>>> WELL, GOOD 
RMOGNIN,
 
EVERYBODY. 
NEW YORK CITY 
CONINTUEOS N OUR 
ROAD BACK. 
NEW YORK CITY 
EVERYDAY TAKING 
STEP AFTER ESTP. 
 WEFIGHT BACK 
THIS DISEASE AND 
START TO BRING 
BACK OUR ECONOMY 
AND OUR LIVES 
AND REALLY, 
AGAIN, I WILL 
SAY IT EVERY 
TEIM ETH CREDIT 
GOE STO ALL OF 
YOWU HHAO VE 
DONE SUCH A 
REMARKABLE JOB 
OF DOING WHAT WE 
NEED TO DO TO 
FIGHT BACK THIS 
DISEASE. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
SEE AGAIN WHAT 
THE DAYS 
INDICATORS. 
SO, A LOT IS 
HAPPIENNG NOW. 
A LOT OF WORK 
BEING DONE AS WE 
SPEAK TO GET 
THIN GSREADY ORF 
THETA SRT OF 
SCHOOL. 
GOOD WORK BEING 
DONE BY 
THOUSANDS AND 
THOUSANDS OF 
CITY EMPLOYEES 
TO GET 
EVERYTHING READY 
FOR OUR KIDS. 
SO MUCH OTHER 
IMPORTANT WORK 
GOING ON. 
WE SEE REAL 
PROGRESS. 
AGAIN, 
BUSINESS BESRIG N
BAK CMREO 
EMPLOYEES, 
MUSEUMS OPENING 
UP, SO MANY 
THINGS THAT OSHW 
LITTLE BY LITTLE 
WE ARE TAKING 
THIS IN THE 
RIGHT DIRECTION. 
NOW, I HAVE SAID 
MANY TIMES. 
TO REALLY COME 
ABCKF OR THIS 
CITY, THIS 
STATE, THIS 
NATION TO COME 
BACK, WE HAVE TO 
HAVE A STRONG 
PUBLIC CENTE.R 
WE HAVE TO 
PROVIDE ALL OF 
THE SERVICES 
THAT PEOPLE NEED 
AS PART OF OUR 
RECOVREY.
 
THAT'S WHY IT IS 
SO IMPORTANT TO 
FIGHT FOR A 
ST
IULMUS FROM 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT WE 
HAVEN'T GOTTEN 
THAT, AND THAT 
HAS PUT US IN A 
RALELY TOUGH 
SITUATION WHERE 
WE HAVE TO IN 
OUR MTOS RECENT 
BUDGET PREPARE 
FOR SOMETHING WE 
REALLY DON'T 
WANT TO DO, 
WHICH IS 
WIDESPREAD 
LAYOFF FSOR CITY 
WORKERS, WHICH 
WOULD REALLY 
TAKE US IN THE 
WRO NGDIECRTION. 
IT WOULD BE 
HORRIBLE FOR 
THOSE GOOD HARD-
WORKING CITY 
EMPLOYEES AND 
FAMILIES AND 
HARD FOR OUR 
CITY. 
BUT TIME HAS 
BEEN TAKING AND 
THERE HAS BEEN 
NO RESOLUTION 
FROM WASHINGTON. 
WE LOOK TO 
ALBANY,S  AWELL, 
SO FAR WITHOUT 
RESULTS. 
TODAY WAS THE 
ADY WHENLA YOFF 
NOTICE WAS GOING 
TO BE SENT OUT. 
NOW, OUR 
MUNICIPAL LABOR 
UNIONS HAVE COME 
TO ME IN THE 
LAST FEW DAYS 
AND ASKED FOR 
MORE TIME O TSEE 
IF WE CAN 
RESOLVE THIS 
ISUSE.
 
THEY COME IN 
GOOD FAITH AND 
I'VE WORKED VERY 
CLOSELY OVER THE 
LA SSTEVEN YEARS 
IN PARTNERSHIP, 
AND THEY HAVE 
ASKED FOR AN 
OPPORTUNITY O T
CONVINCE THE 
LEGISLATOR TO 
RECONVENE 
IMMEDIATELY TO 
ADDRESS LONG-
TERM BORROWNGI. 
I TINHK IT'S A 
FAIR REQUEST, 
BUT IT'S ONE 
THAT HAS TO BE 
ACTED ON VERY, 
VERY QUICKLY. 
SO, WHAT I'VE 
SAID TO OUR 
COLLEAGUES IN 
THE MUNICIPAL 
LABOR MOVEMENT 
IS, WE WIL LHOLD 
ON A DAY-TO-DAY 
BASIS WE WON'T 
SEND OFF THE 
LAYOFF NOTICES 
TODAY, BUT EACH 
DAY WE WILL 
REASSESS, 
BECAUSE WE HAVE 
TO ADDRS ESOUR 
FISCAL CRISIS. 
NO ONE WANTS TO 
SEE A SINGLE 
LAYOFF, BUT WE 
HAVE TO ADDRESS 
OUR FISCAL 
CRISIS. 
SO, I AM HOPING 
THAT THIS PAUSE 
WILL LEAD TO 
MORE PROGRESS IN 
ALBANY BECAUSE 
OF THE INTENSE 
COMMITMENT OF 
LABOR GETTING 
THIS DONE. 
AND I WANT TO 
SAY IN THLE AST 
FEW DAYS WE HAVE 
SEEN MORE AND 
MORE SIGNS OF 
SUPPORT FOR LONG-
TERM BORROWING. 
I WANT TO THANK 
OUR COLLEAGUES 
IN THE CITY 
COUNCIL 
PREPARING TO 
VOTE ON A 
RESOLUTIOINN  
SUPPORT OF LONG-
TERM BORROWING. 
I WANTOT  THANK 
SPEAKER KORI 
JOHNSON AND -- 
THEY OFFERED AN 
OP-ED. 
MANY, MANY 
UNIOSNV HAE BEEN 
REACHING OUT TO 
ALBANY TELLING 
THEM HOW 
IMPORTANT IT IS 
FOR NEW YORK 
CITY, BUT NOT 
JUST FOR NEW 
YORK CITY, THE 
ASSOCIATION OF 
CONUTISE HS A
WEIGHED IN AN D
MADE SO CLEAR 
THAT ALL OF HER 
NEW YORK STATE 
THERE ARE 
LOCALITIES THAT 
NEED HELP WITH 
LONG-TERM 
BORROWING GIVEN 
THIS HORRIBLE 
REALITY ONTIEDC 
 ABY PANDEMIC 
NOBODY EVER 
EXPECTED SO, WE 
WILL PAUSE NOW 
AND WE WILL DO 
THE WORK 
TOGETHER TO 
CONVINCE ALBANY 
THAT WE NEED 
THEM. 
WE NEED THEM TO 
STEUPP  E THPATH 
TO LONG-TERM 
BORROWING. 
THAT'S WHAT WE 
LLWI BE WOKRIN G
ON OVER THESE 
NEXT FEW DAYS. 
NOW, WHILE WE 
ARE DOING THIS 
WORK TO Y TRAND 
PRESERVE OUR 
WORKFORCE, TO 
TRY TO PROTECT 
THE SERVICES 
THAT PEOPLE 
NEED, TRY AND 
KEEP OUR BUDGET 
STRONG, THERE'S 
SO MANY OTHER 
THINGS TODO  AT 
THE SAME TIME, 
ALL IN THE MIDST 
OF THIS 
INCREDIBLY 
CHALLENGING 
MOMENT IN 
HISTORY. 
WHAT WE DO EVRYE 
DAY, OF COURSE. 
NUMBER ONE IS 
THE HEALTH AND 
SAFETY OF ALL 
NEW YORKERS. 
AND WHEN WE 
FOCUS ON PUBLIC 
SAFETY, WE DO IT 
IN A WAY THAT 
REGARDS BOTH THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
PROTECTING 
PEOPLE'S LIVES 
AND THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
BRINGING E TH
POLICING 
COMMUNITY 
TOGETHER. 
I'VE SAID 
ITLERLLAY EVERY 
TIME I RAN FOR 
MAYOR THAT 
SAFETY AND 
FAIRNESS MUST 
WALK HAND IN 
HAND. 
THERE'S NO 
CONTRADICTION 
BETWEEN A SAFE 
CITY AND A CITY 
THAT IS ABOUT 
JUSTICE. 
SO, WE HAVE 
ROTHUGHOUT BEEN 
SHOWING THAT 
THESE TWO 
CRUCIAL, CRUCIAL 
IMPERATIVES CAN 
BE ACTED O
N 
SIULMTANEOUSLY. 
AND THE CONCERNS 
THAT PEOPLE RACE 
ALL OVER THIS 
CITY, ALL OVER 
THIS COUNTRY IN 
RECENT MONTHS, 
THE BLACK LIVES 
MATTER MOEMVEN
T 
ALL LCALFS OR 
JUSTICE AND 
FAIRNESS. 
WE HEAR THEM AND 
WE ARE ACTING ON 
THEM. 
NOW, RECENTLY IN 
JUE NWGOE T A 
REQUEST FROM THE 
OBAMA 
FOUNDATION, 
PRESIDENT 
OBAMA'S 
FOUNDATION, TO 
CONSIDER TAKING 
A PLEDGE, WHICH 
WOULD FOS CUON 
CONTINUED REFORM 
IN CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE. 
PARTICULARLY THE 
FORM WHEN IT 
CAME TO FORCE BY 
POLICE OFFICERS. 
I WANT YOU TO 
KNOW, I 
APPRECIATE 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
AND HIS 
FOUNDATION FOR 
LEADING THE WAY 
ALL OVER THE 
COUNTRY, ASKING 
LOCALITIES TO 
TAKE THIS PLEDGE 
TO LOOK AGAIN AT 
OUR POLICIES AND 
FIND NEW WAYS TO 
MOVE REFORM 
FORWARD. 
I HAPPILY AND 
WILLINGLY TOOK 
THE PLEDGE, 
BECAUSE I KNEW 
WE HAVE BEEN 
DOING A LOT, AND 
WE CAN DO MORE. 
THEU QESONTI, AS 
ALWAYS, WAS, HAS 
WE BRING THE 
POLICING 
COMMUNITY 
TOGETHER, HOW 
CAN WE MAKE SURE 
AS WE HAVE FOR 
THE LAST SEVEN 
YEARS THAT USE 
OF FORCE IS THE 
MOST MINIMUM 
POSSIBLE. 
SO, TODAY WE ARE 
PUBLISHING OUR 
RESPONSE TO THIS 
PLEDGE THAT 
SPECIFIC ACTIONS 
WILL BE TAKEN. 
AMONG THOE S
ATICO ANSRE NEW 
INITIATIVES TO 
BRING THE VOICES 
OF THE PEOPLE OF 
THIS CITY INT
O 
OUR POLICE 
ACADEMY AS OUR 
RECORDS ARE 
BEING TRAINED 
AND IS OUR 
OFFICERS ARE 
BEINGET RRNAIE D.
LITERALLY BRING 
NEIGHBORHOOD 
VOICES AND AS 
PART OF THE 
ATRINING PROCESS 
TO HAVE LOCAL 
EFFORTWS I TH
COMMUNITY 
COMMITTEES TO 
DEVELOP NEW 
LPOICS IETH AT
WLIL RWOK FOR 
POLICING 
COMMUNITIES 
ALIKE AND HAVE A 
DEEPER DIALOGUE 
TO CHANGE SOME 
OF THE WAYS WE 
DO THINGS SO WE 
CAN WORK BETTER 
GTOEETHR. 
CALMS THAT HAS 
BEEN THE 
UNDERPINNING FOR 
A QUARERT 
CENTURY OF 
FIGHTING CRIME, 
BUT IF COMSTAT 
CAN BEUS EID N 
O SMANY POWERFUL 
WAYS TO ALSO 
MEASURE HOW THE 
NYPD  IS DOING 
AND ITS 
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH COMMUNITIES 
AND HOW TO 
IMPROVE THAT 
RELATIONSHIP. 
AND CRUCIALLY, 
WE WILL BE 
PUBLISHING A 
MATRIX. 
THIS IS A BIG 
STEP FORWARD FOR 
TRANSPARENCY 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
USER-FRIENDLY 
DATA THAT WILL 
ALLOW CLEAR 
UNDERSTANDING OF 
HOW WE ARE 
APPROACHING 
SDICIPLINE. 
WE WANT 
DISCIPLINE TO BE 
VERY 
STRAIGHTFORWARD 
MATTER. 
WE WANT IT TO BE 
CLEAR THAT WHEN 
CERTAIN ACTIONS 
ARE TAKENAN D 
CERTAIN MISTAKES 
ARE MADE THAT 
THERE WILL BE 
ACCOUNTABILITY. 
IT IS SO 
IMPORTANT FOR 
THE PUBLIC TRUST 
IN OUR PLIOCE, 
AND THAT WITH 
PROVEN OVER THE 
LAST SEVEN 
YEARS. 
THAT TRUST 
GROWS. 
THAT 
RELTAIOHNSIP
 
GRS OWAS IT HAS 
SO MANY CITIES. 
IT ALLOWS US ALL 
TO BE SAFER. 
THE MATRIX WILL 
BE PUBLICLY 
AVAILABLE TODAY 
AT NYC.GOV/NYPD 
TMARIX. 
THERE WILL BE A 
PUBLIC COMMENT 
PERIOD OF ONE 
MONTH AND THAT 
INFORMATION WE 
GET BACK FROM 
THE PUBLIC 
COMMENT WILL 
LEAD TO THE 
FINALIZATION OF 
THE POLICY. 
BUT THE BOTTOM 
LINE IS THIS. 
NYPD EVERYDAY 
DOES AN 
EXTRAORDINARY 
JOB OF 
PROTECTING THE 
PEOPEL OF NEW 
YORK CITY. 
NYPD HAS ALSO 
SHOWN ITS
 
ABILITY TO 
CHANGE AND 
REFORMAN, ORD ME 
CHANGE REFORM IS 
NEEDED. 
THE CULTURE OF 
POLICING NEEDS 
CONTINUED 
IMPROVEMENT. 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING 
OBOUVIS. 
BUT WE CAN 
SIMULTANEOUSLY 
SAY THAT WE 
APPRECIATE THE 
VAST AJMOITRY OF 
OFFICERS IN THIS 
WORK FOR 
PROFOUND 
REASONS. 
THEY WANT TO 
HELPP EOPLE, 
THEY WANT TO 
PROTECT PEOPLE. 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THE CULTURE 
OF POLICING 
NEEDS TO IMPROVE 
AS WELL AND CAN 
BE JUST AS GOOD 
AS COALITION HAS 
LED SO MANY 
PEOPLE INTO THIS 
GOOD WORK. 
THESE MEASURS E
WILL HELP US 
TAKE AN 
IMOPRTANT STEP 
FORWARD. 
I WANT TO NOW 
TURN TO OUR 
POLICE 
COMMISSIONER, 
WHO HAS ON HIS 
LAST SEVEN YEARS 
CONTINUED TO 
IMPROVE THIS 
DEPARTMENT, 
TWHAERVE TITLED 
HE HELD TO 
CONTINUE TO MAKE 
IT BETTER AT 
LISTENING TO NEW 
YORKERS AND 
WORKING WITH 
THEM AND 
EXPECTING THE 
RACKS. 
I WILLT URTN O 
OUR 
COMMISSIONER. 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. MAYOR. 
>> WHEN I HARED 
ABOUT GOING BACK 
ABOUT THE AMOBA 
PLEDGE, IN FACT, 
I HAVE TO GIVE 
SOME CREDIT TO 
THE FORMER 
POLICE 
COMMISSIONER. 
FI YU OTNHIK
 
BACK A COUPLE OF 
YEARS AND ASK 
FOR OUTSIDE 
EXPERTS TO COME 
IN AND TAKE A 
LOOK AT OUR 
SDICLIPINE 
PROCESS, THE 
BLUE RIBBON 
PANEL AS IT WAS 
CALELD. 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
THE OBAMA PLEDGE 
AND MANY OF THE 
CONCER ONSF HET 
BLE URBBION 
PANEL, THERE'S A 
TREMENDOUS 
AMOUNT OF 
OVERLAP HERE. 
THE GOOD NEWS IS 
MANY OF THE 
ITEMS THAT ARE 
NTCOAID NEITHN E 
PLEDGE WE HAVE 
BEEN COMMITTED 
TO DOING FOR 
SEVERAL YEARS 
NOW. 
THE MAYOR 
MENTIONED THE 
DISCIPLINE 
MATRIX, WHICH I 
CAN TELL YOU HAS 
BEEN WORKED ON 
FOR 
APPROXIMATELY 12 
MONTHS NOW. 
IT WENT ONLINE 
TODAY. 
I ENCOURAGE 
EVERYONE TO GO 
TO THE NYPD 
OUTWARD FACING 
WEBSITE, AND YOU 
CAN READ ALL 
ABOUT THE 
MATRIX, AND IT'S 
CORRECT. 
THERE IS A 30 
DAY PERIOD WHERE 
WE ARE ASKING 
R FOTE HPUBLIC 
COMMENT ON THIS. 
AND THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
SEEMS INTUITIVE, 
BUT IT HASN'T 
ALWAYS BEEN 
DONE. 
IT IS SOMETHING 
WE TRULY BELIEVE 
IN AND TERMS OF 
KNOWING WHO WE 
WORK FOR, AND WE 
WORK FOR THE 
PUBLIC AND 
ASKING FOR THEM 
FOR THEIR 
COMMENT. 
WHAT CAN WE DO 
BETTER? 
WHAT DO YOU 
THINK ABOUT 
PARTICULAR 
ASPECTS OF HTE 
DISCIPLINE 
TRICKS AND 
HEARING THEIR 
ERPSPTECIVE. 
AND HEARING IS 
THE KEY WERE 
THERE. 
WE NTAICIPATE 
TAKING THOSE 
RESULTS IN WE 
ALREADY 
CONSULTED WITH 
EXPERTS IN 
NEARLY EVERY 
FIELD. 
WE HAVE EXAMEIND 
OTHER ATMREIXS 
THAT EXIST 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
MAJOR 
DEPARTMENTS. 
WE FEEL GOOD
 
ABOUT THE 
MATRIX. 
I CAN TELL YOU I 
HAVE SAT AROUND 
A BOARD ROOM 
MANY TMEIS 
DISCUSSING THIS 
MATRIX, AND 
THERE ARE ALWAYS 
HEATED 
DISCUSSIONS 
ABO DUTIFEFRENT 
THINGS. 
IT'S VERY 
DETAILED. 
I AM VERY 
CURIOUS HOW THE 
PUBLIC COMMENT 
SESSION WILL BE, 
AND WE EXPECT IT 
TO BE FINAZELID 
BY THIS COMING 
JANUARY
. 
NONE OF THIS IS 
NEW TO WHAT E W
ARE TRYING TO 
DO. 
IF YOU LOOK AT 
OUR NYPD OUTWARD 
FACING WEBSITE, 
AGAIN, YOU WILL 
SEE A NEW AGPE 
THAT HAS GONE UP 
IN THE LAST 
MONTH, MAYBE 
THREE WEEKS 
EXPLAIN WHAT WE 
DO. 
I THINK THAT'S 
MY KEY TAKE AWAY 
WHETHER IT'S THE 
OBAMA PLEDGE, 
WHETHER IT'S THE 
BLUE RIBBON 
PANEL. 
ONE OF THE KEY 
POINTS THE BLUE-
RIBBON PANEL 
SAID IS THE NYPD 
IS A STRONG 
DISCIPLINE 
SYSTEM. 
NOT PERFECT, BUT
 
IT'SS TRONG AND 
WE DO A LOT OF 
THINGS WELL. 
WHAT WE DID NOT 
DO WELL WAS TELL 
OTHERS WHAT WE 
DO. 
AND THAT 
TRANSPARENCY 
ASPECT IS BEHIND 
A LOT OF WT HAWE 
WERE DOING. 
AND ABOUT, AS I 
SAID, THREE 
WEEKS AGO WE 
STARTED PUTTI NG
MORE AND MORE 
INFORMATION UP 
ON THAT OUTWARD 
FACING PAGE 
TELLING PEOPLE 
ABOUT OUR 
DISCIPLINE 
PROCESS. 
TELLIN GPEOPLE 
AND GIVING THEM 
EXAMPLES OF HOW 
SERIOUSLY WE 
TREAT US UP AND 
IN MANY CASES 
AND WE THINK 
THAT WILL, AS 
THE MAYOR 
ALLUEDD OT, 
CONTIE NUTO 
BUILD TRUST, AND 
TRUST AT THIS 
POINT IS 
CRITICAL. 
>> THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH 
COMMISSIONER. 
I APPRECIATE THE 
FACT THAT IT HAS 
BEEN A LONG AND 
ONGOING EFFORT 
TO CONTINUE TO 
ALWAYS LOOK FOR 
THE NEXT REFORM 
THAT IS NEEEDD 
TO BRING THE 
COMMUNITY 
TOGETHER. 
I THINK THEAS LT 
IPONT THE 
COMMISSIONER 
MADE IS CRUCIAL. 
IMPORTANT TO 
SHOW THE WORK 
THAT'S GOING ON 
EVERY DAY IS 
SOMETHING WE 
WANT TO DO MORE 
AND MORE 
EFFECTIVELY. 
BECAUSE EVERYONE 
UNDERSTANDS THE 
WAY FORWARD IN 
T HECITY IS 
COMMUNITY AND 
POLICE WORKING 
HAND IN HAND. 
THE IMSTE N ITHE 
OBAMA PLEDGE 
WILL HELUSP  O T
TA TKEH SATTEP 
FORWARD. 
NOW, LET ME TURN 
YOU TO ANOTHER 
CRUCIAL MATTER. 
OBVIOUSLY LESS 
THATN WO WEEKS 
UNTIL THE 
BEGINNING OF 
SCHOOL. 
SO MUCH WORK 
GOING ON. 
WE'LL TALK ABOUT 
ALL THE WORK 
THAT HAPPENS 
SINCE JUNE, OUR 
CUSTODIAL 
ENGINERSE IN 
SCOLHOS ,SCHOOL 
FACILITY, THE 
DOE, SO MANY 
THOUSANDS OF
 
PEOPLE WORKING 
TOGETHER TO GET 
OUSCR HOS OL
REDAY.
 
JUNE, LYJU, 
AUGUST NOW AS A 
GET READY FOR 
SEPTEMBER. 
SO, TO DATE 1321 
SCHOOL BUILDINGS 
HAVE EBEN 
INSPECTED. 
AND THAT IS 
ABOUT 80% OF THE 
BUILDINGS. 
WE WILL BE 
CONTIINUNG THOSE 
INSPECTIONS 
TODAY AND 
TOMORROW. 
WE WILL BE 
PUBLISHING THE 
RESULTS OF THE 
INSPECTIONS ON A 
ROINLLG SIBAS TO 
UPDATE PARENTS 
AND THE 
COMMUNITY ON 
WHERE EACH 
SCHOOL STANDS. 
PART OF WHAT 
YOU'RE SEEING IS 
OVERWHELMINGLY 
BECAUSE OF THE 
HARD WORK 
APHPENING OVER 
THE LA STT WO
MONTHS, AND 
SCHOOLS WILL BE 
VERY CLEAR IF 
THERE'S ANY 
SPECIFISC CHL OO
WITH ONGOING 
WORK IN THE NEW 
YORK CLASSROOM 
THAT HAS WORKED 
TT HANEEDS TO BE 
DONE. 
WE WILL BE 
PUBLISHING THAT 
SHORTLY. 
N,OW  WEARAE LSO 
MOVING AHEAD IN 
SOME OTHER KEY 
AREAS. 
ASLT WEEK WE 
TALKED ABOUT THE 
OUTDOOR LEARNING 
PLANS, THE 
ESRPONSE FROM 
RENTABLE'WAS S 
OUTSTANDING. 
SMAO NYF  OTHEM 
HAD IDEAS READY 
TO GO. 
AND I WANT TO 
MAKE CLEAR THAT 
CIPRINPALS AT 
ANY POINT CAN 
PUT IN AN 
OUTDOOR LEARNING 
PN.LA 
ANY PLAN THAT 
WAS PUT IN LAST 
WEEK WOULD GET 
ANSWERED BY THIS 
WEEK, BUT THEY 
ARE INVITED TO 
CONTINUE TO PUT 
IN PLANS AT ANY 
POINT. 
SO, R FO247 
SCHOOLS HAVE HAD 
THEIR OUTDOOR 
LEARNING PLANS 
APPROVED. 
AGAIN, THAT WILL 
BE ON A ROLLING 
BASIS. 
ANOTHER ONGOING 
EFFORT STARTED 
IN THE SPRING, 
BUT WILL 
CONTINUE, IS TO 
ME AKSURE THAT 
ALL CHILDREN WHO 
NEED DEVICES TO 
PARTICIPATE IN 
THE REMOTE 
LEARNING THEY 
WILL BE INVOLVED 
IN, WHETHER IT 
IS THE BLENDED 
LEARNING FORMAT 
OR ALL LEARNING 
FORMAT, WE WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
CHILDREN GETS 
TCHENOLOGY AND 
INTERNET 
ERSVI. CE
SO FAR 324,000 
PAiDS HAVE BEEN 
DISTRIBUTED FOR 
FREE TO KIDS WHO 
NEED THEM,AN D 
THAT 
DISTRIBUTION 
WILL CONTINUE AS 
ETHRAE RE NEEDS. 
WE WANT TO MAKE 
SURE OUR 
CHILDREN GET 
WHAT THEY NEED 
AND GET THEM 
QUICKLY. 
SO,E  WCONTINUE 
THIS WORK EVERY 
DAY WITH THE 
FOLKS WORKNGI IN 
THE BUILDINGS, 
WITH OUR 
ADMINISTRATORS, 
WITH OUR 
EDUCATORS, WITH 
OUR UCSTDOIAL 
TEAMS, OUR 
BUILDING STAFF, 
FOOD SERVING 
STAFF, YOU NAME 
IT. 
EVERYONEI S IN 
THIS GETOTHER 
NAD EW AE R
WORKING 
CONSTANTLY WITH 
THE UNIONS THAT 
REPRESENT THE 
PEOPLE ALL 
WORKING TO 
RESOLVE ISSUES 
AND GET READY 
FOR WHAT WILL BE 
ONE OF THE MOST 
LITE TLSOCHOL 
YEARS, I THINK 
THE MOST PVOITL A
SCHOOL YEAR IN 
THE HISTORY OF 
NEW YORK CITY, 
AND WE HAVE TO 
GET IT RIGHT FOR 
VEERYONE. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
OUR INDICATORS 
NUMBER ONE, 
DAILY NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE ADMITT ED
TO NEW YORK CITY 
HOSPITALS FOR 
SUSPECTED COVID-
19 THRESHOLD  IS 
200 PATIENTS 
PORER4T 7 
PATIENTS, THAT'S 
ONE OF THE 
LOWEST WE'VE 
SEEN IN MONTHS. 
AND THE 
POSITIVITY RATE 
AMONG THOSE 
PATIENTS, 12.5%. 
INDICATOR NUMBER 
TWO, NEW 
REPORTED CASES 
ON A SEVEN DAY 
AVERAGE, THAT 
THRESHOLD 550 
CASES, DAYS 
REPORT 222. 
AND NUMBER OF 
PERCENTAGE OF 
PEOPLE TESTED 
CITYWIDE 
POSITIVE FOR 
COVID-19 
THRESHOLD  5%, 
DAYRES PTOR 
AGAIN ONE OF OUR 
LOWEST 0.59%. 
AGAIN, 
OUTSTANDING WORK 
BY NEW YORKERS 
NOW AS WE COME 
OFF THE SUMMER, 
MOVE INTO THE 
FALL, DOUBLE 
DOWN ON THOSE 
EFFORTS TO STAY 
SAFE, BECAUSE 
THEY ARE CLEARLY 
WORKING. 
AND WE CAN GET 
SAFER. 
I WANT TO DRIVE 
THAT INFECTION 
RATE DOWN MUCH 
FURTHER, BECAUSE 
WE WILL BE ABLE 
TO DO MORE AND 
MORE AND OPEN UP 
MORE AND MORE AS 
WE DO THAT. 
NOT JUST STAY 
THE COURSE, T'IS 
DOUBLE DOWN AND 
LET'S GO FARTHER 
TO MAKE THIS 
CITY SAFE A FEW 
WORDS IN 
SPANISH. 
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FOREIGN LAGUNAGE 
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>> WITH THAT, 
LET'S TURN TO 
OUR COLLEAGUES 
IN THE MEDIA. 
PLEASE LET ME 
KNOW THE NAME 
AND OUTLET OF 
EACH. 
>> WE WILL NOW 
BEGIN OUR Q AND 
A. AS A REMINR DE
WE'RE DOING BY 
OUR DEPUTY 
MAYOR, POLICE 
COMMISSIONER, 
COMMISSIONER OF 
HTE FOFIE COF 
LABOR RELATIONS, 
AND SENIOR 
ADVISOR DR. JAY 
KARMA. 
THE FIRST 
QUESTION TODAY 
WILL GO TO 
JULIET. 
>> GOOD MORNING, 
MR. MAYOR. 
HOW YOU DOING? 
>> GOOD, JoANNE, 
HOW ARE YOU? 
>> I'M FINE. 
MY QUESTION TO 
Y OUIS, WHY 
AREN'T YOU ON 
BOARD FOR 
MANDATORY 
TESTING FOR 
TEACHERS, 
STUDENTS? 
DON'T YOU THINK 
THAT'ATS  LEAST 
A BASELINE OR 
BLANKET 
PROTECTION 
APPLIED TO 
EVERYONE FOR 
SAFETY? 
>> JULIET, I 
APPRECIATE THE 
QUESTION. 
YOU REMEMBER 
ABOUT A EWEK AGO 
WE LAID OUT 
WHAT'S BEING 
DONE AROUND THE 
WORLD. 
AND THE APPROACH 
THAT'S BEING 
TAKEN IN MANY, 
MANY NATIONS, 
INCLUDING 
NATIONS THAT ARE 
VERY MUCH LIKE 
O URSAND NATIONS 
THAT HAVE HAD A 
LOT OF SUCCESS 
IN FIGHTING BACK 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
THE MANDATORY 
APPROACH HAS NOT 
BEEN THE WAY 
THAT'S BEEN DONE 
IN OTHER 
COUNTRIES AND 
IT'S SOMETHIN
G 
TH WATE'VE 
LOOKED AT FOR A 
VARIETY OF 
REASONS IT IS 
NOT THEBE ST WAY 
TO GET TO WHERE 
WE NEED TO GO. 
WHAT WE ARE 
TRYING TO DO IS 
TO CONSTANTLY 
MAKE TESTING 
AVAILABLE FOR 
FREE, OVER 200 
LOCATIONS AROUND 
THE CITY, 
CONSTANTLY 
ENCOURAGE 
ERYVEONTE O GET 
IT. 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
HAVE REGULAR 
TESTING IN AND 
AROUND OUR 
SCHOOLS. 
WERE HAVING 
ONGOING 
CONVERSATIONS 
WITH THE UNIONS 
ABOUT THE BEST 
WAY TO DO IT. 
BUT, AN 
IMPORTANT THING 
HERE IS TO PUT 
TOGETHER A 
VARIETY OF 
MEASESUR.
 
AGAIN, THAT'S 
WHAT WE TALKED 
ABOUT LAST WEEK. 
IF THE SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, IF 
THE FACEMASK, IF 
THE CONSTANT 
CLEANING, SO 
MANY THINGS THAT
 
REALLY MAKE US 
THE GOLD 
STANDARD FOR 
BRINGING SCHOOL 
BACK, BECAUSE WE 
ARELA G YINEVERY 
APPROACH ON TOP 
OF EACH OTHER, 
THEN THE REGULAR 
TESTING AND 
ENCOURAGE ALL, 
ATHT TO ME IS 
THE BEST WAY TO 
GET IT DONE. 
GO AHEAD, 
JULIET. 
>> OKAY, THANK 
YOU. 
DIFFERENT TOPIC. 
THE POLICE 
COMMISSONIEWAR S
 
ON LIVE THIS 
MORNING AND HE'S 
PLANNINGTO  EMET 
WITH BODEGA 
OWNERS THIS WEEK 
TO DISCUSS 
PERSSITT EN
ROBBERIES AND 
VANDALISM. 
HE IS SUGGESTING 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
REPEATED 
OFFENSES AND TO 
REEVALUATE T HE
BAIL LAW. 
H OWDO YOU FEEL 
ABOUT THAT? 
>> AGAIN, 
JULIET, I WAS 
WANT TO REMIND 
PEOPLE, I START 
THIS WAY EVERY 
TIME, THT AW
E 
HAV EDET ALWITH 
SOMETHING 
ABSOLUTELY 
UNPRECEDENTED. 
THIS RFPEECT 
STORM OF 
PANDEMIC, HEALTH 
CRISIS, ECONOMIC 
CRISIS, SCHOOL 
SHUTDOWN, WORK 
SUTHDWNO, UHOS ES
OF WORSHIP 
SHUTDOWN, COURT 
SYSTEM SHUTDOWN, 
THERE'S NOTHING 
I EVER 
EXPERIENCED LIKE 
IT. 
HTE OGODNE WIS S 
WHERE I STARTED 
TO SAY LITTLE BY 
LITTLE WE SEE 
PROGRES.S 
WE WAT NTO SEE A 
LOT MORE. 
OBVIOUSLY SCHOOL 
IS COMING BACK, 
WORK IS STARTING 
TO COME BACK. 
I NKTHI THAT'
S 
WHAT 'SGNOIG TO 
CHANGE THE 
REALITY MOST 
FOUNDATIONAL HE. 
THE BAIL WAS 
ACTED ON S THI
SPRING. 
IMPROVEMENTS 
WERE MADE, WHICH 
WE APPRECIATED, 
CERTAINLY. 
I THINK THAT WAS 
THE RIGHT THING 
TO DO, AND THAT 
WAS SOMETHING WE 
ALL WORKED ON 
TOGETHER. 
NOW I THINK WE 
NEED TO WORK ON 
THE HARD WORK OF 
BRINGING THIS 
CITY BACK 
BECAUSE THAT IS 
THE BEST WAY TO 
IMPVROE PUBLIC 
SAFETY, AND OF 
COURSE, CONTINUE 
TO SEE OUR COURT 
SYSTEM MAXIMIZE 
THEIR ACTIVITY, 
BECAUSE WE HAVE 
TO CREATE THOS
E 
CONESQUNECES FOR 
ANYONE WHO 
COMMITS A CRIME 
OR DOES VIOLENCE 
IN THE THIS 
CITY. 
>> NEXT UP TODD 
BASIL FROM A.M. 
NW EYRKO. 
>> GOOD MORNING, 
MR. MAYOR. 
IT'S FUNNY 
BECAUSE THE 
QUESTION BEFORE 
ME WAS SIMILAR 
TO MINE, BUT I'M 
GOING TO ASK IT 
ANYAWY CABEU SE
THE COMMISSIONER 
SAID THIS 
MORNING THE 
REDUCTION OF 
OVERTIME, 
REDUCTION OF 
COPS, CRIMINALS 
REA A BIG REASON 
FOR SHOOTING AND 
VIOLENT CMRIE 
RISE. 
THE GUY ARRESTED 
ON THE SUBWAY 
PLATFORM THE 
OTHER DAY. 
I WAS GOING TO 
ASK ABOUT 
CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE, AND I 
WANT TO GO 
FURTHER ARE WE 
CONSIDERING 
MAYBE REVISITING 
INCARCERATION, 
POSSIBLY LOOKING 
AT EBHAIVORMAS Y 
BE BEING MORE 
ABOUT MENTAL 
HEALTH, AND 
THEREFORE DEALT 
WITH NOT THE 
PUBLIC BUT MORE 
CONFINED 
INSTITUTIONAL 
SETTINGS? 
>> THAT'S AN 
IMPORTANT 
QUESTION, WHAT 
IS THE 
INTERCONNECTION 
OF MENTAL HEALTH 
AND CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE? 
I ITHNKY OUA RE
 
RAISING A REALLY 
IMPORTANT POINT 
HERE. 
HISTORICALLY 
THIS CITY A ND
COUNTRY FOR 
DECADES, THERE 
REALLY WAS 
MENTAL STRATEGY, 
AND IN MANY WAYS 
OUR PRISON 
SYSTEME BCE AMA 
PLACE WHERE 
PEOPLE HAD 
MENTAL HEALTH 
CHALLENGES WERE 
SENT, WHICH MADE 
NO SENSE 
WHATSOEVER AND 
DOESN'T MAKE 
SENSE TOYDA. 
 WEHA AVELSO 
DONE A LOT TO 
TRY AND CHANGE 
THAT, WHICH IS 
WHY THERE'S A 
HEAVY EMPHASIS 
ON MENTAL HEALTH 
IN THE CITY. 
WHICH IS WHY 
WE'VE SEEN SOME 
IMPORTANT 
REFORMS IN 
CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE, BUT 
THERE'S A LONG, 
OLNGWA Y  TOGO. 
THE POINT YOU 
ARE RAISING GETS 
TO YOU REALLY 
GOING TO HAVE A 
FLUL TUNIL 
HEALTH STRATEGY. 
IT REQUIRES NOT 
ONLY ESTATE 
COMPONENT, BUT 
NATIONAL 
COMPONENT. 
I THINK A 
NATIONAL 
HEALTHCARE 
SYSTEM THAT PUS T
MENTAL HLTEAH 
AND PHYSICAL 
HEALTH ON THE 
SAME STANDING S I
THE WAY TO 
AUCTAY LL AND
SURE A LOT OF 
PEOPLE NEVER END 
UP INVOLVED IN 
THE CRIMINAL 
JUSTI SCEYSM TE
AND NEVER END UP 
NVIOLVED IN 
INCARCERATION. 
SO, YOU'RE 
RAISING A REALLY 
BI GPOINT. 
I THINK IT'S 
GOING TO KTAE  A
RELALIY BG 
STRATEGY TO 
ADDRESS THIS 
ISSUE, FAR 
BEYOND WHAT WE 
CAN DO CLOALLY. 
IF IT IS 
ADDRESSED 
APPROPRIATE, I 
THINITK 'S 
ACTUALLY GOING 
TO REDUCE LEVE LS
OCF RIE MAND 
INCARCERATION. 
GO AHEAD, TODD. 
>> I'VE SPOKEN 
TO A NUMBER OF 
OWNERS WHO SAITH 
INDORO INDING IS 
NOT RESTORED 
AFTER THE 
OCTOBER 31st 
DEAIDLNOE F THE 
OUTDOOR DINING 
THAT 99% WILL 
ALL BE DRINKING 
AT APPLEBEE'S. 
THEY Y SAT HE
COVID NUMBERS 
ARE SO LOW THAT 
BY THEN  WE 
SHOULD BE OKAY. 
DO YOU AGREE? 
>> WELL, LISTNE, 
I THINK NEW YORK 
CITY HAS SO MANY 
GREAT 
NEIGHBORHOOD 
RESTAURANT THAT 
I DON'T THINK 
ANYONE IS GOING 
TO BE GOING TO 
APPLEBEE' S.
I REALLY DON'T. 
I THINK IT HAS 
BEEN REALLY, 
REAYLL TOUGH ON 
FOLKS WHO OWN 
RESTAURANTS AND 
PUT THEIR LIFE 
INTO THOSE 
RESTAURANTS. 
IT'S BEEN REALLY 
TOUGH ON THE 
PEOPLE WHO WORK 
FOR THEM AND 
TRYINTG O ETG 
ETHIR 
LIVELIHOODS 
BACK. 
WE ARE WORKING 
EVERY DAY. 
OUR HEALTH TEAM 
IS LOOKING AT 
THIS ALL THE 
TIME A NDWER'E 
GOING TO BE 
RWOKGIN OCL SELY
WH ITTHE STATE 
ON THIS AS WELL. 
IS THERE A 
POINT, IS THERE 
A WAY WE CA NDO 
SOMETHING SAFELY 
WITH INDOOR 
DINING? 
SO FAR WE HAVE 
NOT HAD THAT 
MOMENT. 
WE HAVE NOT HAD 
THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO DO IT SAFELY. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
KEP ELOKOING, 
FOR SURE. 
I WOULD SAY TO 
YOU I TALKED O T
A LOT OF 
RESTAURANT 
OWNERS AS WELL. 
I THNKI TOHERS 
BECAUSE OF 
TAKEOUT 
DELIVERY, 
OUTDOOR DINING 
ARE GOING TO BE 
IN A POSITION TO 
KEEP GOING FOR A 
WHILE. 
I DO PRAY FOR 
AND EXPECT THE 
VACCINE IN THE 
SPRING THAT WILL 
ALLOW US TO GET 
MORE BACK TO 
NORMAL. I WILL 
ABSOLUTELY TELL 
YOU, TODD, WE 
ARE GOING TO BE 
LOOKING FOR THAT 
SITUATION WHERE 
WE CAN PUSH DOWN 
THE VIRUS NOT 
WHERE WE WOULD 
HAVE MORE 
ABILITY TO 
ADDRESS INDOOR 
DINING, BUT TI'S
 
GOIN GTO TAKE A 
HUGE STEP 
FORWARD TO GET 
TO THAT POINT. 
THAT'S THE 
TRUTH. 
>> NEXT UP WE 
HAVE JULIAN FROM 
NEW YORK ONE. 
>> HI, MAYOR. 
TAKES FOR TAKING 
MY QUESTION. 
I HAVE TWO 
QUESTIONS ON 
LABOR ISSUES, 
BUT FIRST, THE 
UNITED 
FEDERATION OF 
TEACHERS IS 
HOLDING AN 
EXECUTIVE BOARD 
MEETING TODAY 
AND TOMORROW. 
THERE'S ENBE A 
OLT F O
SPECULATION THAT 
THERE COULD BE A 
RISTKE
 
AUTRIHOZIOATN ON 
THE AGENDA. 
THAT WOULD NOT 
NECESSARILY MNEA 
STA RE IKWOULD 
HAPPEN, BUT M I'
WONDERING IF THE 
CITY IS DOING 
ANY PREPARATIO
N 
FOR WHAT HAPPENS 
IF THERE IS 
MOVEMENT IN THAT 
DIRECTION OR THE 
DIRECTION OF 
SOME OTHER 
ACTION? 
>> THE UFC HAS 
SPOK TENO THIS 
OVER THE WEEKEND 
AND MADE CLEAR 
THAT A STRIE K
VOTE IS NOT 
PLANNED. 
I HAVE SPOKEN TO 
IMCHAEL MIRALGM. 
IT IS CLEAR THAT 
IS NOT ON THE 
AGENDA FOR THSI 
WEEK. 
GO AHEAD. 
>> OKAY. 
ANDON  THE 
MUNICIPAL LABOR 
SAVINGS AND 
LAYOFFS, HOW 
MUCH TIME ARE 
YOU GIVING 
MUNICIPAL LABOR 
UNION TO FIND 
THE SAVINGS, AND 
IF THERE'S NOT A 
TIMELINE, IF 
THIS IS JUST A 
NEGOTIATION 
TAICTC? 
>> LIKE I SAID, 
JULIAN, 
UNFORTUNATELY 
LAYOFF NOTICES 
ARE READY TO BE 
PRINTED, AND I 
HATE TELLING YOU 
THAT BECAUSE I 
DON'T EVER WANT 
TO S EETS HI
HAPPEN TO HARD-
WORKING CITY 
EMPLOYEES, AND I 
DON'T WANT TO 
SEE THE RESULT 
AFFECT ALL OF 
PEOPLE WH NOED E
THE SERVICES 
THEY PROVIDE. 
IT WILL BE 
HORRIBLE. 
WHAT OUR LABOR 
PARTNERS ASK FOR 
IS TIME TO BRING 
BACK THE 
LEGLAISTOR. 
WE HAVE SOME 
NUMBERS AND ASK 
THEM TO COME 
BACK ON. 
I HAVE SAID WE 
WILL WORK WITH 
THEM ON THAT, 
BUT IT'S GOING 
TO BE A DAY-TO-
DAY BASI.S 
EW HAVE TO SEE 
SOME REAL PROOF 
WEEKLY THAT THE 
LEGISLATOR IS 
WILLING TO OMCE 
BKAC. 
THAT WILL 
DETERMINE HOW WE 
HANDLE THE NEXT 
STEPS. 
WE'VE GOT A 
CLEAR REQUEST, 
GIVE US A LITTLE 
IMTE TO GET THE 
LEGISLATOR BACK. 
I WANT TO HONOR 
ATTH QREUETS, 
BUT WE ONLY HAVE 
A LITTLE TIME. 
>> NEXT UP IS 
RICH FROM W CBS 
RADIO. 
>> HI, MR. 
MAYOR. 
>> HI, RICH, HOW 
ARE YOU DOING? 
>> I ATTEMEPTD 
TO FOLLOW UP AND 
SAY, WHAT IS A 
LITTLE TIME? 
IS IT A COUPLE 
OF ADYS? 
END OF THE WEEK? 
WHAT? 
>> FAIR QUESTION 
IS DAY-TO-DAY. 
LITERALLY GOING 
TO MEAN THAT 
EVERY DAY WE 
WILL BE TALKING 
WITH LABOR 
LEADERS ABOUT 
WHAT THEY ARE 
ACHIEVING IN 
THEIR 
CONVERSATIONS 
WITH OUR 
REPRESENTATIVES
 
IN HTE 
LEGISLATOR, AND 
WWILL BE 
TALKING TO THE 
LEGISLATIVE 
LEADERSHIP. 
IF ALBANY IS 
DEFINITIVELY 
COMING BACK AND 
IS WILLING TO 
AUTHORIZE LONG-
TEM RBORROINWG ,
TH'SAT AWHT 
WE'VE BEEN 
ASKING FOR SINCE 
JUNE, THAT WOULD 
ALLOW US TO 
SOLVE THIS ISSUE 
WITHOUT LAYFOFS. 
OBVIOUSLY WE 
WERE BEFORE THE 
LAYOFFS. 
IF THERE'S NOT 
PROGRESS, THEN 
WE ARE GOING TO 
HAVE TO PROCEED. 
GO AHEAD. 
>> OKAY. 
, SOI RNEARGD O T
E THDISCIPLINE 
MATRIX, 
INTERESTED IN 
THAT TERM 
ITSELF, ARE 
THESE TOUGHER 
RULES FOR COPS? 
WHAT DOES THIS 
ANME? 
ESDO ITHS AMEN 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
HAVE A MORE 
DIFFICULT TIME 
OR IS TS HI
PURELY ABOUT 
TRANSPARENC Y?
>> I WILL GIVE 
YOU JUST THE 
LEHMANS OPENING, 
AND I WILL TURN 
TO THE EXPERT 
THEN LOOK, I 
THINK THE NOITON 
HERE IS WHAT THE 
COMMSISIONER 
SAID. 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
WAS WORKED ON 
FOR QUITE A 
WHILE IN THE 
DEPARTMENT. 
WELL BEFORE THIS 
SUMMER THE 
QUESTION IS, HOW 
TO KEMA THE 
DISCILPIN E
PROCESS MORE 
TRANSPARENT, 
MORE CLEAR TO 
THE PUBLIC, RMOE 
CONSISTENT. 
AND ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT ALL 
THREE OF THE 
POLICE 
COMMISSIONERS 
THAT I HAVE HAD 
THE HONOR OF 
WORKING WITH, 
ALL OF THEM HAVE 
SAID THAT WE 
NEEDED MORE 
RTANPSARNECY, 
INCLUDING THE 
ABILITY TO BE 
TRANSPARENT IN 
THE DISCIPLINE 
PROCESS, WHICH 
WASN'T ALLOWABLE 
UNDER THE LAW 
THAT REPOUVISLY 
EXISTED. 
THAT CHANGED IN 
JUNE, AND THAT 
ASW  ANIMOPRTANT 
STEP FORWARD TO 
ALLOW FOR 
OPENNESS AND 
TRANSPARENCY. 
THAT IS THE 
MATRIX FOR ME IS 
TO SAY, HERE'S 
HOW CERTAIN 
OFFENSES 
CORRELATE TO 
CERTAIN 
OUTCOMES. 
WE HOPE A PNDRAY 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
 ISRARELY USED. 
BECAUSE OF 
CONTINUED WORK 
TO MAKE SURE WE 
HAVE THE BEST 
POLICE FORCE AND 
ADDRESS ISSUES 
BEFORE THEY TURN 
INTO BIGGER 
PROBLEMS. 
I THINK THE IDEA 
IS TO HAVE A 
CLEAR PUBLIC 
SPACE AND SAY 
THIS IS HOW THE 
DISCIPLINE IS 
GOING TO WORK. 
GO AHEAD, 
OCMMSISINOER. 
>> RICH, JUST TO 
BOIL IT DOWN I 
WOULD SAY 
CLEARLY 
TRANSPARENCY IS 
BIG IN INFORMING 
THE PUBLIC, AND 
CONSISTENCY. 
NO TWO 
INCIDENCES ARE 
COMPLETELY THE 
SAME AND THERE 
IS ROOM FOR 
MITIGATING 
FACTORS. 
BUT JUST HAVING 
A ROADMAP, IF 
YOU LWIL, 
WHETHER THE 
PUBLIC KNOWS 
WHAT TO EXPECT 
WHEN AN OFFICER 
-- AND AGAIN, I 
HAVE TO SAY WE 
TKAL A LOT ABOUT 
DISCIPLINE AND 
WE TALK A LOT 
ABOUT REFORM, 
AND I THINK 
THAT'S A HEALTHY 
TOPIC TO TALK 
ABOUT. 
BUT YOU ALSO 
HAVE TO BE FAIR 
THAT BY AND 
LARGE OFFICES 
ARE OUT THERE 
EVERYDAY DOING 
GOD'S WORK IN 
MANY WAYS WITH 
NO NEED FOR 
DISCIPLINE. 
INVARIABLY IN 
ANY OCCUPATION 
THERE WILL BE 
INCIDENTS THA
T 
HAPPEDEN THAT 
SHOULDN'T HAPPEN 
WHEN THOSE 
INCIDENTS 
HAPPEN, WE WANT 
TO HAVE A 
ROADMAP WHERE 
BOTH OUR 
EMPLOYEES AS 
WELL AS THE 
PUBLIC KNOWS 
WHAT TO EXPECT. 
AND THAT'S THE 
CONSISTENCY 
WE'RE LOOKING 
FOR HERE. 
>> NEXT UP WE 
HAVE JULIAN FROM 
WBAI. 
>> OGOD MORNNGI, 
MR. MAYOR, HOW 
ARE YOU? 
>> GOOD, JULIAN, 
HOW ARE YOU? 
>>  GOOD. 
I HAVE A QUICK 
QUESTION AND NOT 
QUICK. 
I WILL START 
WITH A QUICK 
ONE. 
EAIERLR THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
ITS DATA 
DEADLINFOE R 
SEPTEMBER 30th. 
THEY SAY IT'S 
UNEXPECTED. 
I DON'T THINK 
AYBNODY REALLY 
DIDN'T EXPECT 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THAT TO HAPPEN. 
HOW IS THIS 
ADAPTED OR WILL 
ADAPT? 
AHVEY OU
 
COINSDEERD 
PUTTING A 
COUNTDOWN CLOCK 
NEXT TO YOUR 
ELECTION CLOCK 
ON DEBRIEFINGS, 
AND ARE YOU 
USING OTHER 
VISIBLE MEANS TO 
GET THAT WORD 
O, UTBAECUSE WE 
ARE REALLY 
RUNNING OUT OF 
TIME HERE. 
>> I THINK 
YOU'RE EXACTLY 
RIGHT. 
WE ARE 
DEFINITELY 
RUNNING OUT OF 
TIME. 
LOOK, IT WAS 
VERY CYNICAL TO 
MOVE THE GOAL 
POST AFTER A 
PANDEMIC TO TELL 
PEOPLE THEY HAVE 
CA EARTIAMN OUNT 
OF TIME AND YANK 
THE FOOTBALL OUT 
USING THE LUCY 
AND CHARLIE 
BROWN ANALOGY 
AND SUDDENLY 
ETLLP EOLPE 
WE'VE GOT 30 
DAYS LEFT. 
I'M VERY, VERY 
DISTURBED 
BECAUSE THE 
NOTION HERE 
SHOULD BE, WHAT 
GOOD DOES IT DO 
TO HAVE AN 
INACCURATE COUNT 
UNLESS SOMEONE 
HAS AN GAENAD 
ATHT USCAES THEM 
TO WANT AN 
INACCURATE 
OCUN.T 
WE DID ADJUST 
IMMEDIATELY AND 
FRONTLOAEDD OUR 
EFFORTS. 
I'VE GOT TO SAY 
TO EVERYONE ON 
THIS SINE CHIS 
TEAM AND MANY 
COMMUNITY 
PARTNERS, FOLKS 
ARE RALEL, Y
RELLAY GOING 
VERY INTENSELY 
INTO COMMUNITIES 
TO REACH PEOPLE, 
AND IT NEEDS TO 
BE SUPERCHARGED 
OVER THIS MONTH, 
AND THAT'S WHAT 
WLLE' DO I THINK 
YOU'RE RIGHT. 
I THINK IT'S 
IMPORTANT TO 
SHOW PEOPLE THE 
TIMELINE. 
I THINK WE WILL 
START DOING THAT 
AS WELL WITH THE 
CENSUS. 
I'LL BE TALKING 
ABOUT IT 
REGULARLY AS 
WELL. 
LOOK,W E VHAE NO 
CHICOE TO ADAPT. 
WE HAVE NO 
CHOICE BUT TO 
THROW EVERYTHING 
AT IT. 
ONE LAST ONE. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
SOME RESULTS ORF 
ALL OF THIS 
EFFORT. 
WE HAVE SEN E
THAT THIS YEAR'S 
COMPARISON IS 
BETTER THAN AT 
THE SAME IPONT 
10 YEARS AGO. 
OS, PEOP LEARE 
GETTING THE 
MESSAGE AND WE 
HAVE JUST GOT TO 
DOUBLE DOWN ON 
IT. 
O GAEAHD .
>OK> A, YTHANKS. 
WE TALKED A LOT 
OVER THE MONTH 
ABUOT OHW 
DIFFERENTLY THE 
CITY IS GOING TO 
HAVE TO DO POST-
PANDEMIC. 
FAIR, EQUITABLE, 
WE ALSO TALKED 
ABOUT ALL THESE 
LAYOFFS TODAY. 
UP TO 22,000 AND 
HUNDREDS OF 
FIRST RESPONDERS 
DEPENDING ON 
WHAT HAPPENS IN 
ALBANY AND DC, 
OF COURSE. 
THE PUBLIC IS 
HAVING A 
DIFFICT ULTIME 
RECONCILING 
THESE POINTS 
BECAEUS E THCITY 
IS CHUGGING 
AHEAD WITH 
CURRENT ZONING 
AND A FISCAL 
OUTLOOK TREHE NO 
LONG ER
APPLICABLE. 
ESPECIALLY THE 
MILLIONS IN 
PRODUCT 
DEVELOPERS AND 
EAWLHYT 
ORCPOARTINOS. 
IT'S ESPECIALLY 
TRUE BECAUSE 
RESUMING TARGET 
NEIGHBRHOOS OD
CSIONDERED 
AFFORDABLE RIGHT 
NOW COMPRISED 
EDPROMINANTLY OF 
PEOPLE OF COLOR 
AND IMMIGRANTS. 
TE HVY ERPELOPE 
YOU'RE TALKING 
ABOUT EARLIER. 
THERE'S AL SOA 
POSITION WITHIN 
THESE 
COMMUNITIES AND 
WE BELIEVE THESE 
AREN'T FOR THEM, 
BUT FOR INCOMING 
HIGHER INCOME 
POPULATIONS. 
WE ARWE ORRIED 
ABOUT 
DISPLACEMENT, 
HIWC HHA
S 
ALRDEAY BEEN 
EVIDENT, AND 
WITA H POTENTIAL 
EVICTION CRISIS 
LOOMING, MAYBE 
IS IT TIME TO GO 
BAK CTTHO E 
DRAINWG ABORD 
AND INSTRUCT PCP 
TO CEASE 
PURSUING 
ENDEAVORS 
INDEFINITELY 
UNTIL THE CITY 
CAN REEVALUATE 
BASED ON THE NEW 
FISCAL SITUATION 
AND THE ACTUAL 
NEED? 
>> JoANNE, I 
WOULD ARGUE THAT 
THE VERY PROCESS 
ALLOWS FOR THAT 
KIND F O
CONSIDERATION. 
I THINK IT DOES 
NOT MAKE SENSE 
TO FREEZE OUR 
EFFORTS IN PLACE 
BECAUSE A LOT OF 
HOUSING AND A 
LOT OF JOBS ARE 
ON THE LINE AT A 
TIME WHERE WE 
NEED MORE 
AFFORDABLE 
HOUSING. 
WE NEED MORE 
JOBS TO COME 
BACK, AND I'M 
TALKING BOTH 
CONSTRUCTION 
JOBS AND 
PERMANENT JOBS, 
WHICH ARE, AS 
YOU KNOW 
OVERWHELMINGLY 
UNION JOBS. 
IN FA, CTI ULWOD 
ARGUE THE MARKET 
DYNAMICS ARE 
CHANGING, BUT I 
THINK THEY ARE 
CHANGING AWAY 
FROM SOME OF THE 
THINGS THAT YOU 
ARE RIGHTFULLY 
CONCERNED ABOUT, 
ASI  WRYOR OUABT 
THE NEGATIVE 
IMACPTS OF 
GENTRIFICATION. 
I'VE ALAYWS AISD 
IT'S A DOUBLE 
EDGED SWORD, BUT 
THERE ARE 
NEGATIVE 
IMPAC.TS 
I THINK WE ARE 
GOING IT TO GO 
INTO A DIFFERENT 
REALITY AND 
THOSE IMPACTS 
ARE GOING TO BE 
DIFFERENT AS WE 
MAKE OUR 
COMEBACK. 
I DON'T THINK WE 
ARE GOING TO 
IMMEDIATELY GO 
BACK TO WHERE WE 
ERWEN  IFEBRUY AR
OVERNIGHT. 
IT WILL TAKE 
MANY YEARS, I 
THINK. 
ON THE BUDGET 
FRONT, YEAH, 
THERE'S SERIOUS 
BUDGET 
QUESTIONS, 
ALTHOUGH A LOT 
OF WHAT WE DO IN 
REZONING IS WITH 
THEIR CAPITAL 
BUDGET IS 
MISSPENT. 
BUT WHERE WE PUT 
OUR DOLLARS IS, 
IS INTO 
AFFORDABLE 
HOUSING. 
I WILL JUST SAY 
WE DESPERATELY 
NEED AFFORDABLE 
HOUSG ININTH IS 
CITY. 
I THINK THERE'S 
GOING TO BE A 
HUGE UPTICK IN 
THE AFFORDABLE 
HOUSING MARKET 
AS PRIVATE 
DEVELOPMENT 
SLOWS. 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
SEE MORE 
AFFORDABLE 
HOUSING 
DEVELOPMENT. 
WE'VE SEEN THAT 
BEFORE. 
WE NEED IT. 
I JUST DON'T 
AGEER ENTIRELY, 
OBVIOUSLY, WITH 
YOU
R 
CHARACTEIZRAONTI 
OF REZONING. 
F ITHEY DIDN'T 
HAVE IT MARKET 
FORCES WOULD 
HAVE ONLY 
CREATED MARKET 
HOUSING AND NOT 
AFFORDABLE. 
I TNKHI E WNE ED
TO BE REAL ABOUT 
OUR BUDGET AND 
PRIORITIES AND 
OUR PRIORITY 
WILL CONTINUE TO 
BE AFFORDABLE 
HOUSING .
>> NEXT UP WE 
HAVE MARCIA FROM 
WCBS. 
>> GOOD MORNING, 
MR. MAYOR. 
I HOPE 
EVERYTHING IS 
WELL WITH YOU. 
I WANT TO TALK 
ABOUT THE 
DISCIPLINARY 
MARITX  SINCE 
YOU HAVE 
ANNOUNCED, AND I 
ALSO WANT TO ASK 
THE COMMISSIONER 
THIS QUESTION. 
SO, I KNOW THAT 
THE GOAL IS TO 
INCREASE THE 
TRUST THAT 
PEOPLE HAVE IN 
THE NYPBD Y 
BEING MORE 
TRANSPARENT, BUT 
I WONDER HOW YOU 
DO THAT AT THE 
SAME METI HTAT
 
THE'SRE A PUBLIC 
PERCEPTION, AND 
I STRESS THE 
WD ORPECERPIOTN, 
THAT THERE'S 
SOME KIND OF A 
JOB SLOWDOWN. 
I KNOW THE 
COMMISSIONER HAS 
SAIDTH E EALS
E 
DEPARTMENT IS 
STRETCHED THIN 
WITH ALL THE 
THIN TGSHENEY ED
 
TO DO AND NO 
OVERTIME, AND I 
GET THAT, AND 
I'M SURE THAT 
PEOPLE 
UNDERSTAND THAT. 
BUT STILL, 
THERE'S A 
PERCEPTION THAT 
THE POLICE BY 
NOT ESRPNDOIG N
PROPERLY. 
I WONDER HOW YOU 
INCERASD ETRUST 
AND ALSO DEAL 
WITH THE 
PERCEPTION THAT 
THE POLICE ARE 
NOT THERE FOR 
PELEOP. 
> >MARCIA, I 
THINK IT'S A 
REALLY IMPORTAT N
QUESTIO AN,NI D 
WAT NTTO HANK 
YOU FOR 
UNDERLINING THE 
WORD PERCEPTION. 
YOU ARE 
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT 
IF THE 
IPLMIATCIN OIS 
PERPTCEION 
MATTERS A LOT IN 
THIS WORLD, 
ABSOLUTELY 
RIGHT. 
I AM STILL A 
BELIEVER THAT 
REALITY MATTERS 
EVEN MORE. 
COMMISSIONER, 
I'LL GIVE YOU 
HIS ASSESSMENT. 
HE AND I HAVE 
SPOKEN ABOUT 
THIS MANY TIMES. 
AGAIN, WE ARE 
DEALING WITH A 
PERFECT STORM TO 
BEGIN WITH. 
THAT WAS GOING 
TO MAKE IT HARD 
ON NYPD AND 
EVERY CITY 
AGENCY FOR ALL 
THE CHALLENGES 
WARE E CIFANG 
TOGETHER 
SIMULTANEOUSLY. 
WHAT WE HAVE 
SEEN IS 
TREMENDOUS WORK 
OVER THE LAST 
FEW YEARS. 
NYPD WORKING 
WITH COMMUNITY 
MEMBERS, CLERGY, 
ELECTED 
OFFICIALS, 
CRISIS 
MANAGEMENT 
SYSTEM, ALL 
TOGETHER TO 
ADDRESS SOME OF 
THE PLACES WHERE 
E WARE SEEING 
THE BIGGEST 
VIOLENCE 
PROBLEMS. 
THAT WE HAVE 
SEEN WITH O UR
O WNEYES IS 
CONSISTENT. 
IT IS HELPING. 
WE HAVE SEEN GUN 
ARRESTS GO UP 
CONSISTENTLTOY  
THE POINT NW O
THAT THEY ARE 
EQUIVALENT, 
ESSENTIALLY, TO 
WHERE WE WERE A 
YEAR AGO THAT'S 
A CRUCIAL 
INDICATOR. 
AGA, INCOURT 
SYSTEM BEGINNING 
TO MOVE. 
WE NEED THAT TO 
MOVE EVEN MORE. 
I THINK WHEN YOU 
THINK ABOUT 
EVERYTHING NYPD 
IS DEALING WITH, 
AND AS YOU SAID 
SLES OVERTIME TO 
ORWK THWI, FEWER 
OFFICERS. 
I THINK WHAT'S 
CLEAR IS THAT 
OFFICERS ARE OUT 
THERE EVERY DAY 
DOING THEIR JOB. 
I WAS TALKING TO 
THE COMMISSIONER 
YESTERDAY ABOUT 
FOUR OFFICERS 
WENT INTO A
 
BURNG INBUDIILN
G 
A WEEK OR TWO 
AGO IN QUEENS. 
THEY ARE NOT 
FIREFIGHTERS. 
THEY DDIN'T HAVE 
GEAR. 
THEY WENT INTO A 
BURNING BUILDING 
SATO VE LIVE S,
AND THEY DID. 
THIS HAPPENS 
EVERY HOUR OF 
EVERY DAY IN NEW 
YORK CITY. 
I'M NOT GOING TO 
ALLOW THE 
PERCEPTION TO 
OVERCOE MTHE 
REAITLY. 
THE ALREITY IS 
OUR OFFICERS ARE 
DOING THEIR JOB 
UNDER VERY 
ADVERSE 
CIRCUMSTANCES. 
COMUNMITY 
MEMBERS WANT TO 
WORK WITH THEM 
TO HELP TM HEGET 
THAT. 
COMMISSIONER? 
>> THE PRESS 
CONFERENCE ISN'T 
LONG ENOUGH FOR 
ME ON THIS ONE. 
THAK NYOU FOR 
THE QUESTION. 
IT'S A TOPIC 
THAT HAS COME UP 
A NUMBER OF 
TIMES. 
SOME OF THE 
NUMBERS ARE 
INDISPUTABLE. 
THE ARREST 
LEVELS ARE DOWN, 
RESNPOSE TIMES 
ARE UP I THINK 
E THYOMAR 
TOUCHED ON A 
COUPLE OF 
THINGS. 
SOMOE F HTE 
OTHER NUMBERS 
THAT HAVEN'T 
BEEN MENTIONED 
IS THE OVERTIME 
HAS COME UP, THE 
ATTRITION IS 
CERTAINLY UP 
GHIHETHR AI N 
WOULD LIKE IN 
OFFICERS 
RETIRING, BUT I 
THINK THE MAOYR 
MENTIONED I HAVE 
SEEN ON A DAILY 
BASIS, HE 
MENTIONED 
RUNNING TOIN A 
BURNING 
BUILDING. 
EVERY DAY POLICE 
OFFICERS ARE 
UNRNNGI HRTOGHU 
HET TRSEE OTSF 
HIS CITY LATELY 
AND CHASING DOWN 
PEOPLE WITH 
GUNS. 
THAT'S A FACT. 
TAKING DANGEROUS 
GUNS OFF THE 
STREET, PUTTING 
THEMSELVES IN 
HARMS WAY. 
WHAT ELSE THEY 
ARE DOING IS 
WHAT THEY DID ON 
96th AND FIRST 
YESTERDAY, 
MENTORING KIDS 
ACROSS THE CITY. 
GOING INTO THEIR 
WON POCKET AND 
SPENDING THEIR 
OWN MONEY TO PUT 
A SPORTS LEAGUE 
AND DRILLS 
TOGETHER LIKE I 
SAW IN ROCKWAY 
LAST WEEK. 
A PROGRAM THAT 
DOESN'T GET 
ENOH UG
ATTENTION. 
OFFICERS, 
DEDICATED TO 
LTEIRALLY CHANGE 
IN KIDS LIVES 
AND WORKING WITH 
TEACHERS IN THAT 
COMMUNITY TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
YOU CAN 
PARTICIPATE IN 
THIS PROGRAM 
UNLESS YOSHU OW
 
UP TO SCHOOL AND 
SEEING 
ATTENDANCE 
REOCRD S
SKYROCKET. 
THERE'S A LOT OF 
THINGS I DON'T 
KNOW, BUT ONE 
THING DOI  KNOW, 
NEW YORK CITY 
POLE ICOFFICERS 
ARE AS DEDICATED 
TODAY AS TY HE
HAVE 
TODAY AS THEY 
ER VEHAVE BEEN. 
THEY PUT 
THEMSELVES INTO 
HARM'S WAY EVERY 
SINGLE DAY AND 
THERE OUT THERE 
FOR THE 
REDSIENTS OF NEW 
YORK CITY. 
>> GO AHEAD, 
MARSHA. 
>> HAVE A FOLLOW-
UP QUESTION WHEN 
YOU LOOK AT THE 
NUMBERS. 
RESPONSE TIMES 
ARE UP AND 
ARRESTS E ARDON.W
HOW DO YOU 
CONVINCE PEOPLE 
THAT HTE ORWK IS 
GETTING DONE AND 
HOW FRUSTRATING 
IS ITT HAYOT UR 
MESSAGE ISN'T 
GETTING DOWN TO 
THE LEVEL OF 
PEOPLE, 
ESPECIALLY OVER 
THE WEEKEND, THE 
HORRIBLE 
INSTANCES OF GUN 
VIOLENCE. 
>> THE VIOLENCE 
IS SO PAINFUL, 
POLICE 
COMMISSIONER 
DERT MOSHA EAND 
I HAVE SPENT 
TIME WITH THE 
FAMILIES WHO 
LOST LOVED ONES  
TO THAT VIOLENCE.
WE SPENT TIME TO 
THE FAMILY IS 
ONE OF THE MOST 
PAINFUL THINGS I 
HAVE EXPERIENCED 
IN A LONG TIME, 
COMMUNITIES ARE 
FEELING IT 
DEEPLY. 
I WANT TO AGAIN, 
DON'T THINK TH E
PERCEPTION IS 
THAT WHICH YOU 
MAINY THK  ITIS. 
I BELIEVE IN THE 
POLITCIALLA CSS 
AND THE MEDIA, 
THAT PERCEPTION 
 ISVERY 
PROMINENT. 
I THINK TWI
H 
EVERYDAY PEOPLE 
WHO ARE 
EXPERICENIN GBOTH
THE CHAENLLGES 
AND SEEN THE 
WORK OF THE NYPD 
I THINK IT IS A 
DIFFERENT 
ARELITY. 
EVERYONE SAW 
WITH THEIR OWN 
EYES THAT WE 
ENDED UP WITH 
THE BUDGET IN 
THE MIDDLE OF 
THIS CRISIS 
WHERE THERE WERE 
GOING TO BE 
FEWER POLICE 
OFFICERS TN HA
LESS OVER TIME. 
NEW YORKERS ARE 
SMART PEOPLE, 
DON'T EVER 
UNDERESTIMTAE 
THEM. 
THEY KNOW IF 
THERE IS FEWER 
OFFICERS THAN 
LESS OVER TIME 
THERE'S GOING TO 
BE CHALLENGES. 
THEY UNDERSTAN
D 
WE ARE IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A 
PANDEMIC, NO 
SCHOOL, NO WORK. 
EVERYTHING HAS 
BEEN THROWN INTO 
DISARRAY AND WE 
HAVE TO BUILD IT 
BACK. 
THE BOTTOM LINE 
IS WE JUST HAVE 
TO STEADILY O D
E THWORK, THE 
GUN ARRESTS 
COMING UP, 
COOPERATION WITH 
COMMUNITY 
MEMBERS TO STOP 
CRIME COMING UP. 
SHOWING THOSE 
INSTANCES OF THE 
HARD WORK THE 
OFFICERS ARE 
ODING. 
WE JUST HAVE TO 
DO IT EVERY 
SINGLE DAY, 
PEOPLE DON'T 
LBEIEVE THE 
HYPE, THEY 
BELIEVE WHAT 
THY ESEWE ITH 
THEIR OWN EYES. 
THEY WILL ESE 
MOREAN D REMO OF 
THESE ISSUES 
BEING ADDRESSED 
INTO THE 
NEIGHBORHOOD. 
>> DAN FROM ABC7.
>> Reporter: 
GOOMOD RNG IN
MORAY, THANK YOU 
FOR TAKING MY 
QUESTION. 
>> HOW ARE YOU 
DOING DAN? 
>> GOOD THANK 
YOU. 
>> Reporter: 
WHEN T ICOS METO
 
EDUCATION, YOUR 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
TAKING ONLINE 
ATTENDANCE 
DURING THIS 
PANDEMIC. 
HOW WILL THAT BE 
MEASURED AND 
WILL THE 
INFORMATION BE 
RELEASED 
PUBLICLY
? 
>> I THINK IS T'
A REAL CHALLENGE 
AND I WILL 
CERTAINLY ETL 
CHANCELLOR 
CARRANZA SPEAK 
TO THIS. 
I HAVE BEEN 
EARLLCLY EA
R 
ABOUT THE FACT  
THAT OUR MISSION 
OVR ETMEI S ITO 
IBRNG BACK 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
FULLY. 
WE WILL NEED 
SOME REAL 
SUCCESS ON THE 
HEALTHCARE FRONT 
TO GET THERE TO 
THAT DAY. 
NOTHING REPLACES 
IN PERSON 
EDUCATION, 
NOTHING REPLACES 
THE ABILITY OF 
EDUCATORS TO 
REACH KIDS RIGHT 
THEREI N RFONT 
OF THEM AND 
OBVIOUSLY YOU 
TAKE ATTENDANCE 
MUCH MORE 
EFFECTIVELY IN 
THAT SITUATION. 
I THINK WE SAW A 
MIXED BAG IN THE 
SPRING. 
SOME REALLY 
EXTRAORDINARY 
WORK WIRE 
EDUCATORS UNDER 
INCREDIBLY TOUGH 
CIRCUMSTANCES, 
THEY PUT 
TOGETHER REMOTE 
LEARNING TO MAKE 
IT ORWTHIHWL
E 
FORH CIRLDEN
. 
WE ALSO KNEW WE 
WERE NOT 
REACHING EVERY 
CHILDREN AND 
EVERY DAY. 
I THINK WE WILL 
DO BETTER 
BECAUSTHE ERE 
HAS BEEN MORE 
TIME TO REPAIR 
BUT I THINK IT 
S IAN INTRINSIC 
PROBLEM WITH 
REMOTE LEARNNIG
. 
CHANCELLOR 
CARRANZA DO YOU 
WANT TO ADD? 
>>  DIFFERENT 
FROM MARCH WE 
HAVE HAD MUCH 
MORE TIME TO 
PREPARE AND WE 
HAVE BEEN ABLE 
TO BUILD OUT THE 
CAPACITY TO NOT 
ONLY GET DEVICES 
INTO THE HANDS 
TO STUDENTS. 
THAT WASN'T THE 
CASE IN MARCH. 
IADN DITION, WE 
WILL BE 
MONITORING 
ATTENDANCE, WE 
WILL BE TRACKING 
IT. 
WE WILL MAKE IT 
PUBLIC AND THERE 
IS GOING TO BE 
MORE TO SAY 
ABOUT THAT TS HI
WEEK AS WE GIVE 
MORE SPECIFIC 
GUIDANCE HOW WE 
GO FORWARD AS IT 
PERTAINS TO 
ATTENDANCE. 
>> Reporter: MY 
SECOND QUESTION 
CAN YOU DISCUSS 
THE CITIES PLAN 
IS THIS AN 
EFFECTIVE WAY TO 
MAKES  UREETHY 
ARE SAFE AND IN 
COMPLIANCE AT 
THE SAME TIME? 
>> IT IS A 
NECESSITY OF 
THIS MOMENT WE 
WORKED WITH THE 
STATE ON THIS. 
THE TIMING 
HAPPENED TO 
CORRELATE 
EXACTLY TO THE 
MOMENT WHERE WE 
REWE TTGEI NG
REA DYTOO PEN 
SCHOOL AND 
CHILDCRAE AND WE 
NEEDED TO FOCUS 
TE HDAEPRTNMET 
F OHEALTH 
INSPECTORS FIRST 
AND FOREMOST ON 
THOSE LOCATIONS. 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF LOCATIONS. 
SO THE HEALTH 
GYMS ARE COMING 
BACK WITH 
SERIOUS 
RESTRICTIONS 
NDU TERHSTE ATE 
ROLES. 
WE KNOW THOSE 
RESTRICTIONS ARE 
GOING TO HELP 
PROTECT HEALTH 
AND SAFETY. 
BUT WE WORKED 
WITH THE STATE 
VIRTLUA TIMING 
WAS SO TOUGH THE 
VIRTUAL 
INSPECTIONS WILL 
AT LEAST ALLOW 
OUR HEALTH 
INSPECTORS TO 
GET INITIAL SENSE
WITH THEM WILL 
WILL BE DOIG N
ONOIGNG IN 
PERSON INSPECTION
FREE UP AFTER 
SCHOOL AND 
CHLDICARE, AFTER 
THAT GETS GOING. 
>> LAST QUESTION 
FROM THE CITY. 
>> Reporter:  HI
EVERYONE, I 
WANTED TO ASK 
ABOUT THE 
SECURITY 
SITUATION AROUND 
CITY HALL. 
LAST I SAW AND 
THIS MIGHTHA V
E 
CHAGEN, ETHRE 
WERE ROWS OF 
BARRICADES IN 
FRONT OF CIRCUIT 
COURT, POLICE 
PLAZA AND THE 
MANY SIMPLE 
BUILDINGS. 
THERE ALSO 
BARRICADES 
BLOCKING OFF THE 
ENTIRE PLAZA, 
CITY HALL WHERE 
THOE CPCUY 
VMOEMNTE S HA
BEEN. 
CITY HALL PARK 
IS BEEN SHUT FOR 
NEARLY 3 MONTHS. 
MY QUESTION TO 
THE MAYOR AND 
E THCOIMMSSIONER 
IS WHAT IS THE 
SPECIFIC 
SECURITY 
NCOCNERS DRIVING 
THIS RESPONSE 
AND WHY IS 
LIMITING OR 
ENTIRELY 
ELIMINATING 
PUBLIC ACCESS 
THE APPROPRIATE 
SOLIOUTN? 
>> I WILL SARTT 
AND HTENTU RN TO 
THE 
COMMISSIONER. 
WITH ALL THE 
THINGS THAT HAVE 
GONE ON IN THIS 
CRISIS WE HAVE 
ALWAYS TRIED TO 
BALANCE THE
 
DIFEFRENT PIECES 
OF THE EQUATION. 
WHAT I HAVE SEEN 
WITH MY OWN 
EYES, THOSE 
DIFFERENT 
MEASURES HAVE 
BEEN REDUCED 
OVER TIME I 
THINK THE BOTTOM 
L
IN EHERE, THNIK 
ABOUT WHAT WILL 
KEEP EVERYONE 
SE AFAD NHELP US 
MOVE FORWARD. 
IT MADE SENSE TO 
HAVE MORE COME 
AS WE MOVE 
FORWARD YOU WILL 
SEE LESS AND 
LESS OF THOSE 
MEASURES. 
GO AHEAD 
COMMISSIONER. 
>> THERE HAVE 
BEEN OCCURRENCES 
WHERE WE HAVE 
PEELED BACK SOME 
OF THE BARRICADES
OR RESTRICTIONS 
NDA HAD TO PUT 
THEM BACK INTO 
PLACE. 
IT IS A CONSTANT 
OPRCESS F O
MEASURING IF 
THERE ARE AREAS 
WE CAN DO BETETR 
AND CAN SAFELY 
PULL BACK ON 
RESICTRTIONS, 
THAT'S EXACTLY 
WHAT WE WANT TO 
DO. 
>> GO AHEAD, 
LAST QUESTION. 
>Re> porter: 
DISCIPLINARY 
MATRIX I WANTED 
TO ASK ABUOT THE 
PENALTIES THE 
MATRIX CALLS OR 
TERMINATION FOR 
INTENTIONALLY 
FALSIFYING 
STATEMENTS BY 
POLICE PERSONNEL.
THAT IS 
ESSENTIALLY BEEN 
THE POLICY UNTIL 
NOW BUT THERE 
HAVE BEEN 
CONCERNS VOICED 
BY COMMISSION TO 
COMBAT POLICE 
CORRUPTION AN 
INDEPENDENT 
PANEL THAT 
POLICE 
COMMISSIONER 
DERMOT SHEA 
MENTIONE.D 
THEY INCL
U HAVE TO  T 
PROVE INTE NTAD N
YOU ALSO HAVE TO 
SHOW THAT 
SOMETHING IS 
MATERIAL AND IN 
THPAE ST
 
THERE'VE BEEN 
GREAT 
DIFFICULTIES I
N 
PROIVNGTH O SE
WTO THINGS SO 
THERE'S ACTUALLY 
BEEN VERY FEW 
TERMINATIONS FOR 
FASLE TSATEMENTS
. M I'WONDERING 
HOW DOES THE NEW 
MATIRX DADRE SS
TSHOE NCOCERNS 
AND COMMISSIONER,
SHOULD WE EXPECT 
TO SEE MORE 
TERMINATIONS AS 
A RESULT OF THE 
MATRIX F ORFALSE 
STATEMENTS? 
>> LET ME START 
AND THEN WILL 
WILL TURN TO THE 
COMMISSIONER. 
FIRST  OFAL
L 
THE REIA S 
PUBLIC COMMENT. 
WE WANT TO HE
AR 
COMMENT AND 
CONCERNS AND WE 
WANT TO HEAR 
PROPOSALS, THAT 
WILL BE PART OF 
WHAT WE THINK 
ABOUT BEFORE 
FINALIZING THIS 
MATRX.I 
WHEN YOU THINK 
ABOUT 
INTENTIONAL 
FALE SSTATEMENTS 
VERSUS 
ACCIDENTAL, I 
WOULD BE CAREFUL 
THERE. 
I THINK 
SOMETIMES PEOPLE 
BELIEVTE H EY
BENE GVIEN
 
ACCURATE 
INFORMATION AND 
THE IT TURNS OUT 
NOT TO BE 
ACUCRATE. 
I DO THINK THERE 
IS A LINE THERE 
WE HAVE TO BE 
MINDFUL OF. 
I THINK THE 
INTENTIONALITY 
IS CRUCIAL. 
TO THE POINT 
WHETHER IT WILL 
BE MORE OR LESS? 
THE CLEARER THE 
STANDARDS ARE, 
THE MORE
 
CONSEQUENCE, I 
THINK IT IS TRUE 
OF ALL HUMANITY. 
IF THERE IS A 
CLEAR SENSE OF 
CONSEQUENCE 
PEOPLE ADJUST 
THEIR BEHAVIOR. 
FOLKS UNDERSTAND 
THAT THEIR 
ENTREI ACRR EE
RIDES ON DOING 
SOMETHING THE 
RIGHT WAY THE 
VAST MAJORITY 
WILL DO THINGS 
THE RIGHT WAY, 
UNQUESTIONABLY. 
ANYONE WHO 
DOESN'T 
SHOULDN'T BE ON 
THE FORCE ANYWAY.
I DON'T THINK A 
MORE CLEAR OR 
TRANSPARENT 
STANDARD WILL 
LEAD TO MORE 
NEGATIVE 
OUTCOMES. 
IN MANY CASES IT 
LEADS TO PEOPLE 
UNDERSTANDING 
AND ACTING 
BETTER. 
GO AHEAD 
COMMISSIONER. 
>> REGARNDIG 
FALSE STATEMENTS 
I THINK YOU 
BROUGHT UP MANY 
OF THE THINGS 
THAT WE ARE 
TAKING A LOOK 
AT
. 
WE A RETYIRNTG O 
STRIKE A BALANCE 
THERE IN TERMS 
OF CHANGING 
BEHAVIOR, 
GETTING OFFICERS
, EXCUSE ME, 
GETTING CONDUCT 
THAT IS TRUSTED 
BY THE PUBLIC. 
WHEN YOU TAKE A 
LK OOAT, I THINK 
THE MAYOR JUST 
TOUCHED ON IT, 
THERE ARE 
OCCURRENCES 
WHERE SOMETHING 
IS SAID THAT WAS 
ELBIEVED AT ONE 
POINT IN TIME. 
I WOULDN'T WANT 
TO FALL ON THAT. 
I THIK NWE HE AV
TAKEN INTO 
CONSIDERATION 
HERE EVERYTHING 
THAT WE KNOW, 
YOU MENTIONED TO 
COMBAT POLICE 
CORRUIOPTN D AN
OTHER AGENCIES 
THAT WE HAVE 
CONSULTED ON 
THIS, THE BLUE 
RIBBON PANEL 
CAME OUT. 
THEIR WORDS WILL 
SPEAK FOR 
THEMSELVES WE'VE 
ALSO INCLUDED ON 
THEIR EXTERNAL 
WEBSITE THEIR 
REPORTS. 
WHAT THEY SAID 
ABOUT THE 
DISCIPLINE 
PROCESS. 
I THINK WE ARE 
IN A GOOD PLACE, 
WE WANT TO HEAR 
WHAT OTHERS 
TNHIK CBEAUSE WE 
DON'T HAVE ALL 
THE ANSWERS AND 
WE CONSTANTLY 
TRY TO STRIKE 
THAT BALANCE. 
TO ANTICIPATE 
MORE PEOPLE 
BEING FIRED, I 
WOULD HOPE NO 
ONE HAS TO BE 
FIRED BUT THE 
WORLD WE LIVE IN 
AS IT'S BEEN 
ASIDMA NTY IMS E
WE RECRUIT FROM 
THE HUMAN RACE. 
SHOW ME A 
POPULATION OR 
SHOW ME ANY 
OCCUPATION THAT 
IS WITHOUT 
FLTAU. 
WE MAKE MISTAKES.
CONSTANTLY 
APPROVE, 
SOMEBODY SAYS 
REFORM, I WOULD 
SAY GAIN TRUST 
AND TELL THE 
PUBLIC. 
I SAY IT AND 
IT'S PROBABLY 
THE MOST 
IMPORTANT THING 
THAT HAS BEEN 
SAID. 
 WEWORK FOR THE 
PUBLIC. 
IF WE DON'T HAVE 
THE PUBLIC TRUST
, AND MAKES ALL 
OF OUR JOBS 
HARDER. 
SO THAT'S 
EXACTLY WHAT WE 
ARE STRIVING 
FOR, WE THINK 
WE'RE IN A GOOD 
PLACE BUT WE ARE 
GOING TO 
CONSTANTLY TRY 
AND GET BETTER. 
>>> AS WE CLOSE 
 TUPODY AJUST TO 
SAY THIS, WE 
HAVE COVERED A 
LOT OF IDREFFENT 
TOCPIS DTOAANY D 
IT JUST SHOWS 
HOW MUCH IS 
GOING ON IN THE 
CITY, HOW MUCH 
WE ARE WORKING 
ON 
SIMULTANEOUSLY 
TO BRING THIS 
CITY BACK. 
THINKING ABOUT 
WHAT WE HAVE 
BEEN TALKING 
ABOUT A YEAR AGO 
TODAY VERSUS, 
EVERYTHING 
SIMULTANEOUSLY 
WE'RE TRYING TO 
ADDRESS IN THE 
CONTEXT OF THE 
GREATEST CRISIS 
THE CITY HAS 
EVE RFEACD. 
HERE IS A GOOD 
NEWS, NEW 
YORKERS KEEP 
FIGHTING BACK. 
YOU CAN SEE IT 
WITH YOUR OWN 
EYES. 
MORE AND MORE 
HAPPENING IN OUR 
CITY. 
UYO N CASEE 
PEOPLE OUT THERE 
YOU CAN SEE 
PEOPLE MAKE IT 
HEALTHIER AND 
THEIR OBJECTIVE 
THEY TELL US WE 
ARE DOING THE 
RIGHT THING. 
THIS IS A 
HISTORIC REALITY 
ABOUT NEW YORK 
CITY. 
WE HAVE FACE 
CRISIS BEFORE, 
EVERYONE KNOWS 
THAT. 
I ACTUALLY THINK 
THERE ARE FEW 
PLACES IN THE 
WORLD BETTER AT 
DEALING WITH 
CRISIS THAN NEW 
YORK CITY AND 
EWF PLACES THAT 
HANDLE CHANGE 
BETTER THAN NEW 
YORK CI. TY
WE ARE ALWAYS 
READY TO IMPROVE
, WE ARE ALWAYS 
READY FOR 
SOMETHING NEW. 
NEW YORKERS ARE 
NOT AFRAID OF 
CHANGE. 
N EWYKORE RSA RE
NOAFT RA OIDF 
NEW IDEAS, WE 
ARE NOT AFRAID 
TO BE BOLD. 
SO THAT'S WHY WE 
CAN SAY WE WILL 
DEFEAT THIS 
DISEASE, WE WILL 
COME BACK, WE 
LERITALLY WIL L
MECO BACK 
STRONGER AND 
MORE FAIR. 
I BELIEVE IT, WE 
HAVE LEARNED 
POWERFUL LESSONS 
AND THE PEOPLE 
WA NTTO SEE 
CHANGE. 
WE DON'T DWELL 
ON NOSTALGIA. 
WE ARE GOING 
INTO A NEW WORLD 
WE CAN ACTUALLY 
MAKE IT A BETTER 
WORLD AND THERE 
IS NO PLACE 
BETTER AT THAT 
THAN NEW YORK 
CITY. 
THANK YOU 
EVERYONE. 
