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With more than 96% of city workers and more than 80 percent of New Yorkers having received their primary Covid-19 series and more tools readily available to keep us healthy, this is the right moment for this decision. I continue to urge every New Yorker to get vaccinated, get boosted, and take the necessary steps to protect themselves and those around them from Covid-19.
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We have an obligation of using all the tools properly to keep citizens safe.
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With more than 41,000 asylum-seekers arriving in New York City since last spring and nearly 28,000 asylum-seekers currently in our care, our city is at its breaking point.
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We’re pointing the finger … at our national government, this is a national problem. We must have real immigration reform, and we must immediately have a short-term fix of making sure that the cost of this does not fall on our local cities.
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Our cities are being undermined. And we do n’t deserve this. Migrants do n’t deserve this. And people who live in the cities do n’t deserve this, we expect more from our national leaders to address this issue in a real way.
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The governor of Colorado, who’s a Democrat, and … the governor of Texas, who’s a Republican – I think they had a bipartisan disrespect for the cities, and it was wrong and it should not happen, and it should not continue.
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This is a humanitarian crisis that started with violence and instability in South America and is being accelerated by American political dynamics, thousands of asylum seekers have been bussed into New York City and simply dropped off, without notice, coordination, or care — and more are arriving every day.
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Without a doubt it is unsustainable, and I stated that two weeks ago. I called on the president to do a decompression strategy. We believe that strategy is working.
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We were seeing anywhere from nine to 10 buses in the city. We saw two in the last few days. We received a call from El Paso. The mayor has stated that he would no longer send buses here to New York due to that decompression strategy.
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Since May, this administration, on its own, has safely and efficiently provided shelter, health care, education, and a host of other services to more than 11,000 people predominantly from Central and South America who are seeking a better life.
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No. I believe it's a crisis that needs more coordination from our country, this is one country -- this is a country that's always been capable of handling those who are seeking to participate in American dream.
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No, not at all, this city has always been a sanctuary city, and we've always managed those who wanted to come to New York City to pursue the American dream.
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That's what we would hope that they would recognize, i don't think they're going to because that goes against their own party's talking points. But we would hope that they would recognize the truth. And the truth is this illegal immigration crisis is caused by policy and it's caused by this White House.
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He's a global embarrassment because this is not what we do as Americans, all of us, and I'm sure if he goes into his lineage, he came from somewhere and if his ancestors were treated the way he's treated these asylum seekers and migrants, then he would not be where he is right now.
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We just need help. We need help, and we're going to have some specific items that we're going to go over with the president. But we want assistance. We believe FEMA should step in.
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I already called all of my friends in Texas and told them how to cast their vote, and I am deeply contemplating taking a bus load of New Yorkers to go to Texas and do some good old-fashioned door knocking because, for the good of America, we have to get him out of office.
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They were forced on the bus with the understanding that they were going to other locations that they wanted to go.
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It's unimaginable. Come to a country and your first visit here, someone is throwing you out, as the Governor of Texas is doing, then trying to navigate this complex country to deliver your services.
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As a result of this insane broken system, our recidivism rates have skyrocketed and those who say the predicted wave of recidivism wouldn't happen, and the studies that claim to show the rate of arrest for violent felonies has not changed since the reforms were passed, I have one word for you -- wrong. You are wrong.
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No one in this city should be the victim of armed robbery, let alone our faith leaders and congregants worshiping in a House of God, the NYPD is investigating this crime and will work tirelessly to bring the criminals involved to justice.
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It is unfortunate the climate we’re working under … where the entire criminal-justice apparatus has turned away from the public and the rights of the public to live safe in their city.
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We took almost 3,800 guns off the streets, and many of the people who had carried those guns were able to return to the streets.
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This is the same message that I’ve been stating over and over again: that hard-working New Yorkers, and Americans to be honest with you, should not be attacked in their place of work, there is a line that must be drawn when you are a primary aggressor and that is what I saw on the video.
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This entire day we have been addressing the problem of overproliferation of guns on our street, how readily accessible they are and how there is just no fear in using these guns on innocent New Yorkers, this is the result of that.
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We're going to find this person that's guilty of this horrific crime, we're going to find him and bring him to justice.
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It was probably the third — third or fourth week in January. I spent a lot of time in the office.
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When you look at how do you distinguish between a legal carry and someone who's carrying it illegally, it is just really challenging, and then responding to the bad days that individuals have in New York City, in big cities across America, but they're armed with a weapon. You can see a simple dispute elevate to a shooting. This is a real concern, which Supreme Courts put in place.
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For many years we had a version of what was called single patrol. I did Spencer Platt/Getty Images as a police officer, i would n’t have anyone do a job that I would n’t do.
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Variants are going to come, if every variant that comes, we move into shutdown thoughts, we move into panicking, we're not going to function as a city.
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I'm proud of what we are doing and how we are not allowing Covid to outstmart us, we're staying prepared and not panicking.
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We're going to get him on a train, we're going to get everyone on the train. He understands the need of getting his people back and leading from the front.
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We're telling our corporate leaders :' Hey, get on the train !' we need to advertise that New York is back.
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Because the bullets were considered inoperable, the law says it was unloaded, the bad guy didn't know it was inoperable. And because it was inoperable, it no longer carried with it, a higher crime.
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Expanding our Gifted and Talented program to all New York City districts is about giving every child, in every zip code, a fair chance and making sure no child is left behind.
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We're facing a problem that is hitting our entire nation right now and that is why this is a national response, we need a national response to this issue.
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I think that when you look at how miraculous this is, you have to really point to the passengers and the transit authority officials, new York has gone through a lot, from the 911 attacks, second time attack of the( World) Trade Center, to those who wanted to commit terrorism in New York City and to those who do things that want to terrorize us.
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New York has gone through a lot, from the 911 attacks, second time attack of the( World) Trade Center, to those who wanted to commit terrorism in New York City and to those who do things that want to terrorize us.
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We lost a 16 year old baby in the Bronx today. We pray for this young girl, for her family, and for the other two victims in the hospital, it's a tragedy. It's unacceptable. It's why we can't abandon our streets to gun violence.
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This political showmanship of attempting to demonize a particular group or community is unacceptable. And we are going to loudly show our support and say to those who are living in Florida --' listen, we want you here in New York. We want you right here in New York City,'.
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This effort is about taking care of our people and our public spaces because no New Yorker deserves to live on the street, we are breaking down silos and working together across government to keep New Yorkers safe and our streets clean. These are basic expectations we have for our city, and we are going to deliver.
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I'm just very clear : people are not going to live in makeshift dangerous housing, we should have never allowed that to happen.
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There are 8.8 million people in this city and 30 million opinions, but there's one mayor.
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We are not going back to the policing that I fought to change, we won't go back to abusive policing.
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You're not going to walk into Duane Reade and take whatever you want and walk out, you're not going to hop over the counter and take codeine and other drugs... You're not going to drive motorcycles through the streets, pulling people out and assaulting them merely because of a traffic accident. You're not going to openly inject yourself with drugs. You're not going to just do whatever you want in the city.
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I’m going to make some tough choices. People are not going to agree with some of them, i must move this city forward.
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This individual should not be out on the streets of New York and his release shows the scope of changes that we need to make in order to keep New Yorkers safe.
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We have to turn off the faucet that is continually feeding the river of violence in our cities, there's a tint of racism to this. We don't manufacture guns in Chicago but why are we able to remove 12,000 guns off the street ? Where are they coming from ?
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Someone knows this person. We're asking for the public to find them, this person is carrying out a premeditated attack of shooting innocent people.
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This was an intentional murder. This individual approached the two men, one at a time, you see him looking around, making sure no one was around, kicking the homeless person to make sure they were not asleep and just assassinated him, it was just something you would not imagine would take place in New York City.
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We're also mobilizing on the streets to notify our homeless to try and get them in shelters, those who want to do so, being homeless should not turn into a homicide and I want to catch this guy bad.
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We are going to ensure that fear is not New York’s reality.
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We've got to follow the science, the science states that that age group can not be vaccinated and they have, among children, they're some of the highest hospitalization rates. So we have to save our children.
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Two years ago, New York City was the epicenter of the pandemic, but thanks to New Yorkers getting vaccinated and getting boosted we have made tremendous progress, the fight may not be over, but we're clearly winning the war. We are open for business and New York City has New York City groove back.
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I hear it every time I’m on the subway system – people tell me about their fear of using the system, and we’re going to ensure that fear is not New York’s reality.
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We hear it all the time, i hear it every time I’m on the subway system – people tell me about their fear of using the system, and we’re going to ensure that fear is not New York’s reality.
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The subway system and our bus system, they are the lifeblood of our city, if we don't get them right, our city won't continue to recover from Covid. Millions of New Yorkers use the system to go to school, to go to their place of employment and just to visit their loved ones. It provides a vital service.
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Yet we are allowing music, displaying of guns, violence. We’re allowing it to stay on these sites.
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First of all, I think the rule is unfair, i believe that we are saying to out-of-town athletes that they can come in and not be vaccinated. Yet New York athletes have to be vaccinated and they also do this for entertainers. I want people to know that. Entertainers can come here without being vaccinated and perform. I think it’s unfair.
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If I am not getting the things I laid out in the blueprint, I still have the obligation to keeping the city safe, that’s why we are putting in place our anti-gun unit, that’s why we’re going to go after the causes and feeds of crime.
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I went to Albany as a mayor, and I represented this city with the issues that are important to this city, and the people heard me. They respected my opinion, and I respected their opinion.
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Diversify your newsrooms so I can look out and see people that look like me and say we are going to write stories based on the prisms that we have, that's not what we're getting and that's why I'm covered the way I'm covered. And I'm not comfortable with it.
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There was no arguing, no yelling, no screaming, areas we disagreed on we talked about it and we walked through them.
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My role as mayor is being interpreted through the prisms of your realities and not mine. So when you write stories, you’re not writing stories for people who were almost homeless like me. You’re not writing stories for people who were arrested and beat up by police officers. You’re not writing stories for those who are dealing with high crime. You’re writing them from your prisms.
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I can’t tell people what to put on their grills on the weekend. But darn it, we should not be feeding the health care crisis in our prisons, our hospitals, and most importantly, in our schools, so we want to go in a more healthy direction.
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Coming outside and seeing his wife holding his baby and a coat colored pink but stained with red blood from his child, it’s unimaginable. It is unimaginable that this is happening in our city.
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It’s unimaginable. It is unimaginable that this is happening in our city.
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Our city is going to do more than thank you, we are going to give you the resources to fight New Yorkers against the killers. New Yorkers against the killers is New Yorkers against the killers : And we will not lose.
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We as a city, as a state, and as a nation — we say thank you, Officer Jason Rivera. Today our hearts are with Officer Jason Rivera beautiful family, he's a hero, and our fellow New Yorkers acknowledge that.
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Officer Mora was not only Officer Mora, but an exceptional young man beloved by his family, the youngest of four children.
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We need help to stop putting people back on the street that are dangerous, i'm going to be clear, you cannot bring on the bench your philosophy and your theory. You must bring on the bench keeping this city safe. That's the goal, and whatever powers we have to ensure that we keep our bench staffed with the right judges that are going to have the right balance of justice and safety.
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New Yorkers feel as if a sea of violence is engulfing our city, but as your mayor, I promise you, I will not let this happen. We will not surrender our city to the violent few. Gun violence is a public health crisis. There’s no time to wait. We must act.
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We will have boots on the ground, on every block in this city.
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New Yorkers feel as if a sea of violence is engulfing our city. But as your mayor, I promise you, I will not let this happen. We will not surrender our city to the violent few, gun violence is a public health crisis. There’s no time to wait. We must act.
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The interstate task force on illegal guns is an important first step. But we must also address bail reform and our pre-trial detention system, new York is the only state in the country that does not allow a judge to detain a defendant who poses an immediate threat to the community. Other states, as well as the federal government, allow judges to consider a defendant’s dangerousness.
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We must pass legislation requiring background checks on all gun sales. We must pass legislation to make gun trafficking a federal crime. We must increase penalties for those directly involved in moving guns across state lines, and the organizers of gun trafficking rings. We must increase penalties for those making straw purchases, or buying firearms from someone legally prohibited from doing so. And we must also mobilize the DOJ against the proliferation of ghost guns.
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Rise up to protect each other. Rise up to defeat gun violence. Rise up to defend the way of peace and the work of prosperity. This is our moment, New York.
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New Yorkers will see and feel these changes quickly, we will ramp up enforcement, deploy more officers on the streets and in the subways, and get our courts at full capacity.
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Immediately we're going to reinstitute a newer version of... a modified plainclothes anti-gun unit. I talked about this on the campaign trail. Our team has done the proper analysis and now we're going to deploy that.
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When a mayor has swagger, the city has swagger, that's what has been missing in the city.
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I talked about this on the campaign trail. Our team has done the proper analysis. And now we're going to deploy that.
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In his memory, and in the memory of all those who have been killed by gun violence, New York we will rise up again, rise up to protect each other.
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We're removing thousands of guns off the street, but there's an endless flow that continues to come through our city borders.
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It was extremely impactful for NewYorkers, losing a New Yorker in that fashion, and just really doubled down on our concerns that our system must be safe, must be safe from actual crime, which we are going to do. And it must be safe from those who feel as though there'satotal level of disorder in our subway system.
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There's a subtext to this story that I don't want to be missed, the three officers that were involved, two of them were born outside this country, one in India and one in the Dominican Republic, the third is a first generation.
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And so when you start talking about the contribution of the immigrant community to this city, you better understand the reality that they are putting their lives on the line for the city and country that they love.
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We know we have a job to do, we're going to do both -- we're going to drive down crime and we going to make sure New York feel safe in our subway system, and they don't feel that way now.
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What our battle is in the subway system is fighting the perception of fear that cases like this can happen.
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We're not going to recover as a city if we turn back time and see an increase in violence.
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This is a safe system because of the job of the transit officers have carried out, we're going to continue to enhance, to deal with the mental health crisis that we have in our system.
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I think that a total elimination is something we need to reevaluate, right now, bad guys are saying, ‘If you don’t see a blue and white, you can do whatever you want.'.
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This tragedy is not going to define us, it is going to show our resiliency.
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Yesterday’s fire in the Bronx is an unspeakable tragedy,but I promise New York City will be there to help our neighbors through it, the City stands ready to give impacted families all the support they need—it’s what we do. Every dollar given to the Mayor’s Fund will go directly to those affected by the fire; please give if you can, and together we will get through this.
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Protection is personal. You have an increase of anarchists in New York City, country. We have a serious problem with White supremacy. And when you talk about this type of security that I want, it’s extremely unique. I do n’t want to be away from my public, i trust my brother. My brother understands me.
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I need that right balance, and I do n’t want the people of this city to believe that the mayor is not approachable and he’s not willing to engage with them on the level that I want to represent, you saw I took the subway system on my Day One in office, and those are the types of things that I ’m going to do. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP.
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I really want to thank them for putting their lives on the line to save lives.
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This is a horrific, horrific, painful moment for the city of New York, and the impact of this fire is going to really bring a level of just pain and despair in our city.
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I did not change my mind, i supported the concept of the bill.
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This is a great opportunity to be a member of this great country, don’t let anything daunt you or take you away from that mission. This legislation is not going to do that. Keep becoming a citizen of this country.
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I think it is imperative that people who are in a local municipality have the right to decide who is going to govern them.
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At the precinct level, someone comes in for a petty theft, we're at the policing level, you identify that they have a mental health issue, instead of locking them up -- let's defer prosecution, let's have a local community-based organization that deals with mental health illnesses handle it right at the precinct -- that's the coordination that we need, there's no reason to put someone( with) mental health illness in Rikers Island, Rikers Island's Rikers Island.
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I have not communicated with the DA, i have not looked over and analyzed exactly what he’s calling for.
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We have to open up, i need my city to open. And we have to be safe, we have to double down on vaccinations and booster shots. We have to double down on testing. But we have to reshape our thinking of how do we live with Covid.
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We have low-skilled employees who can't do remote employment from home, or telecommuting, it is time to open up, and feed our ecosystem, our financial ecosystem.
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I know how hard Brooklyn Borough is, i was on the ground when Covid hit the city. I watched the morgues outside of hospitals. I watched family members dropping loved ones off to never see them again.
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We must get open. Let me tell you why, that accountant from a bank that sits in an office, it's not only him. It feeds our financial ecosystem. He goes to the cleaners to get his suits cleaned. He goes to the restaurant. He brings in a business traveler, which is 70 % of our hotel occupancy. He buys a hot dog on our streets, I hope a vegan hot dog, but he participates in the economy.
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Covid is a moving target. It's a formidable opponent, but Covid doesn't realize New Yorkers are a formidable opponent. We're resilient.
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The issue was we wanted to make sure that each school could have the appropriate staffing to be safe, the last scenario we want is a school being forced to make a decision about combining classes together.
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When a mayor has swagger, New York City has swagger, we've allowed people to beat us down so much that all we did was wallow in Covid -- New York City's all we did -- and we no longer believe this is a city of swagger, this is a city of resiliency. ... We're going to survive.
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We have lived through two years of continuous crisis, and that insults our very nature as New Yorkers. The crisis tells us that it is in charge. That it is in control, this will be our New Year's resolution : We will not be controlled by crisis.
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This is not going to be a city of disorder, this is not going to be a city of violence.
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Teachers are informing us that they can not come in, their child tested positive, they tested positive … We’ve seen COVID over the holidays that we never saw.
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The message is clear from us : Our schools are open. And if our principals need support, they should reach out to the situation room and have the coordination that we put in place. We put a great plan in place, and we want everyone to follow that plan so we can be on one message.
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We’re going to follow the science. The science will ensure that we can effectively deal with this COVID surge.
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Eric Adams said.Temperatures are ready to meet the storm head on.
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We must not only find a gun, but we must find the person who discharged the weapon and we must find those who believe they are going to destroy our city with gun and gang violence, that is not going to happen.
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We are going to keep that in place, we spoke with our business leaders today to let them know we’re going to keep that in place.
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Even in the midst of COVID, in the midst of everything that we’re going through, this is a country where hope and opportunities is always, ever present, it’s just great when New York shows the entire country of how we come back.
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It’s just great when New York shows the entire country of how we come back.
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Facts are important because facts can spread fear, facts can also allow people to know that this is not at the place where we have morgues outside of hospitals, where we're seeing people dying at alarming rates. We are not where we were in the beginning.
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Facts can also allow people to know that this is not at the place where we have morgues outside of hospitals, where we're seeing people dying at alarming rates. We are not where we were in the beginning.
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Keep our city open, that's the goal. We can't shut down our city again.
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I am deeply humbled to officially take the oath of office at this iconic occasion, and to participate in the transfer of leadership that is a cornerstone of our democracy.
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New Yorkers and visitors alike can now enjoy Times Square and the rest of New York City as we ring in 2022.
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Keechant Sewell is a proven crime fighter with the experience and emotional intelligence to deliver both the safety New Yorkers need and the justice they deserve, chief Sewell will wake up every day laser-focused on keeping New Yorkers safe and improving New York City, and I am thrilled to have New Yorkers at the helm of the NYPD.
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The foundation is safety. We can talk about all the other pieces, but we have to be safe. If we're not safe, tourism is not going to return, no business is going to stay if their employees can't ride our subway systems to get to their office space.
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Omicron is here, and it looks like it’s very transmissible.
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The question should not be whether or not police are allowed to confront suspects; it should be about how we train them, the question should not be whether we have police; it should be how we use them. The question should not be whether judges should have the ability to protect New Yorkers from violent offenders; it should be how we let them.
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People want to classify me, but because I'm complicated, it's difficult to put me in a box, i support closing Rikers( Island jail) but also support closing the pipeline that feeds Rikers.
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New York Police Department would run rings around( the other candidates). They are masters. If you're a good mayor, you're only here for eight years. I've been here for 30-something years in New York Police Department. Police departments will wait you out, and they know that whatever you hand down, they have to implement. But if you know the system, if you know the crevices, you know how to go and ensure you're getting what you want.
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No person should have to work at a job where they are threatened, harassed or assaulted, we are learning new horrors about the conditions at Rikers every day – and these stories of abuse are among the most shocking and unacceptable I’ve heard. We are past the point of emergency at Rikers. There must be swift, serious change to ensure the safety of both inmates and those who work there.
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After hearing from these courageous women about what they have endured for years, I knew I had to shine a light on this issue, which has not received enough attention.
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This is my block, my neighbors, i'm proud to be a resident of Bed-Stuy.
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I stay at my brownstone. I live in Brooklyn, that's my primary residence, I don't jot down the number of days I'm there.
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We were caught off-guard, that can never happen again, we learned from terrorism, Eric Adams don't wait'til the day when a plane attacks.
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New Yorkers are going to make a determination of a person that wore a bulletproof vest, who protected the children and families of this city and fought crime against a person who made up crimes so that New Yorkers could be popular.
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Those who are going to court, let's get them to court so to determine if they're innocent or if they can serve time in the state facilities where they're supposed to.
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New York will no longer be anti-business, this is going to be a place where we welcome business and not turn into the dysfunctional city we have been for so many years.
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All across our country, gangs and guns are destroying the foundations of not only public safety, but business, no one is coming to New York if a three-year-old is shot in Times Square.
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We are dysfunctional as a city in New York and dysfunctional as a country.
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When you look at the Democratic Party and you're doing an analysis, you find very few people have ever been part of law enforcement, and we have demonized public protection in this city and country because we have too many abusive officers who are allowed to stay in our agency. But at the same time, we have ignored the problems that fed violence in our country, and I say we need to stop doing that.
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My first question is, what took so long? and why has it taken us so long, watching these babies die, year after year after year and no one seems to care? We must have intervention and prevention.
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When I met him he said, ‘I have a long criminal record. I’ve done horrible things in my life,’ ‘I’m homeless. I’ve had a real bad life.’.
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I’m opposed to the chokehold ... but when you’re saying you cannot touch someone’s chest ... it’s just not realistic.
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We know, we know that this is going to be layers, this is the first early voting count -- we know that. We know there's going to be twos and threes and fours - we know that. But there's something else we know. New York City said,' Our first choice is Eric Adams,' we're going to allow them to go through the process and count the ballots, and count all the ranking. And we know that this is an opportunity for people to participate, but the feeling today is just such a.. . such a good feeling.
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I can say this, that African-Americans are very clear on voter suppression, we know about a poll tax, we know about the fight that we've had historically.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I'm the mayor whose going to deliver real public safety for us and our families, i was endorsed by the police captains just yesterday, Eric Adams' old union, I might add. The officers who know Eric best have decided I'm the best choice to help make New Yorkers safe.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
How foolish would someone have to be to run to be the mayor of the city of New York and live in another municipality, it's 101 that someone is going to follow me throughout this entire campaign.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
How dare Andrew Yang say a retired( NYPD) captain, a state Senator, a Borough president, significant other is an educator... We can't have two homes ? Andrew Yang has two homes. So you don't see the hint of racism in that ? , i live in Brooklyn. I don't live in New Paltz.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I don't know where Andrew Yang has been until a shooting happened down the block from Andrew Yang house, no one can question my commitment around ending violence in New York City. No one on this stage can tell you that they have put their life on the line to save New Yorkers.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I don't expect to leave the city a single day my first term, new Yorkers are going to be sick of me.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Nobody in( the state capital of) Albany, when I'm mayor, will steal my lunch money.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
This is an Anthony Fauci moment, imagine someone 20 years from now, someone would say,' Hey Anthony Fauci, you did nothing for Covid.' That's how I feel right now.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
You left the city during a very difficult time, even during a time where I did not see my son over two months because I was in the streets during COVID. You did not vote in municipal elections at all, how the hell do we have you become our mayor with this record like this? How will you govern a diverse city like this?
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We're going to lose more young people, 95 percent of those victims who are victims to gun violence are Black and brown, 95 percent of the shooters are Black and Brown, we're talking about Black lives matter. We must deal with police misconduct, but we have to deal with this real pervasive handgun problem.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Businesses are closing. Crime is rising. Homelessness is soaring.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
[He] ends up opening the door and throwing up, we talked for almost two hours.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
If you can slow demand, then you're helping out your community as a whole.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Most people think of an addict as you know, skid row, or homeless living on the street.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
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