeson in my life.
00:38:37He's a very focused and disciplined young man.
00:38:40And those of you who have children, that's all you could expect for your children.
00:38:43You know, I did a great deal of sacrifice to get him through American University without any debt.
00:38:49And that investment is paying off.
00:38:51And whatever road he wants to go down, whatever way he want to use his ability to write, he's creative.
00:38:59He's well-educated.
00:39:00I'm looking forward to what the future holds for me.
00:39:03He would definitely exceed me.
00:39:04You know, because when you come home and you say, I'm married to the mayor of New York, nobody likes that.
00:39:10They like it when you say, you know, you're married to someone as creative as Jordan is.
00:39:15You know, I just want them to have some grandkids.
00:39:18Mrs. Mayor?
00:39:21Yes.
00:39:22Let's go back to that crypto case that we had heard about before.
00:39:24Yes.
00:39:25Right now, NYPD is launching an investigation, internal investigation.
00:39:27Two NYPD detectives are on modified duty, putting one of them on your D-PIL.
00:39:31Just your reaction to that and are there other NYPD officers under the microscope right now?
00:39:37I'm not aware of it.
00:39:38Everybody has to follow the rules.
00:39:39That's it.
00:39:40Everyone has to follow the rules.
00:39:41The supervisor they assigns who's going to be on my detail, they do so.
00:39:50But everybody has to follow the rules.
00:39:52It doesn't matter if you're on the detail or if you're just on patrol.
00:39:55Everyone must follow the rules.
00:39:57And if someone did something wrong, the investigation will determine that.
00:40:01Yeah.
00:40:02Going back to Dylan's case, and I get your point that mayors have limited power here,
00:40:07but you are someone who's met with the President before and have spoken about how you're — I
00:40:13think your goal when doing that is to help New York City.
00:40:17If you were to sit down with President Trump, or the next time you do, would you explicitly
00:40:22tell him that this strategy is an administration strategy of making arrests at these hearings,
00:40:29that you disagree with that and you would like that to not happen in the city?
00:40:34Listen, I say this over and over again, and that's why people like talking to me,
00:40:38because I don't go into private conversations.
00:40:40You know, you don't hear me calling you, giving you tips and leaks.
00:40:46People are comfortable with speaking with me, because I don't go into private conversations.
00:40:50And so, any conversation I have in a private conversation with the President, I would tell
00:40:57you about an outcome of something, but I'm not going to go into private conversations.
00:41:01But again, I'm going to say again to you, to all of you, there are other offices in
00:41:07this city.
00:41:08I really believe that thorough journalism will start asking the questions to those who are
00:41:14empowered to deal with this issue.
00:41:17Federal authorities are empowered to deal with this issue.
00:41:21And dealing with this issue is not merely holding rallies.
00:41:26Go to the federal authorities who are elected to handle this issue.
00:41:31I'm elected to handle city issues.
00:41:33I'm elected to have 230,000 people come into the city.
00:41:36I'm elected to educate their children.
00:41:38I'm elected to put in programs that allow them to get work authorization.
00:41:42All the things that I am required to do, I'm doing.
00:41:47Federal lawmakers have to deal with immigration reform and all of those other issues around
00:41:54what is playing out.
00:41:55That's the job of federal officials.
00:41:58Why is that challenging to understand?
00:42:00J.R.
00:42:01What's up, man?
00:42:02How are you?
00:42:03Good afternoon, Mr.
00:42:06I'm sorry to cut you off.
00:42:07I'm so sorry.
00:42:08You had a follow-up.
00:42:09On that point, okay, so you don't want to talk about your private discussions with the
00:42:14president.
00:42:15Would you publicly call on him right now to roll back this new initiative to target people
00:42:21at immigration hearings?
00:42:22Well, I think the amicus brief points out what our position is on that.
00:42:28I would ask all of you to read the amicus briefs and see what our public position is.
00:42:35The public position is clear.
00:42:36I have not moved away from my position.
00:42:38I have not vacillated back and forth.
00:42:41It's very clear.
00:42:42The amicus brief points out I don't want people to be fearful to go to court.
00:42:47J.R.
00:42:49Good afternoon, Mr. Mayor.
00:42:50How are you?
00:42:51How's it going?
00:42:52Good to see you.
00:42:53Pretty good.
00:42:54So this is really off topic.
00:42:57I want to commend DOT for the work that they're doing.
00:43:01I drove down Linden Boulevard and into Queens yesterday.
00:43:06Very small road.
00:43:07Excellent.
00:43:08I thought it was on the highway.
00:43:10So I have to commend you for that as well.
00:43:13But then there are all these speed cameras along the way.
00:43:19Brooklyn and Manhattan, so many speed cameras, so many tickets that they come up against.
00:43:26And I know that most times we're going to hear is the controlled people.
00:43:32But it's only a few bad actors out there.
00:43:35But everyone is paying.
00:43:37Long Island, they petition all of the speed cameras away.
00:43:43What do Brooklynites do?
00:43:45Yes.
00:43:46Now listen to what you just said, though.
00:43:50You said there's only a few bad actors, but everyone is paying.
00:43:55You don't pay if you don't speed.
00:43:58If you don't speed, you don't pay.
00:44:02And so the best way, going back to what I answered before, the best way not to get a speed summons is not to speed.
00:44:11You don't get a speed summons just because you're driving down Queens Boulevard.
00:44:14And remember what we used to call Queens Boulevard?
00:44:16The Boulevard of Death.
00:44:18People were dying on Queens Boulevard.
00:44:21And so what the reports have shown us, people who get one or two modify their behavior.
00:44:30Even around school zones, you know, they modify their behavior.
00:44:34Because no one wants that $50 summons coming in the mail and you all of a sudden say, well, you know what, maybe I need to slow down.
00:44:41And so when it comes down to public safety, you know, that's a hard call for me.
00:44:45I don't want people getting summonses, but I don't want people speeding.
00:44:49I went to a number of vigils, a number of family members when I was borough president, as the mayor.
00:44:57This is traumatizing when you lose a loved one that's a victim of a vehicle crash.
00:45:03And so my advice to people, the everyone that's getting it, stop speeding.
00:45:12Yes, good afternoon.
00:45:13And Jay, how are you?
00:45:15I'm well, thank you.
00:45:18Andrew Cuomo has said, and you alluded to this a few minutes ago, that New York is a city in crisis.
00:45:25He says it over and over again everywhere it goes.
00:45:28Now he has an ad out that says New York is a city that needs to rise and that it will rise under his leadership.
00:45:36Do you think New York City is a city that needs to rise?
00:45:39Well, I think that you have to look at the numbers.
00:45:45You know, you have to look at the numbers.
00:45:47And I would say over and over again, our era, we're so busy doing the work that you have perception as reality.
00:45:57And when you get those high-profile shootings, those high-profile incidents, although your numbers are decreasing, although the economy has recovered, although we're outpacing the state and reading the math, we're doing some great stuff, people need to also feel that.
00:46:16And, you know, if you're not reading it, you're not seeing it, you have a tendency to believe it falls into what he's attempted to do, because he's playing on the fact that our success has not been properly reported.
00:46:29And we needed to find—we should have found a better way to speak directly to our consumers.
00:46:34And we have not—we have none of that.
00:46:36Do you perceive that the city is rising?
00:46:38Well, because he's playing on—Andrew's a master politician, master politician.
00:46:46I mean, he grew up in this, under his dad, going to governor, you know, never really had to ever campaign for anything.
00:46:53The Cuomo name went so far, because people really adored his dad.
00:46:57And, you know, he never—he always—he was always allowed to be in this cocoon, you know.
00:47:04No one really had to scrutinize him.
00:47:07You know, he's always moved from one location to another location with this whole cocoon.
00:47:12And you come from a dynasty.
00:47:15I didn't come from a dynasty, you know.
00:47:17I came from having to build a dynasty.
00:47:20And so you have that edge.
00:47:22I mean, it's so easy to pick up the phone and call people when you are a Cuomo.
00:47:28You really are so far ahead of so many people, you know.
00:47:35And many people don't want to really share their real opinion of him, you know.
00:47:41Many people don't want to do that, you know.
00:47:44And so when you look at the fact of what we've accomplished in the city, he knows that.
00:47:51He's very—he very clearly understand how successful this administration is.
00:47:57You know, when you look at record lows and crimes, more jobs in the city history, all of these things, housing, all these things we have done.
00:48:07What is his definition of rising?
00:48:10You know, we came out of COVID where shops were closed.
00:48:13You could walk down Times Square and no one was out there.
00:48:16We have turned this city around.
00:48:19And so I keep saying I had to fix his policies.
00:48:23Cannabis law was his law.
00:48:26Bail reform was his law.
00:48:29Advantage program where we were subsidizing housing, he dismantled that.
00:48:35All of these things, they were his issues, his initiatives, and he's trying to move away from that.
00:48:42So the city is rising, and we will continue to rise.
00:48:46Hi, Mr. Mayor.
00:48:48Two quick questions.
00:48:49Yes, how are you?
00:48:50I'm doing well, thanks.
00:48:51Good.
00:48:52Have you been in touch with Dylan and his family?
00:48:54I'm sorry, who?
00:48:55Have you been in touch with Dylan, the high school student, and his family since he was detained?
00:48:59And do you plan to visit him?
00:49:01And then the second question, as I'm sure you know, the city has until August 29th to come up with four names of who they'd like to see appointed remediation manager for Rikers.
00:49:11Who would you like to see in that role?
00:49:13One, no, I have not communicated with his family, and no, there's no plan to visit him.
00:49:19And the judge has made her decision to do what she's doing with Rikers.
00:49:27You know, she can handle it.
00:49:29You know, she wants—
00:49:30Do you have any recommendations?
00:49:32Whatever the process is for us to do a recommendation, we would do so.
00:49:38Our recommendation has let us—we should have continued what we were doing.
00:49:42And so, she made the decision that someone else can do it better, then it's up to her.
00:49:49The same way they made the decision that someone should be in charge of NYCHA years ago, we spent millions of dollars, is NYCHA any better?
00:50:00You know, so I don't know why people buy into this concept that you spend millions of dollars of having—we have a special monitor there already.
00:50:07I know you're aware of that, right?
00:50:09Millions of dollars we're paying to the special monitor who doesn't even live in the city.
00:50:14So, we continue to pay these millions of dollars in NYCHA, millions of dollars in the police department, millions of dollars in the Department of Correction.
00:50:22They put these special monitors in place, and so, you know, the law department would do what they have to do.
00:50:30I would—whatever she tells—she's a federal judge.
00:50:33Whatever she tells us we have to do, we're going to follow the rule and do what she have to do.
00:50:37We knew we would turn it around, NYCHA.
00:50:40The commission has done an amazing job in doing so.
00:50:43Decades, decades of problem, yet three years and five months, with all the success we've had, she made the determination.
00:50:50She wants the remediation manager.
00:50:53I do what's in my control.
00:50:55I don't control federal judges.
00:50:57And so, whatever way she wants us to do the process, we're going to follow the process.
00:51:02You said no—
00:51:03Go ahead.
00:51:04Why?
00:51:05How come no Lampert?
00:51:06Monica.
00:51:07Who's—where we going?
00:51:08Yeah, Monica.
00:51:09Mr. Mayor, can you give us an update on the Roosevelt Hotel, if it's going to be closed this month, how many people is there, and what's going to happen to them?
00:51:16Mm-hmm.
00:51:17And the second question about Andrew Cuomo with a little different take.
00:51:21He said, probably, that maybe he shouldn't have resigned and defend himself at that time.
00:51:27I was thinking whether he was also, you know, looking at your example, how you handled your case, when he was saying that.
00:51:35Listen, first of all, you guys are all aware we spent $60 million on that, right?
00:51:42$60 million.
00:51:46Think about that for a moment.
00:51:48And so, when people were telling me to step down, I said, no, I'm going to step up.
00:51:56Hard times make strong people.
00:51:59I didn't abandon my responsibility, my sworn oath of going into office.
00:52:04I did not abandon that.
00:52:06And when someone abandoned their responsibility, we should look on that and ask ourselves, what happened with the next tough situation that's coming up?
00:52:16Because there could be more tough situations.
00:52:18Do you depart?
00:52:19Do you run?
00:52:20Do you leave?
00:52:21I'm not going to do that.
00:52:22I'm a New Yorker.
00:52:23I'm a fighter.
00:52:24And the beauty is, I actually lived in New York for my life.
00:52:28Yeah, we find out exactly how many we have there and the recovery.
00:52:36We're going to be moving folks to the DHS system, so once it's closing.
00:52:41And right now, my understanding is close to about 700 and something people, around 750 people.
00:52:47Can you respond to an incident that happened last week where DHS officers handcuffed a staffer for Representative Jerry Nadler in his office in Manhattan?
00:52:59No, I can't.
00:53:00I think the congressman should respond to that.
00:53:02I don't have enough detail to know what happened.
00:53:05I do know—I tell my staff here we should never interfere with actions that's taking place.
00:53:11And so, I don't have all the details there.
00:53:13I've—you know, I got—I received criticism for folks when I was telling my staffers, don't interfere.
00:53:20Call the legal team and let the legal team do what they have to do.
00:53:24You are not to interfere.
00:53:25Because if you do interfere, corp counsel can handle you up to your charge, but if you're convicted, you're on your own.
00:53:33And so, I made it clear to city employees, you are not to interfere with what federal authorities do.
00:53:40And so, Congressman Nadler could respond to his staffer.
00:53:45Last question.
00:53:46Hi, Mr. Mayor.
00:53:47Yes, how are you?
00:53:48Good.
00:53:49Just following up a little bit on Monica's question, actually.
00:53:52You know, when Cuomo said that the state would be better off if he hadn't left, it was kind of taking a shot a little bit as well at Hochul.
00:54:00Do you think that he would have done a better job than Hochul over the last four years?
00:54:05And second question for you.
00:54:07He also had this plan to remove people who are mentally ill from Rikers.
00:54:14And he said low-level offenses, people who have committed low-level offenses, or non-violent offenses.
00:54:20Now, just a few moments ago, you had people on the NYPD here talking about how they have arrested people who have these low-level offenses.
00:54:28Just kind of—this is kind of a wonky question, but just, you know, what would this do for especially NYPD officers who are taking their time to arrest some of these people for low-level offenses, just see them back out on the streets just like this, and just also just the infrastructure capacity as well for this?
00:54:45Yeah, OK, a couple things.
00:54:48Governor Hochul helped fix the bail reform.
00:54:54Governor Hochul helped fix the mental health crises.
00:54:59Governor Hochul helped fix his cannabis law.
00:55:04Governor Hochul helped fix the criminal justice problems that we were facing.
00:55:09Governor Hochul modified the congestion pricing situation that he put in law.
00:55:15Governor Hochul dealt with the cannabis problem.
00:55:19And so, I'm just really baffled about this.
00:55:24Which Cuomo are we dealing with?
00:55:26These were all of his initiatives.
00:55:28And so now he's saying, the initiatives that I did, I'm going to fix.
00:55:34I'm going to—what he did with Tier VI and employees, I had to fix that.
00:55:39What he did with allowing cannabis shops—he said we stood by and allowed cannabis shops to open up.
00:55:45That was your law.
00:55:46We went up to Albany to fix that.
00:55:49What we're doing with these recidivisms, that was his bail reform law.
00:55:53And so, I don't—I'm not—I'm really not quite understanding what he's saying.
00:55:59He really believes that people don't know his history.
00:56:04And to say now, you know, I made a mistake, I shouldn't step down.
00:56:09I made a mistake, I shouldn't have Tier VI.
00:56:11I made a mistake, I shouldn't have stopped Bill de Blasio from raising the minimum wage.
00:56:15I made a mistake, I made a mistake, I made a mistake.
00:56:18I'm going to be all over the country.
00:56:22This stuff is just—I mean, this is, like, hilarious.
00:56:26You know, you guys would never let me get away with this.
00:56:29You know what I mean?
00:56:30You guys would have never let me get away with this.
00:56:35You know, the move should have been, Marsha.
00:56:39He should have just sat down and said, I screwed up.
00:56:42I screwed up.
00:56:44You answer questions, he doesn't.
00:56:46Right!
00:56:47You guys would—you know what?
00:56:50Katie would follow me around with his phone in my face if I would have done that.
00:56:57You know?
00:56:58And you know what's interesting?
00:56:59The thing that he—the thing that he—I'm telling you, what he really doesn't understand,
00:57:07being mayor is different from being governor.
00:57:11Being mayor, you know, I can't even tell you folks what it's like being mayor.
00:57:20New Yorkers have five fingers.
00:57:23You know the one they love the most?
00:57:26Being mayor, you are—you are in the trenches.
00:57:29You don't—people just don't walk around and say, you know, you're not going to be protected.
00:57:35You could be sitting down in the restaurant eating the mill.
00:57:38New Yorkers don't care.
00:57:39You know?
00:57:40You could be on the subway station.
00:57:41New Yorkers don't care.
00:57:43And when you look at the life he lived as HUD secretary, as AG, as the dad of—as the
00:57:52son of a governor, as governor, that's a different life from being the mayor of the city of New
00:58:01York.
00:58:02So, where the life did I live?
00:58:05Police officer, people always telling cops how they feel, state senator, borough president,
00:58:12and now mayor.
00:58:13You better have a thick skin, and you can't hide being mayor.
00:58:19Everyone knows who you are as the mayor.
00:58:22Everyone knows who you are.
00:58:24So, you know, he—mayor you can't hide in the suburbs.
00:58:29I'm telling you, it's a different job being the mayor.
00:58:34So—
00:58:36And also the mentally ill from Rikers.
00:58:39Think about—think about it.
00:58:40The number—the numbers on Rikers—the numbers on Rikers, 51 percent, 51 percent of Rikers'
00:58:48inmates are dealing with mental health issues.
00:58:5118 to 20 percent are dealing with severe mental health issues.
00:58:55And to be on Rikers, you have to commit a serious crime.
00:58:58And so, if he's saying he's going to take the 7,400 people, 51 percent of that, over
00:59:063,000 or something, and just turn them back into the street without giving them the support
00:59:11they deserve of that.
00:59:12Think about the public safety nightmare of that.
00:59:15Of taking 3,000-something people in 30 days, putting them back on the street without giving
00:59:20them the support and without giving them the mental health they need.
00:59:23Now you've got 3,000-and-something potential people who could commit another assault on
00:59:29an innocent person, push someone on the subway station.
00:59:32That is so irresponsible.
00:59:33And then you have these officers who are carried out their jobs, and now you're telling them,
00:59:39well, I'm just going to release over 3,000 people in 31 days back into our—on our city
00:59:46streets.
00:59:47That just makes no sense to me.
00:59:51And I don't know a public safety expert that would say that's the right thing to do.
00:59:55Now, if he says he has 3,100 psychiatric beds, then, okay, show me where they are, because
01:00:01you cut them before.
01:00:03If he says he has another plan to house them somewhere, okay, let me know where.
01:00:08But he told you he was going to do this.
01:00:09Did he tell you where they're going to?
01:00:12That's how he does.
01:00:13He just—you know, I'm just going to throw this out.
01:00:16It sounds good.
01:00:17I get a nice headline, and, you know, just keep it moving.
01:00:20Then when y'all try to ask me about it, I'm nowhere to be found, you know?
01:00:24We're going to let you go before I bounce.
01:00:26Yes.
01:00:27Yeah, let him—yes.
01:00:28Yeah, always.
01:00:29Always.
01:00:30Always.
01:00:31Two questions.
01:00:32One, the ferry service down in Staten Island, the city ferry, has complaining about the
01:00:38scammers.
01:00:39I know you visited down there.
01:00:41The CEO says it's worse than ever.
01:00:43There were 81 scammers down there the other day.
01:00:46Some of them were, like, looked like they were underage kids.
01:00:49Mm-hmm.
01:00:50He says the city, because they hit a cut of the tickets, they're losing two to three
01:00:54million a year because the New York City traffic is down for us and the Jersey side is up.
01:01:00And he's—his complaint is that the city doesn't seem to be doing anything.
01:01:05Mm-hmm.
01:01:06There were two vendors in there where all the people, even the guys selling the silver
01:01:09ears and the hats and the buttons and all that.
01:01:11Mm-hmm.
01:01:12And the ticket scammers.
01:01:13Yep.
01:01:14And I spoke with—I spoke with the PC, and when we went down there, as you were with me,
01:01:19we didn't see it.
01:01:20And so we need to identify what the hours are.
01:01:23Christine Ladegano said that there's some different hours, and so we're going to try
01:01:26to go back down there.
01:01:27Okay.
01:01:28Yeah.
01:01:29One other question on the bike safety issue.
01:01:33One of the complaints that people have is police—the reason numbers may be down is they don't
01:01:38take reports.
01:01:39I had one person say she was hit by a motorized e-bike, and the police said, well, if you're
01:01:45ready to go call the fire department, we'd only take a report if you were dead.
01:01:50No, that makes no sense.
01:01:52The police said we only take—we only record fatalities.
01:01:56We don't record injuries.
01:01:57That's the fire department.
01:01:58So one reason the numbers may be down is the police don't report every bike collision.
01:02:04And they should.
01:02:05Someone is a victim—bikes must follow the same laws that vehicles follow.
01:02:11A lot of people don't realize that.
01:02:13Bikes must follow those same laws.
01:02:16And a police officer should take a report if someone is a victim of a bike crash.
01:02:21You know, it's not only vehicle crashes, but bike crashes.
01:02:25You should also take a report, and as well as scooters as well.
01:02:28And so that's incorrect.
01:02:30Okay, I got to bounce.
01:02:31I got to bounce.
01:02:32I got to bounce.