WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
WE HAVE DARK CLOUDS ON THE 
HORIZON.
AND WE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS.
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH HELD AND 
BACK.
THIS IS NOT OVER AND THIS CAN 
STILL REAR IT'S UGLY HEAD IN 
THIS STATION NANNY THIS STATE 
AND WE'RE SEEING TROUBLING SIGNS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WE 
SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND I
AM CONCERNED ABOUT THEM.
THE SITUATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY
IS GETTING WORSE.
IT'S NOT GETTING BETTER, 35 
STATES NOW SEE INCREASING COVID 
INFECTION RATES.
DR. FAUCI, WHO TENDS TO BE A 
VOICE OF REASON SAYS HE WOULD 
NOT BE SURPRISED IF HE SEES 
100,000 CASES A DAY.
ALL THEY'RE DOING, THESE MODELS,
ARE EXTRAPOLATING FROM THE FACTS
THEY SEE TODAY, OKAY?
THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT 
TO UNDERSTAND.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT IN THE 
BEGINNING.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE PROJECTING, 
LIKE A WEATHER FORECAST, THE 
WEATHER IS NICE TODAY, BUT WE 
PROJECT THAT IT WILL BE BAD ON 
FRIDAY.
THAT IS NOT WHAT THESE 
PROJECTIONS DO.
GIVEN THESE NUMBERS TODAY, IF 
YOU JUST FACTOR OUT YOUR SPREAD 
AND RATE NUMBERS THIS IS WHAT 
WILL HAPPEN.
THEY'RE TAKING YOUR CONVERSATION
TODAY AND THEY'RE SAYING BY 
WHERE YOU ARE TODAY, THIS IS 
WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
SO WHEN DR. FAUCI SAYS IT WILL 
GO UP TO 100,000 PER DAY, HE IS 
SAYING BY THE CURRENT RATE OF 
INCREASE IT COULD GO TO 100,000 
PER DAY.
THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS 
FRIGHTENING.
YOU LOOK AT WHERE THIS COUNTRY 
IS COMPARED TO THE EUROPEAN 
UNION, WHICH IS THE GREAT IRONY.
THEY HAD IT FIRST.
WE GOT IT FROM THEM, AND WE 
DIDN'T KNOW IT, STORY OF NEW 
YORK.
THEY ARE NOW ON THE DECLINE AND 
WE'RE ON THE INCLINE AND THEY 
HAVE DONE A TRAVEL BAN AGAINST 
US.
THINK ABOUT HOW IRONIC THAT IS.
THEY HAD IT, THEY SENT IT TO US,
THEY DEALT WITH IT, WE'RE GOING 
UP HIGHER AND NOW THEY BAN US.
LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND 
THE NATION.
AND THESE ARE FACTS, NOT 
EDITORIAL COMMENTS.
TEXAS, NO PROBLEM.
NO VIRUS.
THIS IS ALL A DEMOCRATIC 
COLLUSION.
OH, THE CASES ARE GOING UP, THAT
IS ONLY BECAUSE THE TESTING IS 
GOING UP.
REALLY?
THEN WHY ARE MORE PEOPLE GOING 
INTO HOSPITALS?
PEOPLE DON'T GO INTO HOSPITALS 
UNLESS MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING 
SICK.
FACT.
ARIZONA, STATES IN DENIAL, 
RIGHT?
THAT UNDER ESTIMATED THE VIRUS.
NOW THEY'RE ALL SINGING A 
DIFFERENT TUNE.
NOW THEY'RE ALL STARTING TO SAY 
WE BETTER TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.
WE BETTER START WEARING MASKS.
THEY'RE GOING BACKWARDS ON THEIR
REOPENING PLAN WHICH IS JUST 
WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT HAPPENING.
YOU'RE IN THE ROOM MANY TIMES.
I SAID IF YOU REOPEN TOO FAST, 
WHAT WILL WIND UP HAPPENING IS 
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE.
AND THEN THAT WILL BE THE WORST 
SITUATION.
THE WORST FOR THE ECONOMY, THE 
WORST FOR PEOPLE, AND YOU'RE 
GOING TO LOSE MORE PEOPLE IN THE
MEANTIME.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS 
HAPPENING.
STATES ARE NOW HAVING TO ROLL 
BACK THEIR REOPENING PLANS.
THE BUCK STOPS ON THE 
PRESIDENT'S DESK.
THAT IS A FACT, THAT IS WHAT IT 
MEANS TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
IN THIS STATE, THE BUCK STOPS ON
MY TEST.
I'M THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE, 
IT STOPS ON MY DESK.
NOT JUST ON THE PRESIDENT'S DESK
BECAUSE HE IS THE PRESIDENT.
THIS IS ALSO THE WORDS THAT CAME
OUT OF HIS MOUTH.
HE WAS IN DENIAL OF THE VIRUS 
FROM DAY ONE.
IT'S JUST THE THROUGH, IT'S 
GOING AWAY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A MIRACLE.
IT'S NOT GOING UP, ONLY THE 
TESTING IS GOING UP.
HE DENIED THE REALITY OF THE 
SITUATION FROM DAY ONE.
REOPEN RIGHT AWAY.
REOPEN RIGHT AWAY.
LIBERATE THOSE STATES.
I HAD ALL OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS 
EVERY DAY.
LIBERATE.
YOU'RE ARTIFICIALLY KEEPING THE 
ECONOMY CLOSED.
THERE'S NO REASON -- THAT CAME 
FROM HIM, YOU KNOW WHAT IS FUNNY
IN THIS COUNTRY?
SOMETIMES IF THE PRESIDENT 
SPEAKS, PEOPLE LISTEN.
EVEN IF THE PRESIDENT IS TRUMP.
SOMETIMES THEY LISTEN.
AND THOSE REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS 
LISTENED.
AND A LOT OF REPUBLICANS 
LISTENED.
DON'T WEAR A MASK.
HE IS HOLDING RALLIES.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING 
TOGETHER IN CLOSE QUARTERS WITH 
NO MASKS.
WHAT SIGNAL DID THAT SEND TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IF IT WAS A PROBLEM, THE 
PRESIDENT WOULDN'T DO IT.
WRONG.
THE BUCK STOPS ON HIS DESK AND 
IT'S WHAT CAME OUT OF HIS MOUTH.
HE DENIED THE REALITY OF THE 
VIRUS.
YOU KNOW WHAT, MR. PRESIDENT?
REALITY WINS.
EVERY TIME.
YOU DON'T DEFEAT REALITY.
DENYING REALITY DOES NOT DEFEAT 
REALITY.
AND HE HAS LIVED IN DENIAL.
AND HE HAS BEEN DENYING THE 
SCIENTIFIC FACTS FROM DAY ONE.
HE HAS BEEN DENYING WHAT EVERY 
HEALTH EXPERT IN THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA WAS SAYING.
HE DENIED WHAT HIS OWN CDC AID.
WHEN THEY FIRST PROJECTED THIS 
SAID AT A MINIMUM TWO MILLION 
PEOPLE WOULD BE HOSPITALIZED.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY THAT?
THE NATION HAD 900,000 HOSPITAL 
BEDS.
THEY CEDE TWO MILLION WILL 
REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION.
LOOK AT WHAT THEY WERE SAYING.
THE PETER NAVARO MEMO IN LATE 
JANUARY, ONE MILLION COULD DIE.
HE DENIED IT ALL.
HE DENIED THE SCIENCE ADVISORS, 
DENIED THE CDC, DR. FAUCI.
HE DENIED THEM ALL.
REALITY WINS AND REALITY WON.
AND NOW THE COUNTRY IS SUFFERING
BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT.
IT IS TIME FOR HIM TO CHANGE 
COURSE.
WHEN YOU'RE IN A HOLE, STOP 
DIGGING, WILL ROGERS.
TIME FOR THE PRESIDENT TO TELL 
THE TRUTH.
THE FIRST THING HE CAN DO IT 
COME CLEAN.
ADMIT THE THREAT OF THIS VIRUS.
ADMIT THAT YOU WERE WRONG.
IT IS NOT AN ADMISSION, EVERYONE
KNOWS YOU WERE WRONG.
IT DOESN'T COST YOU ANYTHING.
AT LEAST HAVE THE COURAGE TO 
ADMIT WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE 
ALREADY KNOWS.
YOU WERE WRONG.
AND SEND A MESSAGE TO THIS 
NATION THAT WE HAVE TO MOBILIZE 
OUR CITIZENS.
WE HAVE TO MOBILIZE OUR 
GOVERNMENT AND DO SOMETHING 
ABOUT IT.
YOU WANT TO TAKE ONE EASY STEP 
THAT WILL SEND A POWERFUL 
MESSAGE?
PUT A MASK ON IT.
PUT A MASK ON IT.
NEXT TIME YOU'RE SMILING AT THE 
CAMERA, PUT A MASK ON IT.
MR. PRESIDENT.
IT IS THE BEST THING THAT HE 
COULD DO.
IN THE MEANTIME, NEW YORK STATE 
IS DOING GREAT.
ON THE NUMBERS WE'RE DOING 
GREAT.
BUT I FEEL THAT THERE ARE STORM 
CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON.
FOUR STRAIGHT DAYS UNDER 900 
HOSPITALIZATIONS, LOWEST 
FIVE-DAY AVERAGE SINCE WE 
STARTED THE NIGHTMARE.
THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IS 11.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYONE DIE 
BUT THE HIGHEST WAS 800 AND 11 
IS JUST ABOUT AS LOW AS IT HAS 
EVER BEEN.
THE THREE-DAY AVERAGE ON THE 
NUMBER OF DEATHS, WE HAD TEN, 
EIGHT, EIGHT, AND 11.
THAT IS GOING IN THE RIGHT 
DIRECTION.
56,000 TESTS YESTERDAY.
THAT IS VERY GOOD NEWS.
YOU LOOK ACROSS THE REGIONS, THE
NUMBERS WERE ALL SOLID, THEY 
WERE ALL STEADY.
YOU LOOK IN THE CITY OF NEW 
YORK, THE NUMBERS ARE GOOD AND 
THE NUMBERS ARE STEADY.
WE DON'T SEE ANY RED FLAGS 
ANYWHERE.
REMEMBER THE KEY TO WHAT WE'RE 
DOING IS THE TESTING.
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THAT FROM DAY 
ONE.
NO ONE REALLY DID IT TO THE 
LEVEL THAT WE'RE DOING IT, BUT 
WE JUST FINISHED FOUR MILLION 
TESTS.
WE ONLY HAVE 19 MILLION PEOPLE 
IN NEW YORK.
SO IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER
OF TESTS AND THAT HAS BEEN 
GUIDING US.
THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY.
EXTROD MARE, TO ME, BUT I HAVE A
WEIRD SENSE OF WHAT IS 
EXTRAORDINARY.
NEW YORK STATE IS DOING MORE 
TESTS PER CAPITA THAN ANY NATION
ON THE GLOBE.
LOOK AT THAT CHART.
SOUTH KOREA, CANADA, U.K., REST 
OF THE U.S. STATES, ITALY, AND 
LOOK AT HOW MANY THE STATE OF 
NEW YORK IS TESTING PER CAPITA.
THAT IS THE KEY TO OUR SUCCESS.
IF YOU TEST YOU WILL FIND PEOPLE
WHO ARE POSITIVE.
AND IF YOU FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE 
POSITIVE, YOU THEN HAVE THE 
TRACING IN PLACE TO FIND OUT 
WHERE THEY GOT IT.
YOU CAN ISOLATE THEM, AND YOU 
CAN REDUCE THE SPREAD.
THAT IS HOW IT WORKS.
THAT'S HOW WE ALWAYS SAID IT 
WORKED.
WE JUST HAD TO MAKE IT WORK.
WHICH WAS THE CHALLENGE, RIGHT?
YOU WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT?
EAT LESS, EXERCISE MORE, SIMPLE 
FORMULA.
YOU WILL LOSE WEIGHT.
CAVEAT, THAT EATING LESS IS 
HARD.
THAT EXERCISE EVERY DAY, THAT IS
A PAIN IN THE NECK.
BUT YOU WANT TO MANAGE THE COVID
VIRUS?
TEST, TRACE, MASKS, SOCIAL 
DISTANCE.
THAT'S THE FORMULA.
HARD TO DO.
WE NOW HAVE 750 TESTING SITES 
ACROSS THE STATE.
THINK ABOUT SETTING UP 750 
TESTING SITES.
THEY NEVER EXISTED BEFORE.
IT WAS HARD BUT WE DID IT.
WE ARE NOW EXPANDING OUR TESTING
CRITERIA.
WE HAVE SO INCREASED OUR TESTING
CAPACITY THAT WE CAN EXPAND OUR 
TESTING CRITERIA.
WE PRIORITIZE TESTING CRY TEE YA
IN THE BEGINNING, IF YOU 
REMEMBER.
PEOPLE EXPOSED TO A POSITIVE 
PERSON.
PEOPLE WHO WERE ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS, PEOPLE IN NOTHING 
FURTHERING HOMES, WE NEVER PUT 
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS.
WE'RE NOW ALL NEW YORKERS CAN 
NOW GO GET A TEST.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS GO GET A 
TEST.
IT OPPORTUNITY COST YOU 
ANYTHING.
IT DOESN'T HURT.
I DID A TEST, I DID A NUMBER OF 
TESTS, I DID A TEST ON TV, I 
DIDN'T FLINCH.
I CRIED AFTERWARDS, BUT ON TV I 
DIDN'T FLINCH.
IT DOESN'T HURT.
TAKE A TEST.
AND IT IS NOW OPEN TO EVERYONE.
CAPITOL ENTERING PHASE FOUR 
TODAY.
WE HAVE PROBLEMS IN NEW YORK 
CITY.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE FROM DAY ONE 
IS TO BE SMART.
WE DIDN'T GET POLITICAL AND 
EMOTIONAL AND WE DIDN'T PANIC.
WE DID WHAT WE HAD TO DO, 
TESTING, TRACING, ET CETERA.
ALSO WE ANTICIPATE FUTURE 
ISSUES.
RIGHT?
IF YOU'RE ONLY DEALING WITH THE 
ISSUE IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU'RE 
GOING TO LOSE.
YOU HAVE TO OPEN THE ISSUE 
COMING DOWN THE PIPE.
YOU HAVE TO GET AHEAD OF IT.
THE VIRUS HAS BEEN AHEAD OF US 
AND WE'RE ALWAYS REACTING TO THE
VIRUS.
THE VIRUS DID THIS AND WE HAVE 
TO SCRAMBLE.
YOU NEVER WIN THAT WAY.
YOU HAVE TO GET AHEAD OF THE 
VIRUS.
SO WHAT WE NOW DO IS WE 
ANTICIPATE WHAT COULD HAPPEN AND
ANTICIPATE THE ISSUE BEFORE IT 
HAPPENS.
IN HOCKEY THEY TALK ABOUT, ICE 
HOCKEY, THEY TALK ABOUT DON'T 
SKATE TO WHERE THE PUCK IS, 
SKATE TO WHERE THE PUCK IS GOING
TO BE.
ANTICIPATE AND GET AHEAD OF IT.
THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE DOING WITH 
THE COVID VIRUS.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN AND HOW DO WE 
GET THERE?
STAY AHEAD OF THE VIRUS.
CITIZEN COMPLIANCE IS SLIPPING.
THAT IS A FACT.
THAT IS A FACT.
LOOK AT PICTURES.
LOOK AT ANY STREET IN MANHATTAN.
GO TO THE EAST VILLAGE.
GO TO THE EAST SIDE.
GO TO BROOKLYN.
GO TO QUEENS, GO TO THE BRONX.
CITIZEN COMPLIANCE IS SLIPPING.
I GET IT.
I UNDERSTAND IT.
THE WHEN IT WARM, I'VE BEEN IN A
LONG TIME, I MISS MY FRIENDS.
I DO IT A MASK, IT DOESN'T DO 
ANYTHING.
I GET WHY THE COMPLIANCE IS 
SLIPPING BUT IT IS A VERY REAL 
PROP.
EVEN IF YOU'RE YOUNG PEOPLE, 
EVEN IF THE COME SPLIENS 
SLIPPING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, 
YOUNG PEOPLE CAN GET SICK.
LOOK AROUND THE COUNTRY LOOK AT 
THE PLACES WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE 
ARE GETTING SICK AND NOW THEY'RE
SITTING IN ICU BEDS.
THAT WAS OLD INFORMATION AND BAD
INFORMATION THAT YOUNG PEOPLE 
DON'T GET SICK.
AND YOUNG PEOPLE CAN INFECT 
OLDER PEOPLE INADVERTENTLY.
YOU CAN GO HOME, SEE AN AUNT, 
SEE YOUR PARENTS, YOU CAN WALK 
PAST SOMEONE, HAVE A 
CONVERSATION, AND PEOPLE CAN 
DIE.
EVEN IF YOU WANT TO RISK YOUR 
OWN YOUNG LIFE BECAUSE YOU 
BELIEVE YOU'RE YOUNG AND A SUPER
HERO, WHY WOULD YOU RISK SOMEONE
ELSE'S LIFE.
THAT IS A PROBLEM.
SECOND PROBLEM IS THAT 
GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE 
ENFORCING COMPLIANCE.
THAT IS THE GOVERNMENTAL ROLE.
AND THAT IS NOT HAPPENING TO A 
SUFFICIENT BASIS.
I HAVE SAID FROM DAY ONE WE HAVE
BEEN CLEAR FROM DAY ONE, LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS DON'T HAVE ANY LEGAL
AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE OPENING, 
REOPENING, OF COOLS OR 
BUSINESSES.
THAT IS STATE GOVERNMENT.
ALL OF THE OPENINGS AND ALL OF 
THE REOPENINGS.
THEY'RE DONE BY THE STATE 
GOVERNMENT.
EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
EVERY CITY IN THE STATE OF NEW 
YORK.
THAT IS MY JOB.
THEIR JOB, LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S 
JOB, TESTING, TRACING, 
ENFORCEMENT OF COMPLIANCE.
ENFORCEMENT OF COMPLIANCE.
ENFORCEMENT OF COMPLIANCE.
THAT IS THEIR MAIN JOB.
I TAKE ALL OF THE ABUSE FOR THE 
OPENINGS AND THE REOPENING.
TOO SLOW, TOO FAST.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH 
THAT.
THEY HAD ONE JOB.
TESTING, TRACING, AND ENFORCE 
THE COMPLIANCE.
THEY MUST DO IT.
IF YOU HAVE CITIZEN COMPLIANCE 
DROPPING AND YOU DON'T HAVE 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ENFORCING THEN
YOU WILL SEE THE VIRUS GO UP, 
PERIOD.
ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS TWO.
ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS TWO.
AND YOU SEE IT.
IF YOU OPEN YOUR EYES, YOU SEE 
THE CITIZEN COMPLIANCE SLIPPING.
YOU SEE GOVERNMENT COMPLIANCE 
NOT CORRECTING IT.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?
THE VIRUS IS GOING TO SPREAD.
IT IS THAT SIMPLE AND CLEAR.
THAT IS THE REALITY.
THE VIRUS SPREADS SOME OF YOU 
WEREN'T HERE YESTERDAY.
I'M GOING TO BRING MY MOUNTAIN 
BACK TO REMIND YOU OF WHAT 
HAPPENS.
I LEFT THE MOUNTAIN IN ALBANY, 
IN MY BED, I'M BRINGING IT BACK.
CITIZENS SLIP, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
DON'T COMPLY, WE'RE BACK TO THE 
MOUNTAIN.
THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND THAT IS AN INARGUABLE FACT.
THE STATE IS GOING TO CREATE 
THEIR OWN ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY 
TO SUPPLEMENT THE LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT, BUT I 
DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES, THE 
PERSONNEL, TO DO THIS STATEWIDE.
WE HAVE HEALTH INSPECTORS, 500 
POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THIS 
STATE, 500 POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
I CANNOT SUPPLEMENT 500 POLICE 
DEPARTMENTS.
SO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE TO
DO THEIR JOB.
THE SECOND PROBLEM, THE SECOND 
STORM CLOUD IS WE KNOW THE VIRUS
IS INCREASING.
16 STATES ARE NOW QUARANTINED 
FROM NEW YORK.
LAST WEEK IT WAS EIGHT, NOW IS 
16.
WE DON'T PICK THE STATES, WE 
HAVE A RATE OF INFECTION.
IF A STATE IS ABOVE THAT RACE OF
INFECTION NOW THEY'RE 
QUARANTINED.
CHANCES ARE THAT PEOPLE FROM 
THOSE 16 STATES WILL MAKE THEIR 
WAY HERE.
WE GOT INFECTED BET GOT INFECTED
COMING THROUGH OUR AIRPORTS, BY 
PEOPLE COMING FROM FLORIDA, 
ARIZONA, OUR INFECTION RATE IS 
LOW.
WE KNOW IT.
PEOPLE COME IN FROM THE OUTSIDE.
OR WE START TO GET LACK OF 
DISCIPLINE ON THE INSIDE.
PHASE THREE DINING IS GOING TO 
POSTPONE.
BUT THE FACTS HAVE TO CHANGE.
BECAUSE AT THIS POINT IT IS NOT 
PRUDENT.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS CONTINUING 
ACROSS THE STATE.
THIS IS IN NEW YORK CITY ONLY 
MODIFICATION.
BECAUSE FRANKLY IT IS A PROBLEM 
THAT IS MOST PRONOUNCED IN NEW 
YORK CITY.
THE CAPITAL REGION TODAY GOES TO
FAZE FOUR.
ALL OF THE NUMBERS ARE GOOD 
ACROSS THE STATE.
BUT WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM IN NEW 
YORK CITY.
AND AGAIN IT IS PARTIALLY THE 
OTHER STATES THE OTHER STATES 
ARE GOING UP AND WE'RE WORRIED 
ABOUT THAT AND IT IS PARTIALLY 
LACK OF CITIZEN COMPLIANCE.
LACK OF LOCAL COMPLIANCE 
ENFORCEMENT.
I ASKED THE PEOPLE TO DO IT 157 
TIMES.
I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE GETTING 
BORED.
I TOLD GOVERNMENT THAT IS THEIR 
JOB.
I TOLD THEM TO DO YOUR JOB.
IF THEY DO THOSE TWO THINGS 
HAPPEN WE'RE ALSO URGING PEOPLE 
TO WEAR MASKS.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF NATION GNAT 
FRANCHISES THAT ARE AGREEING TO 
HAVE THEIR STORES WEAR MASKS IN 
THE STATES WHERE IT IS 
APPROPRIATE.
SO THIS IS NOT JUST A NEW YORK 
THING WHERE WE WEAR THE MASKS.
CALIFORNIA JUST WENT TO MASKS 
LIKE LAST WEEK BELIEVE IT OR 
NOT.
SO WE DID IT RIGHT AND THESE 
NATIONAL MANUFACTURERS ARE NOW 
JOINING WITH US.
WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE FACTS
AND THE DATA AND IT IS WORKING.
WE DID THIS AND WE DID THE 
IMPOSSIBLE.
WE WENT FROM WORK TO BEST 
INFECTION RATES.
ISN'T THAT AMAZING WHAT NEW 
YORKERS DID?
IT IS INCREDIBLE WHEN YOU THINK 
ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE OFFERED OUR HELP TO 
STATES ACROSS THE NATION WHO MAY
NEED IT.
STAY TOUGH, SMART, UNITED, 
DISCIPLINED, AND MOST OF ALL 
LOVING.
LOVING.
ARE WE LOVING TODAY?
ARE WE FEELING LOVING?
IF YOU'RE LOVING YOU WILL ASK NO
QUESTIONS.
>> GOVERNOR, WE ABSOLUTELY WILL.
>> SO INDOOR DINING SCREECHES TO
A PAUSE.
SO WHAT I ASPECT OF IT HAS TO DO
WITH THE AIR-CONDITIONING.
IF THAT IS TRUE, MALL MERCHANTS 
AND RESTAURANT OWNERS FEEL THAT 
IS A HAPHAZARD APPLYING OF 
CONCERN ABOUT AIR-CONDITIONING.
>> AIR-CONDITIONING FILTRATION 
COULD BE A BENEFIT.
IT CAN'T BE A HURT.
CAN'T BE A NEGATIVE, IT CAN ONLY
BE A POSITIVE.
BUT IT IS NOT DETERMINTIVE IN 
ANY WAY.
THEY HAVE FILTERS THAT GET THE 
DROPLETS, IT'S JUST AN ADDED 
BENEFIT.
YOU KNOW WE ARE JUST TRYING TO 
DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN AND ON
THE STRATEGY OF DO EVERYTHING 
YOU CAN IF YOU FIND AN 
AIR-CONDITIONING FILTER THAT CAN
HELP THEN RECOMMEND IT AND I 
RECOMMENDED IT.
YOU DO SEE ACROSS THE COUNTRY BY
THE WAY MORE AND MORE DATA 
SAYING THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS 
IN INDOOR PLACES WITH 
AIR-CONDITIONING.
YOU'RE RECIRCULATING THE AIR, 
RIGHT?
OUTSIDE IS BETTER, YOU HAVE MORE
AIR COMING THROUGH.
THE INDOOR SPACE POSES THE 
OPPOSITE.
YOU'RE RECIRCULATING THE AIR.
AND THEN IT GETTING TECHNICAL 
VERY FAST.
WHEN YOU RECIRCULATE HOW MUCH 
NEW AIR ARE YOU ADDING?
ARE YOU REALLY JUST 
RECIRCULATING?
IF YOU'RE RECIRCULATING EXISTING
AIR, AND THERE IS SOMEONE THAT 
IS COVID POSITIVE IN THAT AIR, 
AND THAT AIR IS RECIRCULATING, 
THAT IS A GOOD THING.
IT GOES THROUGH THE FILTER, DOES
IT ACTUALLY GET FILTERED?
IF NOT, PEOPLE ARE SITTING THERE
JUST BREATHING THE SAME 
RECIRCULATED AIR.
THE ANALOGY GIVEN TO ME, I DON'T
KNOW IF IT IS CORRECT, PEOPLE 
TEND TO SPREAD ILLNESS ON 
AIRPLANES BECAUSE THERE IS A 
HIGH DEGREE OF RECIRCULATION OF 
THE AIR.
IF THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE AIR
AND YOU'RE RECIRCULATING, THAT 
IS A PROBLEM.
I AGREE, I WOULD NOT SAY IT IS 
HAPHAZARD, BUT AIR CONDITIONERS,
THEY MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL AND IF 
THEY MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL WHY NOT
DO IT?
>> THE RESTAURANTS ON THE BRINK,
WHAT CAN YOU TELL THEM THEY MAY 
BE SAYING THEY MAY BE TAKING 
LIKE DAYS, WEEKS, AND MONTHS.
>> IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY DO 
ALSO, RIGHT?
THIS IS THE BEAUTIFUL, BUT THE 
UNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC OF ALL OF 
THIS WE ARE MAKING THESE 
DECISIONS.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WE DO.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY DO.
I GET THAT IT IS HARD.
NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS CAN HELP.
YOU SEE YOU'RE SELLING BEER AND 
YOU SEE 25 PEOPLE HANGING OUT IN
FRONT.
OKAY, THEY'RE YOUR PATRONS, BUT 
YOU CAN HELP.
YOU CAN SAY COME ON, GUYS, DO A 
FAVOR, MOVE ALONG, THIS IS NOT 
HELPFUL.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE TO STEP 
UP AND DO THEIR JOB.
IT IS DEPENDENT ON WHAT WE DO, 
YOU KNOW?
WHEN AM GUYING TO LOSE TEN 
POUNDS?
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE GOING 
TO DO.
IT'S IN MY CONTROL, I DON'T KNOW
HOW DISCIPLINED I'M GOING TO BE 
AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW 
DISCIPLINED I'M GOING TO STAY TO
MY EXERCISE, ET CETERA.
IF CITIZENS COMPLY, IF 
BUSINESSES HELP US WITH IT, IF 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, THEN WE'LL BE
IN GOOD HAP.
>> GOVERNOR, ANY UPDATE ON THE 
MELT RICKS THAT SHOW WHETHER OR 
NOT THE QUARANTINE HAS BEEN 
EFFECTIVE.
WHETHER IT IS OUT OF STATE 
VISITORS. 
>> WE HAVE NOT HAD A PERSON TEST
POSITIVE WHO HAS COME IN POST 
QUARANTINE.
I'M SORRY, GOVERNOR, JUST TO 
FOLLOW UP, YOU SAY THAT NO ONE 
TESTED POSITIVE, BUT HOW MANY 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TESTED THAT 
HAVE RECENTLY VISITED OUR STATE?
>> I CAN GET YOU THE 
DENOMINATOR.
BUT WE DO RANDOM, DUO 60,000 
TESTS PER DAY MANY OF THEM ARE 
RANDOM.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING DOWN THE 
STREET YOU COULD GET TESTED.
MOST IMPORTANTLY IF YOU CAME 
FROM FLORIDA AND YOU GOT SICK 
WHILE YOU WERE HERE, YOU WOULD 
GO TO A HOSPITAL.
OR YOU WOULD GO TO A CLINIC.
AND THEN WE WOULD KNOW IF YOU 
WERE POSITIVE AND THEN WE WOULD 
KNOW WHERE YOU WERE FROM.
AND THEN THEY HAVE TO CONTACT 
TRACE YOU AND THEY WOULD PULL 
YOUR RECORD.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR THE STATE IS
NOT -- IT DOES NOT HAVE 
AVAILABLE DATA TO SHOW ONE WAY 
OR ANOTHER IF THERE IS TRACKING.
WE HAVE THE AIRLINES FOR THEM TO
GET PASSENGERS, UPON LANDING, A 
FLIP WHERE YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT 
WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU ARE, 
WHERE YOU'RE GOING, THEY ARE 
WORKING ON A DATABASE.
WE DO CHECKS FROM THAT DATABASE 
ARE GLOW A HOME, WHAT IS THE 
HOME, LET ME CHECK THE NUMBER, 
LET ME CALL YOU BACK THEY, FROM 
THE ISOLATION QUARANTINE 
PROTOCOL, THEY CAN ASK YOU TO 
FACEBOOK WELCOME SHOW THE 
SURROUNDINGS OF THE ROOM YOU'RE 
IN TO MAKE
RESIDENCE, AND WHEN THEY CALL 
YOU BACK IT HAS TO BE THE SAME 
SURROUNDINGS.
THAT IS THE SAME PROCESS.
>> WHAT EXACTLY DON'T YOU KNOW 
RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT.
PRESUMABLY THIS COULD GO ON 
UNTIL THERE IS A VACCINE.
>> WE NEED TO SEE BETTER 
COMPLIANCE BY CITIZENS.
WE NEED TO SEE CITIZENS COMPLY 
BETTER OR THE GOVERNMENTS DO A 
BETTER JOB ON COMPLIANCE.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE 
VIRUS SPREAD ACROSS THE NATION 
AT LEAST STABILIZING. 
>> DOES IT APPLY FOR NEW YORK 
CITY OR THE REST OF THE STATE?
>> NEW YORK CITY ONLY.
OTHER STATES WE JUST WENT TO 
PHASE FOUR.
WE HAVE HAD COMPLIANCE ISSUES 
ALL ACROSS THE STATE.
IT IS A NATURAL PHENOMENON WHERE
PEOPLE ARE SAYING I HAVE TO GET 
OUT OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE MY 
MENTAL HEALTH IS IN JEOPARDY.
BUT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND 
THE ESTABLISHMENTS, EVEN PEOPLE 
BY THE WAY HAVE BEEN POLICING 
THIS.CONGREGATION, I WAS IN
ANOTHER CITY, I WAS STOPPED AT A
LIGHT, LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW, 
AND THERE IS LIKE FOUR OR FIVE 
YOUNG PEOPLE TALKING TO EACH 
OTHER WITH NO MASKS, SOMEBODY 
WALKS BY WITH A MASK, GIVES THEM
AN EAR FULL, AND THEY LIKE 
DISBAND AND WALKED AWAY.
I HAVE SEEN PLACES WHERE STORE 
OWNERS COME OUT AND SAY, YOU 
KNOW, YOU CAN'T DO THAT HERE.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN FRONT OF MY
STORE YOU HAVE TO MOVE ALONG.
I HAVE SEEN AGGRESSIVE PLAUFRTS 
WHO GET OUT OF THEIR CAR AND 
THEY SAY YOU HAVE TO MOVE ALONG.
HERE WHERE IS YOUR MASK?
WE HAVE NOT HAD THE LACK OF 
COMPLIANCE COUPLED WITH THE LACK
OF GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT IN NEW
YORK CITY.
>> RECIRCULATED AIR AND 
AIR-CONDITIONING IS ONE OF THE 
MAJOR PROBLEMS, THAT IS HOW 
RESTAURANTS IN BUFFALO AND 
ALBANY, WHY WOULD IT COMPLY TO 
OTHER JURISDICTIONS?
>> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE 
THAT PROBLEM.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE INDOOR
DINING, INDOOR AREAS THAT DON'T 
HAVE OUTSIDE AIR, THAT WILL NOT 
BE FIXED BY DEAF NIX.
IF YOU'RE INDOORS YOU HAVE 
RECIRCULATED AIR.
THAT IS TRUE FOR EVERY 
DEPARTMENT STORE.
EVERY GROCERY STORE, THAT IS 
TRUE ACROSS THE BOARD.
THAT IS NOT WHAT IS STOPPING US,
RIGHT?
IT IS THE DENSITY IN THOSE 
PLACES AND IT IS THE AMOUNT OF 
TIME YOU'RE IN THOSE PLACES AND 
THE PROXIMITY.
YOU GO TO A STORE NOW AND YOU GO
TO A GROCERY STORE, THAT IS A 
CLOSED ENVIRONMENT.
THAT IS RECIRCULATED AIR.
BUT THEY KEEP YOU MOVING.
THEY CONTROL HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
THERE.
YOU'RE THERE FOR A LIMITED 
PERIOD OF TIME.
YOUR PROXIMITY IS MEASURED.
INDOOR DINING, YOU'RE SITTING 
THERE, YOU'RE THERE FOR AN HOUR.
YOU HAVE YOUR MASK DOWN A LOT.
HARD TO DRINK WITH YOUR MASK, 
YOU'RE SITTING WITH THE SAME 
PEOPLE IN PROXIMITY FOR A LONG 
PERIOD OF TIME.
YOU HAD SITUATIONS WHERE ONE BAR
OR RESTAURANT HAS CAUSED DOZENS 
OF INFECTIONS.
SO THAT IS INHERENT IN INDOOR 
DINING.
THE AIR-CONDITIONING, THE 
AIR-CONDITIONING FILTERS PUT 
THAT ASIDE NAP IS A POSSIBLE 
ADDED BENEFIT THAT WE'RE 
EXPLORING.
IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A MAJOR 
CONSEQUENCE ONE WAY OR THE 
OTHER, BUT MAYBE IT COULD HELP.
IN THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN 
WE'RE LOOKING FOR HELP ANY WHERE
THAT WE CAN, RIGHT?
ONE TIME WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME 
EXPLORING WHAT WAS THE MOST 
EFFECTIVE HAND SANITIZER.
SO YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN.
THAT'S THE AIR FILTERS, BUT I 
WOULD NOT GET OVERLY CARRIED 
AWAY WITH IT.
LESS SITZ COMPLIANCE AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT OF 
COMPLIANCE AND STABILIZATION 
RATE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE 100% 
EFFECTIVE KEEPING PEOPLE FROM 16
STATES FROM COMING TO NEW YORK.
FIRST OF ALL IF YOU CAN'T EVEN 
KEEP PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME IN 
INLEGALLY RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU WANT TO COME INTO THE 
STATE YOU DRIVE, YOU DON'T GO TO
AN AIRPORT OR ANYTHING.
AND PEOPLE WILL COME.
PEOPLE COME HERE TO VISIT, TO DO
BUSINESS, ET CETERA.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING FROM 
THE OTHER PLACES.
SO THOSE OTHER PRAISES CONTINUE 
ON THIS INCREASE, YOU'RE GOING 
TO GET MORE PEOPLE HERE WITH THE
VIRUS.
THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND NOW THAT IT WILL OPEN UP A 
NEW FRONT.
YOU WILL HAVE THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE WITH THE VIRUS COMING TO 
YOUR STATE.
AFTER YOU JUST SPENT ALL OF THIS
TIME MONITORING YOUR CLOSED 
ENVIRONMENT.
FOUR MILLION TESTS, RIGHT?
SO WE TESTED ALMOST ONE FIFTH OF
ALL PEOPLE.
WE HAVE THE INFECTION RATE DOWN 
TO 1%.
THAT WORKS UNTIL YOU DROP A NEW 
PERSON INTO THE STATES.
ONE PERSON AT THE WEST CHESTER 
GRADUATION, 13 CASES.
>> AT THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL 
EARLIER TODAY THEY APPROVED A 
BUDGET THAT SHIFTED ABOUT A 
BILLION DOLLARS FROM THE NEW 
YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT, I'M 
WONDERING WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE
ON THAT, DID THEY GO TOO FAR?
DID THEY GET IT RIGHT?
COULD THEY HAVE DONE MORE?
>> OKAY, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WE'RE TAKING A BILLION DOLLARS 
OUT OF THE NYPD BUDGET.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.
BUT THEY HAVE A BILLION DOLLARS 
LESS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
DOES THAT MEAN I'M LESS SAFE?
WHERE DID YOU TAKE THE BILLION 
DOLLARS FROM?
DOES IT MEAN I'M MORE SAFE?
DOES IT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON 
POLICE ABUSE?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.
WE'RE GOING TO PAINT BLACK LIVES
MATTER ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF
TRUMP'S HEADQUARTERS.
GREAT.
GREAT.
I SAID FROM DAY ONE THAT I STAND
WITH THE PROTESTORS.
I SAID FROM DAY ONE THAT I STAND
WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER.
I SAID GREAT TO WHAT THE NATION 
HAS DONE STANDING UP AFTER MR. 
FLOYD'S MURDER.
GREAT WHAT THIS WORLD HAS DONE 
STANDING UP AFTER MR. FLOYD'S 
MURDER.
PARENTHETICAL, I'M SORRY IT TOOK
SO LONG.
WHY COULDN'T WE HAVE DONE THIS 
AFTER ERIC GARNER SIX YEARS AGO.
WHY COULD WE HAVE NOT DONE IT 
AFTER RODNEY KING 30 YEARS AGO.
IT TOOK A LONG TIME, BUT WE'RE 
HERE NOW, GREAT.
SEND THAT MESSAGE TO MR. TRUMP.
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
EXCESSIVE FORCE HAS TO STOP.
USING THE NATIONAL GUARD TO STOP
PROTESTORS HAS TO STOP.
HAVING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 
THE UNITED STATES COME OUT TO BE
AN ADVANCE MAN TO CLEAR A CROWD 
TO THE PRESIDENT CAN DO A PHOTO 
OP IN FRONT OF A CHURCH HOLDING 
A BIBLE HAS TO STOP.
GREAT, TELL EVERY POLICE 
DEPARTMENT WHAT HAPPENED IS 
ENOUGH, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
GREAT, GREAT, GREAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT IS BETTER?
DO SOMETHING DO SOMETHING.
>> DO SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU START?
START AT HOME.
YOU KNOW WHERE CHANGE STARTS?
CHANGE STARTS WITH THE PERSON IN
THE MIRROR.
NYPD, CHANGE THE NYPD.
CHANGE IT.
CHANGE IT.
WE TOOK MONEY FROM THEM, WHAT 
DOES THAT DO?
THE PROBLEM IS BIGGER THAN THAT.
THE PROBLEM IS WORSE THAN THAT.
THERE IS NO RESPECT AND TRUST 
BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE 
POLICE.
IT THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE RESPECT 
AND TRUST YOU HAVE NOTHING.
IT DOES NOT WORK.
IT IS LIKE A MARRIAGE.
NO RESPECT, NO TRUST, IT DOESN'T
WORK.
ONE PERSON IN THE MARRIAGE SAYS 
IT'S NOT WORKING FOR ME, THAT 
MEANS IT'S NOT WORKING.
NONE OF IT WAS WORKING FOR ME.
IT MAY BE WORKING FOR YOU BUT IT
DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID THE 
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE 
DEPARTMENT DOESN'T WORK.
IF IT DOESN'T WORK FOR THE 
COMMUNITY, IT DOESN'T WORK.
SO WHAT DO YOU TO DO?
YOU HAVE TO REDESIGN THE WHOLE 
RELATIONSHIP.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS 
DESIGNED 50 YEARS AGO.
A TOTALLY DIFFERENT MIND-SET AND
TOTALLY DIFFERENT CULTURE AND 
SOCIETY.
WELL THE POLICE IS WHAT THE 
POLICE ARE.
NO IT'S NOT.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE POLICE SYSTEM 
IS?
WHATEVER THE COMMUNITY WANT 
ITS -- WANTS IT TO BE.
IT WAS NOT FORMED IN THE BIBLE.
IT IS PAID FOR BY THE TAXTAXPAY.
THEY DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT.
THERE IS NO GIVEN, IT'S NOT 
WRITTEN IN STONE.
SO NYPD, WHAT DO YOU WANT IT TO 
BE?
I WANT TO BE A BILLION LESS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE, BRING THE
NYPD, COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, THE 
COUNSEL, ALL OF THE POLL 
POLITICIANS, BRING A PIECE OF 
PAPER, WE WANT TO REDESIGN THE 
NYDP.
LET'S START WITH QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO CALL IT THE NEW YORK 
COMMUNITY SAFETY COUNCIL.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S DISCUSS THIS.
S
ALL RIGHT, SECOND POINT, WHAT 
FUNCTIONS DO WE WANT IT TO DO?
I DON'T WANT THEM TO ARREST 
MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE 
DEMILITARIZED.
I DON'T WANT THEM USING ARMORED 
VEHICLES.
I DON'T WANT THEM WEARING BLACK 
S.W.A.T. EQUIPMENT.
REDESIGN THE NYPD.
PAINTING SLOGANS ON STREETS, I 
SUPPORT IT.
CITIES ACROSS THE NATION ARE 
DOING IT.
PROTESTS, I SUPPORT IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I SUPPORT MORE?
DO SOMETHING.
MAKE CHANGE.
MAKE CHANGE.
I WENT TO EVERY PRIDE PARADE.
EVERY STONEWALL CELEBRATION.
FOR YEARS.
YOU KNOW WHAT WAS BETTER?
WHEN I PASSED MARRIAGE EQUALITY.
AND ALLOWING SAME SEX COUPLES TO
MARRY.
WHY?
THAT TOOK THE ENERGY AND BROUGHT
CHANGE.
I HAD MANY PROTESTS ABOUT INCOME
INEQUALITY.
I WROTE A LOT OF OP-ED ARTICLES 
ABOUT INCOME INEQUALITY, YOU 
KNOW WHAT WAS BETTER?
PASSING $15 MINIMUM WAGE.
I DID A LOT OF SPEECHES ABOUT 
ACCESS TO EDUCATION.
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
HOW THAT IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER.
YOU KNOW WHAT WAS BETTER?
PASSING FREE COLLEGE TUITION.
THE FIRST STEP OF THE PROTEST IS
JUST THE RAISING OF THE ISSUE.
AND GENERATING ENERGY AROUND THE
ISSUE.
NOW YOU'RE IN GOVERNMENT.
NOW IT IS ABOUT MAKING THE 
ACTUAL CHANGE.
NOT JUST SAYING TO PROTESTORS 
THAT I'M WITH YOU.
I'M WITH YOU.
I FEEL YOU.
YEAH, THAT'S NICE, DO SOMETHING.
MAKE THE CHANGE.
IMPROVE THE SITUATION.
YOU HAVE THIS GREAT MOMENT OF 
POTENTIAL.
EVERYBODY IS SAYING CHANGE.
WELL I DON'T REALLY WANT TO MAKE
THE CHANGE BECAUSE THAT IS 
COMPLICATED.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
THENLY HAVE THE POLICE OVER HERE
SAYING THIS, I'M GOING TO HAVE 
THE ACTIVISTS SAYING THIS.
THAT'S A TOUGH CONVERSATION.
WELCOME TO GOVERNMENT.
CAN'T STAND THE HEAT GET OUT OF 
THE KITCHEN.
THEY'RE RIGHT.
IT IS A HARD CONVERSATION.
I PASSED MARRIAGE EQUALITY, THE 
CATHOLIC CHURCH SAID -- WHATEVER
THEY SAID.
I KNOW.
THERE WILL BE OPPOSITION.
BUT THAT IS HOW WE MAKE CHANGE.
TO SPUR THE CHANGE, I SAID STATE
EXECUTIVE ORDER, 500 POLICE 
DEPARTMENTS, EVERY POLICE 
DEPARTMENT MUST BRING A -- MUST 
START A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS 
WITH THE COMMUNITY, WITH THE 
POLICE, REDESIGN THE POLICE 
DEPARTMENT AND PASS A LAW ON THE
NEW PLAN OF THE POLICE 
DEPARTMENT BY APRIL.
OR THEY DON'T GET STATE FUNDS.
WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
BECAUSE I KNEW THEY WERE NOT 
GOING TO HAVE A REAL 
CONVERSATION.
AND I WANT TODAY CREATE THE 
VEHICLE WHERE THEY HAVE TO HAVE 
THE REAL CONVERSATION.
ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY IS "YOU MUST
HAVE A COLLABORATIVE.
THEY MUST BE IN THE ROOM, YOU 
MUST START WITH A BLANK PIECE OF
PAPER.
YOU MUST ANSWER THE FOLLOWING 
QUESTIONS WHAT IS YOUR USE OF 
FORCE POLICY.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO 
DEMILITARIZE THE POLICE.
HOW MANY STAFF DOES IT NEED.
WHAT FUNCTIONS DO YOU WANT IT TO
PERFORM.
WHAT SHOULD THE BUDGET BE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY DEFUND THE 
POLICE?
AND DO THAT IN EVERY ONE OF THE 
500 POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
THEN GET IT PASSED BY THE 
COUNCIL SO IT IS NOT JUST THE 
MAYOR THINKS THIS.
HERE IS A NICE POLICY PAPER 
REPORT.
IT HAS TO BE PASSED INTO LAW.
THAT IS HOW YOU SEIZE THE 
MOMENT.
500 POLICE DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE 
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS 
DIFFERENT EVERYWHERE.
BUFFALO IS DIFFERENT FROM THE 
NYPD.
SO IF I THEY SAID I CUT THE 
BUDGET A BILLION DOLLARS YOU 
KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE SAID?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
STATE PASSING EXECUTIVE ORDERS 
SAYING YOU HAVE TO REDESIGN IT.
IS THAT THE REDESIGN?
HOW DO YOU CHANGE IT?
DOES THAT AFFECT THE USE OF 
FORCE POLICY?
DOES THAT ASKTT DEMILL
DEMILITARIZATION.
DOES IT EFFECT HOW A COMPLAINT 
IS FILED.
IS THAT TRAINING, IS THAT A MORE
DIVERSE WORKFORCE.
WHAT DID IT DO?
>> FIRST OF ALL, IT MUST BE DONE
IN NINE MONTHS, MUST.
THAT ALIGNS WITH THE BUDGET.
CAN BE DONE IN NINE DAYS.
CAN BE DONE IN NINE DAYS.
THEY COULD DO A WHOLE PLAN.
IF I'M YOU, A COMMUNITY 
ACTIVIST, WE HAVE NOT EVEN 
STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE NEW 
PLAN FOR THE POLICE.
THEY CUT A BILLION DOLLARS, SO 
WHAT?
DOES THAT MEAN THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO BEAT PROTESTORS?
DOES THAT MEAN THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO DRIVE THEM OVER WITH A CAR?
WHAT DID THAT CHANGE.
PROPERTY TESTERS ARE SAYING I 
WANT A NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WANT ALL OF THIS TO STOP.
USE OF FORCE POLICY, 
DEMILITARIZED, BIENS TRAINING, 
DEESCALATION, THAT IS WHAT WE 
WANT TO ADDRESS.
THAT IS WHAT THE PROTESTS ARE 
ABOUT.
THEY'RE NOT ABOUT REDUCING THE 
BUDGET.
THEY MEANT REDUCE THE BUDGET, 
DEFUND THE POLICE, PROVIDE MORE 
MONEY TO OTHER SERVICES.
IT IS REALLY ABOUT SUBSTANCE 
ABUSE.
STOP LOOKING UP MENTALLY ILL 
PEOPLE.
GET THEM TREATMENT.
NOT A JAIL SELL.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE SAYING.
COME ON.
THEY WANT REAL, SMART CHANGE.
AND YOU HAVE NOT HAD A 
DISCUSSION ON IT.
THEY ARE GOING TO CUT THE 
BUDGET.
WHAT DOES THAT ACCOMPLISH?
LESS MONEY FOR THE STATE POLICE.
DOES THAT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF 
PERSONNEL?
THEY HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
ARE THEY GOING TO CHANGE USE OF 
FORCE POLICY?
DOES IT DO ANYTHING ELSE?
WHAT DOES IT DO TO CHANGE 
ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN 
PROTESTING.
WOULD IT HAVE SAVED GEORGE 
FLOYD'S LIFE?
WOULD IT HAVE SAVED ERIC 
GARNER'S LIFE?
COME ON.
LAST QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
I QUESTION IS WILL YOU HELP 
MAYORS THAT WANT TO SPEAK WITH 
YOU -- AND IT REMINDS ME OF 
THE -- MAKING A FEW MONTHS AGO, 
THE SUCCESS BY OCTOBER, -- SO 
WILL YOU HELP HIM?
>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST 
PROVIDE FUNDING FOR STATE AND 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
I HAVE LIKE A $14 BILLION 
DEFICIT.
er STATE HAS A TREMENDOUS 
DEFICIT.
EVERY CITY.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO BE
OF HELP.
THE REASON THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT WILL BE OF HELP, NOT 
OUT OF ALTRUISM, THERE IS NO 
STUDY TO SHOW THE NATIONAL 
ECONOMY TO COME BACK AFTER A 
SITUATION LIKE THIS.
WITHOUT STATE AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS FUNCTIONING.
IF THEY DON'T FUND STATE AND 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS YOU WILL SEE 
MASSIVE LAYOFFS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
THAT WILL HURT THE ECONOMY.
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE GOING TO 
FUND STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
AND MY GUESS IS THEY DO IT BY 
THE END OF JULY IF I HAD A 
CRYSTAL BALL.
THANK YOU, GUY
