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By putting our home teams on [an] equal playing field, we increase their chances of winning and that has a real impact on our city.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Our health commissioner has put a series of mandates in place. They have won in court, state court, federal court every single time. And it's because they're universal and consistent. And they're about protecting the public right now from a clear and present danger.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
The more universal they are, the more likely employees will say okay, it's time. I'm going to do this. Because you can't jump from one industry to another or one company to another. It's something that needs to be universal to protect all of us.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We need to take very bold action. We're seeing restrictions starting to come back. We're seeing shutdowns, we can not let those restrictions come back. We can not have shutdowns in New York.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I just want to volunteer, I have an incredible new act where I just eat food live. … It’s kind of like modern art and comedy together, will you give me an audition ?
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Will you give me an audition? I really think I’ve figured out my next act. Get it? Get it? That was funny, wasn't it?
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I just want to volunteer, I have an incredible new act where I just eat food live. … It’s kind of like modern art and comedy together, will you give me an audition? I really think I’ve figured out my next act. Get it? Get it? That was funny, wasn't it?
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The number one issue is guns getting the guns off our streets. And we all know that the proliferation of guns during the pandemic was unprecedented and troubling. And therefore, we have to double down on getting guns off our streets.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We have proven that we can beat back Covid all over this country and school opens four months from now, so I absolutely believe Covid will continue to go down, vaccinations will go up, recovery will be strong.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
You can’t have a full recovery without full-strength schools, everyone back sitting in those classrooms, kids learning again.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
New York City public schools – 1 million kids – will be backin their classrooms in September, all in-person. No remote.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
How about simply contributing and helping achieve the mission together?
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
And more and more people are taking the subways, which is a fact. And this is going to add up to something good.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Kim said he would correct the story and then broke his word. No surprise. Instead over the last six days he has baselessly accused this administration of pay to play and obstruction of justice. you know, the bullying is nothing new. I believe Ron Kim, and it's very, very sad.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We need direct supply no strings attached, our allocation should be bigger to account for that.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Even during the height of the pandemic, we saw the stock market boom. We saw 120 New York billionaires grow their net worth by $77 billion.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Anyone who expresses racist views shouldn’t be a police officer. Anyone who expresses White supremacist views shouldn’t be a police officer. Anyone who encouragesviolence against our democratic institutions shouldn’t be a police officer, i’m saying that people who harbor views that counter the essential values of this country should not be allowed to police our streets.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
This is really dangerous if we dont vaccinate the people who are in the most danger, we are going to lose lives we dont need to lose.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
There is no reason to hold us back, there is no reason to stop the right to vaccinate.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Weve got literally twice as many New Yorkers over 75 as the amount of vaccine we have in stock right this minute and yet we are not allowed by state law to give a single shot to a single New Yorker over 75, there is no reason to hold us back, there is no reason to stop the right to vaccinate.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Starting today, were going to do something new in New York City, we will have checkpoints at key entry points to the city. Travelers coming in from those states will be given information about the quarantine. They will be reminded it is required, not optional. They will be reminded that failure to quarantine is a violation of state law, and it comes with serious penalties. ... Fines can be as high as $10,000.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
For the first time in months, we have a 24-hour period where no one in this city died from the coronavirus, let's have many more days like that.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
At some points in the week, you're learning in person in the classroom, at other points of the week you're learning remotely, most schools will not be able to have all their kids in school at the same time.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We had a troubling situation in Midtown Manhattan and in the Bronx, but we had no unrest, no looting in Brooklyn and in Queens and Staten Island and most of the Bronx and most of Manhattan and I really want to set that straight, we thought we had a measured plan and suddenly this very coordinated criminal activity in Midtown Manhattan made the adjustment to go to the earlier curfew.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We're now actually in a position to start talking about opening things up, step by step, phase by phase.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We actually have enough to get through this week free and clear. We are not going to say that we can accurately predict next week yet, its still too clear this week to say that. But the fact that we have confidence that we can get through this week is definitely a good sign.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Having The USNS Comfort here is a very, very important thing for New York City in terms of the number of patients served, but also an extraordinary morale boost when we needed it, i don't have a doubt in my mind, The USNS Comfort will be filled up soon.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I do think it's fine to have a social life but you got to exercise some smart rules, right ? if you're sick, don't go on a date. If the date is sick, don't go on the dates.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
How many members of our family, especially our older relatives, who are the people really vulnerable here, are we simply saying as a nation, we're going to turn away and ignore the challenges facing them ? I don't think that's right, so I understand people who say wow, this is an extraordinary sacrifice. It is, but if you don't slow this thing down, you'll sacrifice a lot more on the other end of the equation. We have to think about the human cost here.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I think New Yorkers should be prepared right now for the possibility of a shelter in place order, new Yorkers has not happened yet but New Yorkers is definitely a possibility at this point. I believe that decision should be made in the next 48 hours, and it's a very, a very difficult decision.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
There has been a variety of conversations at the staff level, constantly, i look forward to talking to the governor directly about it. But it's a very serious, complex decision.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
This is what they do. They build. I'll give them dormitories( to) build temporary medical facilities, but they have to do it, i'm not shy but the state doesn't have the capacity to build that quickly to that level.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
If Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman're sick, Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman shouldn't be going on the subway, if you are traveling by subway and the train that comes up is all packed and you can possibly wait for the next train in the hopes it might be less packed, please do.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
City disease detectives are tracing close contacts of both individuals and will ensure they are appropriately isolated and tested immediately.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The patient remains hospitalized and is in serious condition. City and State disease detectives are working closely to identify close contacts and the appropriate next steps.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We have said from the beginning that it is likely we will see more positive cases of the coronavirus, we are working closely with our state and federal partners to ensure we are taking the highest precautions to keep New Yorkers safe.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Michael Bloomberg had almost six full years to say it was wrong... De Blasio have had plenty of inflection points where he could have said,' You know what, I was wrong,' michael Bloomberg has never cared to do that. And I think that says something about the veracity of this.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I want New Yorkers to be clear, this was an attempt to assassinate police officers, there is too much hatred out there, too much hatred in general and too much hatred directed at our officers.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
What we saw yesterday was a premeditated, violent anti-Semitic hate crime, in other words, you can say it was an act of terror because it was premeditated, it was violent, and it was directed at the Jewish community.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I'm keeping my fingers crossed, I'm asking everyone -- keep the City of New York in your thoughts and prayers so the wind will stay calm and we will be able to let these balloons fly, we're hopeful. We're hopeful.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
De Blasio had almost six full years to say it was wrong... we have had plenty of inflection points where he could have said,' You know what, I was wrong,' de Blasio has never cared to do that. And I think that says something about the veracity of this.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
De Blasio had almost six full years to say it was wrong... African American Democratic voters have had plenty of inflection points where he could have said,' You know what, I was wrong,' de Blasio has never cared to do that. And I think that says something about the veracity of this.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We were watching the polling to see if anything was moving and it just wasn't moving.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Joe Biden told wealthy donors that nothing will fundamentally change if Joe Biden were president.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Whoever our nominee is, let's make sure we're speaking to the hearts of working people and they know we're on their side. And if we do that, we're going to win. If we don't, this is an election that could go the other way.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
This idea that, even in a lot of the Democratic Party debates, we're sort of arguing over, you know, well, we could get a little better here or a little better there. That's not what we should be talking about as Americans, we should talk about how every American gets quality health care. Physical health care, mental health care. Quality health care when they need it. That should be the goal of this country.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
It includes the protections for labor organizing, the prohibitions that we need to stop companies from inhibiting labor organizing, from ensuring that their employees only get one side of the story and don't hear from organized labor.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We believe in redemption in this party, i tell you what, I hope you're part of it.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Its absurd, its ludicrous. And actually, frankly, in Swalwells case, its actually funny. they should begin impeachmentproceedings.We can no longer accept thenotion of a president who openlyinvites interference in ourelection.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We've got to break out of that and anyone responsible has to be accountable and has to speak to it.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
The( former) vice president and anyone else has to be accountable for every vote they take and what's on their record, and I think that was a huge mistake.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Don't back down in the face of a bully, confront him and take him on.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I have never run for anything without intending to win, and you can look at my track record. I was an underdog in everything Ive ever been near.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
If we say to the American people' our job is to get you health care no matter what, no matter how much money you make, no matter what your situation,' that's the kind of thing that actually is going to resonate with the American people.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
So I want to push this whole party, and I want to inform this debate in this country about the fact that we could go a lot farther, we could be a lot bolder than what we're doing now. i never rule things out because you never know what life brings, but I'm focused on the work I'm doing now and getting this message out.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
The border agents consulted with their supervisor, and they agreed, and they let our cars cross the American border into Mexico at a normal checkpoint. While we were there we were told what the border line was, and we respected it.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
[ This ] is another way to distract [ the American people ] from an inhumane policy, threats by Trump Administration will not stop me from speaking out and wo n’t stop my fellow mayors from speaking out.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
This situation has been resolved, everything was done with the advice of counsel. Everything was done in accordance to the law.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
They can threaten to take away money, but they can not tell us how to police our streets.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
We have to recognize that all over this country, the more disruption that’s caused peacefully … the more it will change the trajectory of things.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
We hold ourselves to the highest standard of integrity, everything we've done from the beginning has been legal and appropriate.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I get the reports every day. Someone’s jumping a turnstile [ or ] someone had some other kind of infraction and … it turns out Broken Windows Policing have a weapon.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Trump has tapped into that frustration and layered it with a racist appeal.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
These indictments will hopefully bring Mr. Figueroa and Mr. Locón's families some closure following this tragic event.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We see the 'Tale of Two Cities' transforming into 'One New York,'.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We absolutely do not accept a status quo where people work all their lives only to be left with nothing.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think Ted Cruz has actually created a lot of anger, not only here, but a lot of people around this country are going to see this as divisive, negative and I think he owes the people of New York an apology.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
This is a fundamental change in how our city contends with a situation that has been intractable for so many years.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The politicians are not the issue here. The issue is the people who know the facts, are they working together constantly? The answer is yes.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
What he is doing is creating an international voice of conscience that I can't think of any previous parallel for, he is reminding us of what's possible. You never see him saying 'Well this would be a good thing to do if only it was practical.' He is literally saying to us we have to reset our assumption and think more deeply and more morally about our actions because our current sense of practicality is digging our graves.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
As a proud Italian-American, I am deeply troubled by the lack of action by the European Union and the way that Italy has been left to fend for itself very unfairly, europe can't decide to be unified some of the time and ignore important issues at other times.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Europe can't decide to be unified some of the time and ignore important issues at other times, and there needs to be a European Union policy that addresses the vast amount of immigration that is happening. It's not fair to have Italy have to shoulder so much of the burden.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
My message is clear. We come in peace. We would like to do this cooperatively. If we see a lack of commitment we will mandate it.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The Paris summit is just months away, we need to see it as the finish line of a sprint, and take every local action we can in the coming months to maximize the chance that our national governments will act boldly.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We are even more disappointed to read that Simmons has expressed no regret for his remarks. I believe he owes an apology to the Jewish and African-American communities. The murder of six million Jews and millions of others who perished in the Holocaust, and the many millions who suffered under slavery, should never be used to make a political point.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I think like a lot of people in this country I want to see a vision. And, again, that would be true of candidates on all levels. It's time to see a clear, bold vision for progressive economic change.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You can literally see what was a home for a large and strong family and now it is wiped out, every room empty and burned.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I want to get us back to questions on this presentation, this is breathtaking, the information we have here.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Once this individual posted on Facebook his intention, anyone who sees that has the obligation to call the police immediately and report it, we cannot take this lightly.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I told them that I lost my own dad when I was 18, and that as painful and difficult as it is, families come together. People find a way forward, i also told them that we would be there for them. That the NYPD family would be there for them and the people of New York City and the family of New York would be there for them, and we will be.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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