>>> GOOD MORNING 
EVERYBODY. 
I WANT TO TALK 
TO YOU ABOUT THE 
DAYS COMING UP 
WITH THIS LONG 
WEEKEND AND MOST 
YEARS WE ALL 
LOOK FORWARD TO 
THIS TIME OF THE 
YEAR SO MUCH. 
MOST YEARS WE 
THINK ABOUT 
LABOR DAY 
WEEKEND AS ONE 
OF THE MOST 
JOYOUS TIMES OF 
THE YEAR AND 
THAT IS EVERY 
COMMUNITY IN NEW 
YORK CITY AND 
SPECIFICALLY THE 
CARIBBEAN 
COMMUNITY AS WE 
HAVE AN AMAZING 
CELEBRATION BUT 
THIS YEAR WILL 
BE VERY 
DIFFERENT. 
AS WE GO INTO 
THIS LONG 
WEEKEND DURING 
THIS YEAR OF THE 
PANDEMIC, WE 
WANT TO MAKE 
SURE WE PROTECT 
EACH OTHER AND 
KEEP EVERYONE 
SAFE. 
THE BEST WAY TO 
CELEBRATE WHO WE 
ARE AS NEW 
YORKERS IS TO 
MAKE SURE WE GET 
THROUGH THIS WE 
CAN SAFELY AND 
CONTINUE OUR 
FIGHT AGAINST 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
TODAY WE WILL 
TALK ABOUT THE 
WAYS WE WILL 
KEEP EVERYONE 
SAFE THIS 
WEEKEND. 
BEFORE I GO INTO 
THAT, I HAVE TO 
TALK ABOUT 
SOMETHING THAT 
IS VERY 
TROUBLING AND 
THAT IS WHAT WE 
HEARD LAST NIGHT 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENT. 
THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED 
STATES 
THREATENING TO 
TAKE AWAY 
FEDERAL FUNDING 
FROM THE CITY 
WHILE WE ARE 
STILL IN THE 
GRIPS OF THIS 
CRISIS JUST 
MAKES NO SENSE. 
IT IS A TIME 
WHERE WE SHOULD 
BE SEEING 
SOLIDARITY THAT 
WE ARE SEEING 
THE OPPOSITE. 
I WANT TO SPEAK 
DIRECTLY TO THE 
PRESIDENT. 
MR. PRESIDENT, 
WE ASK YOU TO 
HELP NEW YORK 
CITY AND WE ASK 
YOU FOR TESTING 
AND IT NEVER 
CAME AND WE 
ASKED YOU TO GET 
BACK ON OUR FEET 
AND YOU DIDN'T 
LIFT A FINGER. 
WE ASKED YOU FOR 
THE TRUTH ABOUT 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
SO WE CAN ALL 
MOVE FORWARD 
TOGETHER AND YOU 
REFUSED TO TELL 
NEW YORKERS AND 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE WHAT WAS 
REALLY GOING ON. 
YOU FAILED US 
AND NOW YOU WANT 
TO PUNISH US? 
IT MAKES NO 
SENSE. 
BY THE WAY, YOUR 
WORDS DON'T 
CARRY MUCH 
WEIGHT ON THIS 
TOPIC BECAUSE 
THE SUPREME 
COURT HAS SPOKEN 
AND THE 
PRESIDENT CANNOT 
INTERFERE WITH 
FEDERAL FUNDING 
WITH CITIES AND 
STATES JUST 
BECAUSE HE FEELS 
LIKE IT. 
WE HAVE LAWS IN 
THIS COUNTRY SO 
IF YOU PERSIST 
IN TRYING TO 
DENY THE FUNDING,
WE WILL SEE YOU 
IN COURT AND 
ONCE AGAIN, WE 
WILL BE DUE IN 
COURT. 
WHY DON'T WE 
STOP THE WORDS 
AND GET ON WITH 
THE ACTUAL 
ACTION TO HELP 
NEW YORK CITY 
AND HELP THE 
PEOPLE OF THE 
COUNTRY. 
THAT IS WHAT WE 
ACTUALLY NEED. 
LET ME GO BACK 
TO WHAT WE ARE 
DOING TO PREPARE 
FOR THE DAYS 
AHEAD. 
WHEN WE TALK 
ABOUT LABOR DAY 
WEEKEND IT 
IMMEDIATELY 
BRINGS UP 
POSITIVE IMAGES 
AND THINGS THAT 
WE LOVE. 
WE LOVE GOING TO 
THE BEACH AND 
FAMILY 
GATHERINGS AND 
BARBECUES AND 
ALL THESE 
WONDERFUL 
CELEBRATIONS. 
WE THINK ABOUT 
THE ORIGIN OF 
THE HOLIDAY AND 
LABOR DAY 
WEEKEND IS 
SOMETHING VERY 
GOOD SO WE WANT 
TO KEEP A GOOD. 
FIRST, WE WANT 
TO TALK ABOUT 
ALL THE FOLKS 
THAT MIGHT BE 
TRAVELING THIS 
LABOR DAY 
WEEKEND. 
IF YOU ARE 
TRAVELING OR 
COMING TO NEW 
YORK CITY, THESE 
ARE THE STATES 
STILL REQUIRING 
QUARANTINE FOR 
TRAVELERS COMING 
TO NEW YORK AND 
IF YOU ARE A NEW 
YORKER GETTING 
READY TO TRAVEL 
FOR PLEASURE OR 
SEE FAMILY 
MEMBERS, I WOULD 
URGE YOU NOT TO 
GO TO ONE OF 
THOSE STATES. 
AT THIS MOMENT 
IN HISTORY WITH 
ALL THE 
CHALLENGES WE 
ARE FACING, THE 
BEST THING TO DO 
IS TO AVOID 
GOING TO THOSE 
TERRITORIES. 
IF YOU MUST, YOU 
MUST RESPECT THE 
QUARANTINE UPON 
YOUR RETURN. 
IF YOU ARE 
TRAVELING FROM 
THOSE PLACES, 
VISITING NEW 
YORK CITY OR 
FAMILY OR 
FRIENDS OR 
WHATEVER IT MAY 
BE, YOU HAVE TO 
RESPECT THE 
QUARANTINE 
BECAUSE WE HAVE 
COME THIS FAR. 
WE HAVE TO KEEP 
FIGHTING THIS 
DISEASE AND HOLD 
ONTO THE 
PROGRESS WE HAVE 
MADE. 
THE NUMBER ONE 
MESSAGE IS YOU 
DON'T HAVE TO GO 
TO ONE OF THOSE 
STATES AND IF 
YOU DO, YOU HAVE 
TO QUARANTINE. 
NOTHING TO 
DISCUSS, IT'S 
THE LAW. 
NOW, LET'S TALK 
ABOUT THIS 
WEEKEND AND THE 
THINGS THAT WILL 
BE HAPPENING IN 
THE CITY. 
OF COURSE, 
FAMILIES WILL BE 
GATHERING AND 
PEOPLE WILL BE 
TAKING TIME TO 
APPRECIATE EACH 
OTHER'S COMPANY 
FOR WHAT WE 
CAN'T HAVE IS 
LARGE GATHERINGS 
AND LOOK AT WHAT 
HAS HAPPENED 
AROUND THE 
COUNTRY AND IN 
PARTS OF THE 
WORLD WHERE 
LARGE GATHERINGS 
ARE THE CAUSE 
FOR A RESURGENCE 
OF THIS DISEASE. 
WE CAN'T LET 
THAT HAPPEN. 
A LOT OF THE 
REASONS THAT 
PEOPLE GATHER 
ARE NOT 
HAPPENING THIS 
YEAR. 
THE AMAZING 
PARADE, ONE OF 
THE GREATEST 
EVENTS IS NOT 
HAPPENING. 
THE FESTIVAL IS 
NOT HAPPENING. 
WHAT YOU CAN DO 
IS CELEBRATE 
THOSE AMAZING 
EVENTS AND ALL 
THE CELEBRITIES 
AND STARS THAT 
ARE A PART OF 
THEM, YOU CAN 
CELEBRATE THAT 
VIRTUALLY AND 
KNOW NEXT YEAR 
THAT GOD WILLING 
WE WILL BE BACK 
ON EASTERN 
PARKWAY BUT NOT 
THIS YEAR. 
I WANT TO SAY 
WHERE THERE HAS 
BEEN HISTORY 
GATHERINGS, FOR 
THE SAFETY OF 
YOURSELF AND 
YOUR FAMILY AND 
COMMUNITY, IT 
HAS TO BE KEPT 
UNDER 50 PEOPLE. 
IT HAS TO BE 
KEPT SMART AND 
WE CANNOT TAKE A 
CHANCE WITH 
PEOPLE'S HEALTH. 
A FEW DAYS AGO, 
WE HAD A CALL OF 
LEADERS OF THE 
CENTRAL BROOKLYN 
COMMUNITY AND 
ELECTED 
OFFICIALS AND 
CLERGY AND 
MEMBERS OF THE 
CARE VIOLENCE 
MOVEMENT AND 
FOLKS I DO 
AMAZING WORK 
EVERY DAY TO 
REPRESENT OUR 
COMMUNITIES. 
IT WAS A CALL 
FILLED WITH 
UNION AND WE ALL 
TALK TOGETHER 
ABOUT HOW EACH 
AND EVERY ONE OF 
US IN OUR OWN 
WAYS WOULD BE 
PROTECTING THE 
COMMUNITY. 
I WANT TO THANK 
EVERYONE THAT IS 
A PART OF THAT 
LEADERSHIP CALL 
AND ALL THE 
ORGANIZATIONS 
AND LETTING 
PEOPLE KNOW THE 
SIMPLE MESSAGE 
WITH NO LARGE 
GATHERINGS BEING 
PERMITTED FOR 
HEALTH AND 
SAFETY. 
THIS MESSAGE IS 
BEING SPREAD ALL 
OVER CENTRAL 
BROOKLYN BY A 
LOT OF GREAT 
COMMUNITY 
ORGANIZATIONS 
AND LOCAL 
LEADERS. 
I WANT TO THANK 
EACH AND EVERY 
ONE OF THEM 
BECAUSE IT MAKES 
A HUGE 
DIFFERENCE. 
THE NUMBER ONE 
BEST STRATEGY 
FOR MAKING SURE 
PEOPLE 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
TO STAY SAFE IS 
HEARING VOICES 
FROM THEIR OWN 
COMMUNITY. 
WE ALSO WILL 
HAVE A STRONG 
NYPD PRESENTS. 
WORKING IN 
CONJUNCTION WITH 
COMMUNITY 
LEADERS AND 
LISTEN TO THE 
COMMUNITY AND 
BEING THERE TO 
SUPPORT THE 
COMMUNITY AND 
KEEP EVERYONE 
SAFE. 
WE ARE MAKING 
SURE IT IS A 
SMART PLAN AND I 
WANT TO 
INTRODUCE THE 
ARCHITECT OF 
THAT PLAN THAT 
HAS DONE 
EXTRAORDINARY 
WORK IN HIS ROLE 
AND SOMEONE THAT 
REALLY 
UNDERSTANDS OUR 
COMMUNITY AND 
LISTENS TO OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
THE CHIEF OF 
PATROL OF THE 
NYPD. 
>>  THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU TO THE 
OVER 8.6 
MILLION. 
OR'S, THE FOLKS 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
HELPING LEADING 
UP TO THIS 
WEEKEND. 
WE HAVE POWERFUL 
VOICES IN THE 
COMMUNITY AND 
LOCAL COMMUNITY 
LEADERS AND 
PASTORS AND 
CLERGY AND 
CERTAINLY OUR 
CRISIS 
MANAGEMENT 
SYSTEM AND 
ELECTED SMALL 
BUSINESSES. 
WORKING TOGETHER 
TO MOVE NOT ONLY 
THE CITY FORWARD 
BUT CERTAINLY 
THIS WEEKEND. 
AS WE PREPARE 
FOR LABOR DAY 
WEEKEND, WE ALL 
CAN APPRECIATE 
THE LANDSCAPE OF 
WHAT THE CITY 
WILL LOOK LIKE 
AND ONE THING 
THAT WILL NOT BE 
DIFFERENT IS 
THAT OUR OFFICES 
WILL BE THERE 
EVERY SINGLE DAY 
JUST LIKE THEY 
HAD BEEN IN THE 
PAST. 
YOU WILL SEE 
INCREASE 
PRESENCE NOT 
ONLY IN CENTRAL 
BROOKLYN BUT 
THROUGHOUT THE 
ENTIRE CITY. 
YOU WILL SEE 
THEM IN CARS AND 
ON FOOT AND IN 
UNIFORM AND 
QUITE FRANKLY 
SOME FROM OTHER 
DIVISIONS. 
THAT IS THE 
OVERARCHING GOAL 
TO KEEP EVERY 
NEW YORKER SAFE. 
I ASK AND 
IMPLORE EVERYONE 
IN THE CITY TO 
CONTINUE WHAT 
YOU HAVE BEEN 
DOING TO BE SAFE 
AND RESPONSIBLE 
SO THAT 
TOGETHER, 
COLLECTIVELY, WE 
WILL HAVE A 
GREAT AND SAFE 
WEEKEND I CAN 
CELEBRATE NEXT 
YEAR JUST LIKE 
WE HAVE DONE IN 
THE PAST. 
>> THAT CALL WE 
HAD A FEW DAYS 
AGO , I HAVE TO 
TELL YOU NOTHING 
MORE POWERFUL 
THAN WORKING 
TOGETHER TO 
ADDRESS THE 
CHALLENGE AND 
LISTEN TO 
LEADERS OF THE 
COMMUNITY AND 
THE STRONGEST 
VOICES ON MY 
CALL, SHE HAS 
BEEN A STRONG 
VOICE SO MANY 
TIMES, A 
CONGRESS MEMBER 
THAT REPRESENTS 
SO MUCH AND IS A 
BROWN DAUGHTER 
OF -- PROUD 
DAUGHTER OF 
JAMAICA HERSELF. 
TO ALL THE 
MEMBERS, AS YOU 
ARE OUT THERE IN 
THE NEXT FEW 
DAYS, LISTEN TO 
THE COMMUNITY 
AND WORK WITH 
THE LOCAL 
COMMANDERS AND 
FOCUS ON THE 
NEIGHBORHOOD 
COORDINATING 
OFFICERS AND 
COMMUNITY 
AFFAIRS OFFICERS 
AND IF WE ALL 
KEEP 
COMMUNICATING 
AND WORKING 
TOGETHER, WE CAN 
HAVE A GOOD 
RESULT AND 
EVERYONE ON THE 
CALL HEARD HER 
VOICE LOUD AND 
CLEAR AND THAT 
IS THE PLAN WE 
ARE GOING WITH. 
I WANT TO THANK 
HER AS ALWAYS 
FOR HER 
LEADERSHIP AND 
I'M PROUD TO 
INTRODUCE 
CONGRESS MEMBER 
YVETTE CLARK. 
CAN YOU HEAR US? 
>> I CAN, MR. 
MAHER.  
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR HOLDING 
THIS VERY 
IMPORTANT 
BRIEFING. 
I WANTED TO ADD 
MY VOICE. 
THIS IS THE 
HOLIDAY WEEKEND 
AND HERE IN 
CENTRAL 
BROOKLYN, WE 
REMAIN COMMITTED.
I AM WEARING 
TODAY MY JAMAICA 
AND I AM PROUD 
TO BE JAMAICAN T-
SHIRT AND WE 
SHOULD ALL BE 
PROUD OF THE 
CONTRIBUTIONS OF 
THE CRIBBING 
COMMUNITY FOR 
THE CITY OF NEW 
YORK BUT I DO 
WANT TO URGE 
EVERYONE THAT WE 
ARE IN THE MIDST 
OF THIS PANDEMIC 
AND WELL 
TRADITION HAS 
BEEN IN THE PAST 
THAT WE GATHER 
TOGETHER, THIS 
IS NOT THE TIME. 
WE ARE FOCUSED 
ON FIGHTING AND 
WINNING AGAINST 
COVID-19  SO I 
WANT TO CONTINUE 
TO URGE THE 
BELOVED 
COMMUNITY TO 
REMAIN SOCIALLY 
DISTANT AND 
REFRAIN FROM 
LARGE 
GATHERINGS. 
CONTINUE TO USE 
YOUR FACE MASK 
AND CONTINUE TO 
WASH YOUR HANDS. 
WE HAVE DONE A 
LOT AND COME 
ALONG WAY IN 
TERMS OF 
FIGHTING BACK 
AGAINST THIS 
VIRUS. 
IT WOULD BE A 
SHAME IF WE 
DIGRESS AT THIS 
STAGE JUST 
BEFORE WE ARE 
ABOUT TO HAVE 
OUR CHILDREN GO 
BACK TO SCHOOL 
AND WE ARE 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
THE WELL-BEING 
OF OUR CHILDREN. 
I WANT TO TALK 
ABOUT ONE OF THE 
TRADITIONS HERE 
WHICH HAS BEEN A 
PREDAWN EVENT 
THAT MANY OF US 
HAVE HIGHLY 
REGARDED AND 
THAT IS THE 
DUVET 
CELEBRATION. 
THIS YEAR AGAIN 
LIKE CARNIVAL, 
WE ARE MOVING TO 
A VIRTUAL 
PLATFORM. 
AS I HAVE 
ENCOURAGED 
EVERYONE TO KEEP 
CARNIVAL IN 
THEIR HEARTS AND 
PARTAKE IN THE 
VIRTUAL 
ACTIVITIES THAT 
ARE TAKING 
PLACE, LIKEWISE 
HERE. 
THAT EVENT HAS 
BEEN A TRADITION 
FOR MANY YEARS 
AND WE WANT TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
WHILE WE PARTAKE 
OF A 
COMMEMORATION OF 
CRIBBING CULTURE 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
OUR CITY AND THE 
RICH LEGACY TO 
THE CARIBBEAN 
COMMUNITY THAT 
WE WANT SAFETY. 
FORTUNATELY, 
ACROSS THIS 
NATION, WE ARE 
SEEING A FIGHT 
INCOME VIOLENCE 
AND ARE NOT 
IMMUNE TO THAT 
HERE IN CENTRAL 
BROOKLYN IN THE 
AREA, 
UNFORTUNATELY 
WHERE DUVET AND 
CARNIVAL HAS 
BEEN CELEBRATED. 
WE WANT FAMILIES 
TO BE SAFE IN 
THE COMMUNITY TO 
BE SAFE. 
WE WANT TO 
CONTINUE TO KEEP 
SAFE BY NOT 
CONGREGATING 
WHERE SHOOTERS 
CAN HARM SO I 
WANT TO 
ENCOURAGE 
EVERYONE TODAY. 
TODAY WOULD 
TRADITIONALLY BE 
THE BEGINNING OF 
THE CARNIVAL 
SEASON. 
THERE WILL BE A 
WHOLE HOST OF 
EVENTS ONLINE 
AND YOU CAN 
CELEBRATE FROM 
YOUR HOME AND 
SOCIAL DISTANCE 
AND LIKEWISE, I 
KNOW THERE WILL 
BE A WONDERFUL 
VIRTUAL 
COMMEMORATION 
AND IF WE ARE 
ALL IN THIS 
TOGETHER, WE 
KNOW THAT WE 
WILL CONQUER 
COVID-19.  
NEXT YEAR IN 
2021, WE CAN 
MOVE FORWARD AND 
BE WITH ONE 
ANOTHER ONCE 
AGAIN IN A 
SPECTACULAR 
EXPRESSION OF 
CARIBBEAN 
CULTURE AND 
PRIDE. 
LET ME THANK YOU 
ONCE AGAIN FOR 
FOCUSING ON THIS 
WEEKEND WHERE WE 
NOT ONLY 
CELEBRATE THE 
WORKERS, THE 
ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS THAT 
HAVE BEEN ON THE 
FRONT LINES IN 
THE CITY THAT 
HAVE KEPT US 
SAFE AND HAVE 
TENDED TO US IN 
OUR ILLNESS 
DURING THIS 
PANDEMIC BUT 
ALSO YOUR 
LEADERSHIP IN 
KEEPING OUR 
COMMUNITIES SAFE 
FROM HARM AS WE 
MOVE INTO THE 
FINAL HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND BEFORE 
SCHOOL STARTS. 
WE DON'T WANT TO 
FALL BACK OR 
DIGRESS. 
I WANT TO 
ENCOURAGE ALL OF 
OUR COMMUNITIES 
TO CONTINUE TO 
PRESERVE WITH 
SAFETY AND 
SECURITY 
PROTOCOLS THAT 
HAVE ONE OF THE 
LOWEST INFECTION 
RATES IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
THANK YOU ONCE 
AGAIN. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH, CONGRESS 
MEMBER AND THAT 
IS THE PERFECT 
POINT YOU ARE 
MAKING. 
WE HAVE  COME SO 
FAR AND WE WILL 
NOT LET IT SLIP 
OUT OF OUR GRASP 
THEY ARE SO MANY 
THINGS WE CAN DO 
AND I KNOW WE 
CAN HAVE A GREAT 
AND SAFE 
WEEKEND. 
I KNOW THAT 
BECAUSE NEW 
YORKERS ALWAYS 
FIND A WAY TO 
CREATE SOMETHING 
GOOD, EVEN IN 
THE MIDST OF A 
CHALLENGE AND TO 
IMPROVISE EVEN 
IN THE TOUGHEST 
CIRCUMSTANCES. 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
IMPROVISATION 
AND MAKING 
SOMETHING 
HAPPEN, ONE OF 
THE GREATEST 
EXAMPLES HAS 
BEEN THE OPEN 
RESTAURANTS 
PROGRAM. 
IT'S AMAZING TO 
SEE FOLKS IN THE 
RESTAURANT 
COMMUNITY, HOW 
RESILIENT AND 
STRONG THEY HAVE 
BEEN AND HOW 
MUCH THEY HAVE 
EMBRACED THIS 
PROGRAM. 
I'M HAPPY TO 
ANNOUNCE THAT WE 
NOW HAVE OVER 
10,000 NEW YORK 
CITY RESTAURANTS 
THAT HAVE 
PARTICIPATED. 
THAT IS 
WONDERFUL FOR 
THOSE BUSINESSES 
THAT WE WANT TO 
HELP IN EVERY 
WAY WE CAN AND 
IT'S WONDERFUL 
FOR THE 
COMMUNITIES THAT 
LOVE TO SEE 
THOSE 
RESTAURANTS OPEN 
AND LOVE OUTDOOR 
DINING. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE FOLKS THAT 
HAVE BEEN ABLE 
TO GET THEIR 
JOBS BACK. 
OVER 90,000 NEW 
YORKERS GOT 
THEIR JOBS BACK 
THROUGH THIS 
PROGRAM. 
AMAZING 
ACHIEVEMENT AND 
I WANT TO THANK 
ALL THE BUSINESS 
OWNERS THAT DID 
THIS HARD WORK. 
WE WANT TO KEEP 
COMING UP WITH 
WAYS TO SUPPORT 
YOUR EFFORTS AND 
WE WILL TREAT 
LABOR DAY AS A 
WEEKEND DAY 
WHICH MEANS THE 
STREETS WILL 
PROCEED THE SAME 
WAY THEY 
NORMALLY WOULD. 
MONDAY WE WILL 
OPEN RESTAURANTS 
WITH AN EXTRA 
DAY OF BUSINESS 
AND HOPE IT WILL 
BE A GREAT DAY 
OF BUSINESS FOR 
OUR RESTAURANTS. 
WE ALSO WANT TO 
LET FOLKS KNOW 
THAT THE OPEN 
RESTAURANT OPEN 
STREETS PROGRAM 
HAS BEEN AN 
AMAZING SUCCESS 
AND WE WANT TO 
WELCOME ANY OF 
THE SPONSORS AND 
IF YOU WANT TO 
APPLY FOR 
ADDITIONAL DAYS, 
WE WANT TO HEAR 
FROM YOU BECAUSE 
I THINK THIS IS 
ANOTHER THING 
THAT WE NEED TO 
MAKE A PART OF 
THE FUTURE OF 
NEW YORK CITY. 
THE RESTAURANT 
COULD COME BACK 
NEXT YEAR AND WE 
NEED TO CONTINUE 
THAT AND 
CONTINUE THESE 
APPROACHES INTO 
THE FUTURE 
BECAUSE THEY ARE 
WORKING. 
ANOTHER CRUCIAL 
INITIATIVE HAS 
BEEN TO HELP 
RESTAURANTS FROM 
THE HARDEST HIT 
COMMUNITY. 
OUR TASK FORCE 
ON RACIAL 
INCLUSION EQUITY 
AND LEADERS OF 
THIS 
DEMONSTRATION 
AND COLOR ALL 
OVER THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
ARE LOOKING AT 
WAYS TO ADDRESS 
THIS CRISIS 
IMMEDIATELY AND 
PARTICULARLY IN 
THE 27 HARDEST 
HIT 
NEIGHBORHOODS. 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS THEY CAME 
UP WITH WAS THE 
RESTAURANT 
FINALIZATION 
PROGRAM 
ANNOUNCED IN 
JUNE TO HELP 
RESTAURANTS AND 
COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR TO SURVIVE 
AND KEEP 
IMPLORING PEOPLE 
AND KEEP THEIR 
CULTURES ALIVE 
AND THEY HAVE 
BEEN DOING THAT 
IN AN AMAZING 
WAY. 
I WANT TO THANK 
THE MAYOR'S FUND 
WORKING IN 
PARTNERSHIP AND 
WITH THE TASK 
FORCE ALREADY A 
WARNING TO $.59 
TO 100 
RESTAURANTS AND 
71% NOT ONLY ARE 
IN COMMUNITIES 
OF COLOR BUT ARE 
OWNED BY WOMEN 
OR PEOPLE OF 
COLOR AND NOT 
ONLY HELPING TO 
EMPLOY PEOPLE 
AGAIN AND KEEP 
RESTAURANTS 
ALIVE ALSO 
GETTING FREE 
MEALS TO NEW 
YORKERS THAT 
NEED IT. 
THIS IS A GREAT 
EXAMPLE OF DOING 
SOMETHING AND 
HELPING EACH 
OTHER. 
LET'S GO TO OUR 
INDICATORS. 
THE DAILY NUMBER 
OF PEOPLE 
ADMITTED FOR 
SUSPECTED COVID-
19 IS 200 
PATIENTS  AND 
THE CONFIRMED 
POSITIVE RATE 
AMONG THOSE 
PATIENTS IS ONLY 
4.6%. 
NUMBER TWO, YOU 
REPORTED CASES 
ON A SEVEN-DAY 
AVERAGE 
THRESHOLD IS 550 
CASES AND THEY 
HAVE REPORTED 
253 AND NUMBER 
THREE, THE 
PEOPLE TESTING 
POSITIVE IS 5% 
AND TODAY'S 
REPORT IS 0.8%. 
I LIKE ANY DAY 
THAT BEGINS WITH 
A ZERO. 
LET ME SAY A FEW 
WORDS IN SPANISH 
AND SINCE WE ARE 
GOING INTO THIS 
HOLIDAY, WE WANT 
TO REMIND PEOPLE 
THAT WE WILL NOT 
BE HAVING A 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
TOMORROW MORNING 
BUT WE WILL SEE 
YOU AGAIN ON 
TUESDAY, THE DAY 
AFTER LABOR DAY. 
A FEW WORDS IN 
SPANISH, [ 
SPEAKING FOREIGN 
LANGUAGE ].
WITH THAT, WE 
WILL TURN TO OUR 
COLLEAGUES IN 
THE MEDIA. 
>> WE WILL NOW 
BEGIN OUR Q&A. 
THE FIRST 
QUESTION TODAY 
GOES TO DAVE 
EVANS. 
>> CAN YOU HEAR 
ME? 
>> YEAH, DAVE. 
HOW ARE YOU 
DOING?  
>>  I WANTED TO 
ASK AND IF THE 
CONGRESSWOMAN IS 
STILL ON THE 
LINE -- 
>> WE CAN SEE IF 
WE CAN GET HER 
BACK  OTHERWISE 
WE WILL CONNECT 
YOU WITH HER 
SEPARATELY. 
>> I JUST WANT 
TO GET REACTIONS 
INTO WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
TWEETING OUT 
ABOUT  WHAT THE 
FEDERAL FUNDING 
AND I WANTED TO 
ASK -- 
>> WE LOST YOU 
FOR A MOMENT.  
YOU WANT TO ASK 
ME WHAT? 
>> WE ARE HAVING 
TROUBLE WITH THE 
CONNECTION. 
>> THE REASON 
WHY IT IS 
UNCONSTITUTIONAL 
IS BECAUSE OF 
BUDGETING AND 
MONEY WHICH IS A 
PART OF WHAT 
CONGRESS DOES. 
>> THAT IS 
ABSOLUTELY THE 
CASE  AND THE 
BUDGET IS QUITE 
CLEAR BUT I 
WOULD GO FURTHER 
AND SAY WHEN 
CONGRESS 
DETERMINES A 
BUDGET, IT IS 
MEANT TO 
IMPARTIALLY 
DISTRIBUTE 
RESOURCES 
REGARDLESS OF 
POLITICS 
ACCORDING TO THE 
NEEDS OF THE 
PEOPLE. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
DOWN THIS ROAD 
BEFORE WHERE THE 
PRESIDENT 
THREATENED TO 
TAKE AWAY 
FUNDING AND THIS 
IS CLEARLY A 
CAMPAIGN STUNT 
BUT THE PROBLEM 
IS THE 
CONSTITUTION 
DOES NOT AGREE 
AND THE SUPREME 
COURT DOES NOT 
AGREE. 
YOU CANNOT HOLD 
BACK FEDERAL 
FUNDING OVER A 
POLITICAL 
DIFFERENCE OR 
POLICY 
DIFFERENCE ONCE 
IT HAS BEEN 
ALLOCATED. 
THIS IS ANOTHER 
ONE OF THOSE 
THINGS THAT WILL 
GO NOWHERE BUT 
IF HE REALLY 
TRIES THIS, WE 
WILL GO TO COURT.
>> CONGRESS 
MEMBER, CAN YOU 
HEAR US?  
>> OVERTIME, ARE 
YOU OUT THERE?  
OKAY, WE WILL 
GET YOU BACK TO 
THAT SECOND 
QUESTION.  
WHO IS NEXT? 
>>  THE NEXT IS 
MICHAEL GARLAND 
FROM DAILY NEWS. 
>>  GOOD 
MORNING, MR. 
MAHER. 
I HAVE A COUPLE 
OF QUESTIONS. 
THE FIRST ONE IS 
ON SCHOOL 
VENTILATION 
SYSTEMS AND MY 
UNDERSTANDING IS 
THEY WERE 
SUPPOSED TO BE 
FINALIZED THIS 
WEEK. 
HAVE THEY BEEN 
AND WHAT ARE THE 
RESULTS OF 
THOSE? 
>> THE 
CHANCELLOR SPOKE 
TO THIS 
YESTERDAY  AND 
ALMOST ALL OF 
THEM WERE DONE 
AND THERE'S A 
FEW BEING 
FINISHED TODAY. 
WE WILL GET THE 
RESULTS OUT 
PUBLICLY AND 
WHAT WE ARE 
SEEING IS 
CLASSROOMS 
OVERWHELMINGLY, 
THE LAST I SAW 
WAS IN THE HIGH 
90% RIGHT NOW. 
WE WILL GET YOU 
THE FORMAL 
COUNTS AND IF 
THERE IS A 
PROBLEM, THERE 
IS TIME TO FIX 
THEM. 
IF FOR ANY 
REASON THE 
CLASSROOM IS NOT 
READY, IT WILL 
BE HELD BACK AND 
IF THERE IS A 
BUILDING WITH A 
PROBLEM, WE WILL 
FIX THE PROBLEM 
OR HOLD THAT 
BACK BUT 
OVERWHELMINGLY 
WE ARE SEEING 
GOOD RESULTS 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> THANK YOU.  
THE SECOND 
QUESTION IS ON 
THE ISSUE OF 
PEOPLE LEAVING 
THE CITY AND 
PEOPLE I HAVE 
SPOKEN TO ABOUT 
THIS THAT ARE IN 
THE PROCESS OF 
LEAVING OR ARE 
CONSIDERING IT, 
THEY ARE 
UNCERTAIN ABOUT 
THEIR KIDS 
FUTURES, MOST OF 
THEM I TALKED 
TO. 
THIS HAS TO DO 
WITH SCHOOLS AND 
CONTINUING TO BE 
ABLE TO GET 
THEIR KIDS A 
GOOD EDUCATION. 
THERE IS SOME 
CONCERN ABOUT 
CRIME AND ALSO 
THE POSSIBILITY 
THAT PROPERTY 
VALUES WILL GO 
DOWN. 
I KNOW YOU 
ADDRESS THIS 
YESTERDAY BUT 
THERE IS THIS 
IDEA THAT'S 
GOING AROUND 
THAT PEOPLE ARE 
SELLOUTS IF THEY 
LEAVE. 
ARE YOU 
SYMPATHETIC 
ABOUT WHAT 
PEOPLE'S 
DECISIONS TO 
LEAVE WERE ARE 
YOU CONCERNED 
AND I KNOW YOU 
SAID YESTERDAY 
PEOPLE WOULD 
COME TO THE CITY 
BUT ARE YOU 
CONCERNED THAT 
THE SHORT-TERM 
EROSIONS OF THE 
CITY TAXES? 
>> I TAKE THE 
LONG VIEW ON 
THIS.  
IT'S SO CLEAR. 
YOU GO BACK AND 
LOOK AT THE 60s 
AND 70s, WE HAD 
MASSIVE -- LET'S 
BE BLUNT, "WHITE 
FLIGHT" BUT THE 
CITY THEN BECAME 
MORE DIVERSE AND 
HAND STRENGTH 
AND GREW AND HAD 
REACHED A POINT 
WHERE WE HAVE 
THE MOST JOBS IN 
OUR HISTORY, 
PORTFOLIO 6 
MILLION JOBS AND 
IF YOU LOOK BACK 
AT THOSE TIMES 
HE WOULD SAY 
THERE'S NO WAY 
THE CITY 
COULD'VE COME 
BACK AFTER 
LOSING MILLIONS 
AND MILLIONS OF 
PEOPLE BUT IT 
CAME BACK 
STRONGER THAN 
EVER AND IS ONE 
OF THE GREATEST 
CITIES ON THE 
EARTH. 
YOU COULD SAY 
THE SAME EXACT 
THING AFTER 9/11 
AND AFTER 
HURRICANE SANDY 
AND AFTER THE 
GREAT RECESSION. 
THE CITY COMES 
BACK STRONGER 
AND THERE IS NO 
LACK OF PEOPLE 
IN THIS COUNTRY 
AND WORLD THAT 
WANT TO COME TO 
NEW YORK CITY 
AND NO LACK OF 
NEW YORKERS THAT 
WANT TO STAND 
AND FIGHT. 
I WOULD SAY THIS 
IS OUR HOME AND 
WE ARE NOT GOING 
ANYWHERE SO WE 
WILL FIGHT FOR 
IT. 
THE FOLKS THAT 
ARE NEWER HERE 
THAT DIDN'T HAVE 
ROOTS OR FEEL 
CONNECTED, I 
THINK THE NAME 
MAKE A MISTAKE 
BECAUSE I HAVE 
GOOD DAYS AHEAD 
AND I'M NOT 
GOING ANYWHERE 
OR THINKING 
ABOUT GOING 
ANYWHERE. 
THE HEROIC 
EFFORT TO BRING 
SCHOOLS BACK AND 
PEOPLE ARE PROUD 
TO BE NEW 
YORKERS. 
WE BOUGHT A 
HOUSE IN THE 
YEAR 2000 IN THE 
NEIGHBORHOOD 
THAT 10 YEARS 
EARLIER, THERE 
WERE TONS OF 
HOUSES AVAILABLE 
AND BY THE TIME 
WE GOT TO YEAR 
2000, WE COULD 
BARELY AFFORD 
OUR OWN 
NEIGHBORHOOD. 
PROPERTY VALUES 
HAVE SKYROCKETED 
FOR DECADES IN 
THE CITY. 
WE HAVE PROPERTY 
VALUES GOING UP 
YEARS AND YEARS 
AND THOSE 
PROPERTY VALUES 
WILL BE STRONGER 
MATTER WHAT. 
I TRULY BELIEVE 
ANYONE THAT 
LEADS WILL 
REGRET IT BUT I 
WANT TO FOCUS ON 
THE PEOPLE THAT 
ARE STAYING AND 
FIGHTING. 
>>  CAN YOU HEAR 
ME? 
>> YES, HOW ARE 
YOU DOING? 
>> GOOD, I WANT 
TO TALK ABOUT 
INDOOR DINING.  
WE HAVE ELECTED 
OFFICIALS AND 
CITY COUNCIL 
TALKING ABOUT 
BRINGING BACK 
LIMITED INDOOR 
DINING AND A 
LAWSUIT THAT HAS 
BEEN FILED. 
I KNOW YOU ARE 
SAYING YOU ARE 
GOING TO WAIT 
BUT PEOPLE WANT 
ANSWERS AND WANT 
TO KNOW WHAT 
WILL HAPPEN AND 
WHEN. 
>>  ALLISON AND 
I TOTALLY 
UNDERSTAND. 
I KNOW WHY 
ANYONE WOULD 
WANT ANSWERS AND 
I COULD'VE SAID 
SOMETHING THAT 
WASN'T TRUE BUT 
I'M NOT GOING TO 
DO THAT. 
THE HEALTH 
LEADERSHIP OF 
THE CITY THAT 
GUIDED US 
THROUGH THIS 
CRISIS IS VERY 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
INDOOR DINING 
AND THE STATE 
HAS BEEN 
CONCERNED AND 
ALL OVER THE 
WORLD WE HAVE 
SEEN A PROBLEM. 
LET ME BE VERY 
CLEAR. 
RESTAURANTS ARE 
DIFFERENT THAN 
BARS AND 
NIGHTCLUBS. 
THAT HAS BEEN 
EVEN MORE OF A 
PROBLEM SO WE 
WILL TREAT 
RESTAURANTS 
SEPARATELY. 
I SAID THIS WEEK 
WE WILL COME TO 
A DECISION IN 
THE NEXT DAY AND 
DEFINITELY IN 
THE MONTH OF 
SEPTEMBER AND 
GIVE GUIDANCE 
BASED ON ALL THE 
FACTS AND THE 
DATA AND 
RESTAURANT 
OWNERS THAT CAN 
THEN MAKE THEIR 
DECISION. 
WE HAVE OPEN 
RESTAURANTS 
THROUGH THE END 
OF OCTOBER AND 
LOOKING IF WE 
SHOULD EXTEND IT.
WE ARE LOOKING 
AT THAT DATE AND 
WE HAVE DELIVERY 
AND TAKE-OUT AND 
SOME RESTAURANTS 
WITH ALL THOSE 
TOOLS WILL BE 
ABLE TO KEEP 
GOING AND OTHERS 
ARE IN DESPERATE 
SHAPE. 
IT HAS TO BE 
HEALTH AND 
SAFETY FIRST AND 
HOW TO DEFEAT 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
WE WILL HAVE 
MORE GUIDANCE 
BUT THE GUNS 
WILL BE BASED ON 
WHAT IS THE 
INTEREST OF 8 
MILLION+ NEW 
YORKERS THAT 
HAVE TO BEAT 
THIS DISEASE. 
GO AHEAD. 
>> THAT WAS IT, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>  THANK YOU 
AND YOU GUYS ME 
KNOW IF YOU HAVE 
DAVE AND THE 
CONGRESSMAN 
BACK. 
>>  I'M BACK. 
>> LET'S SEE IF 
WE CAN GET DAVE 
BACK.  
>> I'M HERE. 
>> THIS IS A 
MIRACLE OF 
MODERN  
TECHNOLOGY. 
WELL DONE TO THE 
TEAM TODAY. 
DAVE HAS A 
QUESTION ABOUT 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S 
COMMENTS. 
GO AHEAD. 
>>  I WILL BE 
BRIEF. 
THANK YOU FOR 
COMING BACK AND 
I WANTED TO GET 
YOUR REACTION ON 
WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT SAID 
LAST NIGHT WITH 
FEDERAL FUNDING 
AND I HAVEN'T 
TOLD 7 BILLION 
IS WHAT WE 
ROUGHLY GET AND 
I THINK THAT 
SOUNDED A LITTLE 
LOW SO IF YOU 
COULD CORRECT 
THAT AND WHAT IS 
YOUR REACTION TO 
WHAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SAID? 
>> ABSOLUTELY,  
THIS IS THE 
THREAT AND LACK 
OF CHARACTER AND 
HIM TARGETING 
NEW YORK CITY 
ALONGSIDE MANY 
OF THE OTHER 
MAJOR 
MUNICIPALITIES. 
HE HAS ALREADY 
SAID THAT HE 
FOCUSED ON THIS 
AND THE CITY OF 
NEW YORK IN THE 
UPCOMING BUDGET 
UNDER THE HERO'S 
ACTS, WE HAVE 
BOOKS FOR THE 
MUNICIPALITIES 
CLOSE TO $12 
BILLION TO MAKE 
SURE THAT THE 
CITY OF NEW YORK 
IS WHOLE AFTER 
ALL IT HAS DONE 
WITH THIS 
PANDEMIC. 
I CERTAINLY 
BELIEVE THE 
FIGURE HE HAS 
BEEN QUOTED IN 
THE PRESS IS 
INACCURATE BUT 
WE NEED TO STAY 
FOCUSED ON 
NAVIGATING OUR 
CITY THROUGH 
THIS CRISIS. 
HE DOES NOT HAVE 
THE AUTHORITY TO 
DEFUND ANY CITY 
IN THE STATION 
AND WE WILL 
CERTAINLY USE 
EVERY AUTHORITY 
WE HAVE IN 
CONGRESS TO MAKE 
SURE THAT HE 
DOES NOT 
MANIPULATE 
FEDERAL AGENCIES 
IN TERMS OF HOW 
FUNDS ARE 
DISRUPTED IN ANY 
FORM OR FASHION. 
WE ARE DEALING 
WITH SOMEONE WHO 
HAS DEMONSTRATED 
A LACK OF 
CAPACITY TO LEAD 
AND IN THIS 
CLIMATE, WE NEED 
LEADERSHIP THAT 
WILL NAVIGATE 
OUR NATION 
THROUGH THIS 
PANDEMIC AND 
MAKE SURE THE 
ECONOMY IS MADE 
WHOLE AND GET IT 
TO A POINT WHERE 
WE ARE UNITED. 
>>  ONE LAST 
POINT, YOU JUST 
HEARD FROM A 
MEMBER OF THE 
UNITED STATES 
CONGRESS AND AS 
A REMINDER, 
DONALD TRUMP HAS 
A FOUNDING 
FATHERS PROBLEM. 
THE CONSTITUTION 
SO CLEARLY 
STATES THAT 
CONGRESS GETS TO 
MAKE THE 
DECISIONS ON THE 
BUDGET. 
IT MAY BE HARD 
FOR DONALD TRUMP 
TO HEAR BECAUSE 
HE HAS A BEEN IN 
NEW YORK CITY TO 
MOVE TO FLORIDA 
BUT HERE IS A 
NEW WERE A REAL 
NEW YORKER 
SAYING THAT 
DONALD TRUMP 
DOES NOT GET TO 
MAKE THAT 
DECISION AND IT 
HAS ALREADY BEEN 
MADE AND WE WILL 
GET THE FUNDING 
THAT IS SLATED 
FOR US SO WE CAN 
SERVE THE PEOPLE 
OF THE CITY. 
THANK YOU YVETTE 
AND THANK YOU 
DAVE. 
>>  BEFORE WE 
HANG UP, HAVE A 
LOT OF FRIENDS 
OUT THERE AND 
LET ME THANK YOU 
FOR REMINDING ME 
TO REMOVE THE 
LIPSTICK FROM MY 
TEETH, THANK 
YOU. 
>> [ LAUGHING ] 
, YOUR FAN CLUB 
IS LOOKING OUT 
FOR YOU. 
>> THE NEXT IS 
JULIA MARSH FROM 
THE POST.  
>> GOOD MORNING, 
MR. MAHER.  
I'M SURE YOU SAW 
SPEAKER COREY 
JOHNSON 
YESTERDAY CALLED 
FOR AN IMMEDIATE 
RETURN TO INDOOR 
DINING AND THE 
GOVERNOR WAS 
ASKED ABOUT IT 
JUST NOW AND 
SAID THEY WILL 
CONTACT THE 
SPEAKER TODAY 
AND THAT IT IS 
UP TO COREY 
JOHNSON TO GET 
THE NYPD TO DO 
ENFORCEMENT ON 
INDOOR DINING. 
IF THAT IS WHAT 
THEY DECIDE TO 
DO. 
GIVEN THAT THE 
GOVERNOR IS 
GOING TO COREY 
JOHNSON ON THIS, 
DO YOU FILL 
SIDELINED OR 
FEEL THAT THEY 
WAITED TOO LONG 
TO MAKE A PLAN? 
>> I AM TOTALLY 
AT PEACE THAT 
WHAT WE HAVE 
DONE HAS FOCUSED 
ON  THE SAFETY 
OF NEW YORKERS 
AND THAT IS WHY 
THE CITY IS NOW 
THE ENVY OF THE 
NATION IN TERMS 
OF FIGHTING BACK 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
WITH SUCH A LOW 
INFECTION RATE 
AND BE ABLE TO 
BRING BACK THE 
ECONOMY AND 
SCHOOLS AND I 
THINK IT HAS 
BEEN RIGHT TO BE 
CAREFUL AND 
CAUTIOUS SO WE 
WILL KEEP 
LOOKING AT THE 
ISSUE AND HAVE 
MORE TO SAY IN 
THE COMING DAYS 
BUT I FEEL VERY 
CONFIDENT THAT 
WE HAVE DONE THE 
RIGHT THING TO 
PROTECT THE 
PEOPLE OF THE 
CITY. 
>> OKAY, THIS 
WILL ULTIMATELY 
BE A DECISION BY 
THE GOVERNOR  SO 
DO YOU FILL 
SIDELINED GIVEN 
THAT NOW HE IS 
DISCUSSING WITH 
THE COUNCIL 
SPEAKER ABOUT 
REOPENING THESE 
RESTAURANTS? 
>> HE CAN 
DISCUSS  WITH 
ANYONE HE WANTS 
TO AS I SAID 
LITERALLY 
HUNDREDS OF 
TIMES FROM THIS 
CHAIR, THE CITY 
AND STATE ARE IN 
CONSTANT 
DIALOGUE EVERY 
DAY AT MULTIPLE 
LEVELS AND THERE 
HAS BEEN A LOT 
OF HARMONY ON 
THE BASIC 
DIRECTION. 
THE STATE IS 
UNDERSTANDING 
THE CHALLENGES 
THAT COME WITH 
INDOOR ACTIVITY 
AND ESPECIALLY 
WHERE PEOPLE 
DON'T WEAR 
MASKS. 
I'M JUST NOT 
TAKING THE BAIT, 
JULIA. 
WE WILL MAKE 
DECISIONS 
TOGETHER AS WE 
ALWAYS HAVE AND 
WE WILL DO WHAT 
IS IN THE 
INTEREST OF THE 
CITY. 
>> HELLO, MAYOR. 
I DON'T THINK 
ANY OF US CAN 
EASILY BOUNCES 
INTO YOU AND THE 
GOVERNOR EXACTLY 
THE SAME TIME 
BUT WE ARE DOING 
OUR BEST. 
TO JULIA'S POINT 
A MOMENT AGO, 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS THE 
GOVERNOR JUST 
NOW SAID WAS YOU 
DON'T HAVE 
ENOUGH FOR THEM 
TO DO THE 
COMPLIANCE WHEN 
YOU GO TO INDOOR 
DINING. 
HE SAYING YOU 
NEED THREE OR 
4000 DEDICATED 
MEMBERS OF THE 
NYPD THAT WILL 
BE DOING 
RESTAURANT 
COMPLIANCE 
OTHERWISE YOU 
ARE INVITING THE 
PROBLEM.  
YOUR RESPONSE TO 
THAT? 
>> I WILL NOT 
COMMENT  ON WHAT 
THE GOVERNOR 
SAID ON ANY 
GIVEN DAY AND 
WHAT REALLY 
MATTERS IS THE 
ONGOING DIALOGUE 
BETWEEN THE CITY 
AND THE STATE. 
EVERYONE KNOWS 
OUR BUDGET 
SITUATION RIGHT 
NOW. 
WE OBVIOUSLY 
WANT TO MAKE 
SURE WE HAVE 
PEOPLE FROM THE 
CITY GOVERNMENT 
IN THE RIGHT 
PLACE AND AT THE 
RIGHT TIME DOING 
THE WORK AND THE 
SHERIFF'S OFFICE 
HAS DONE AN 
AMAZING JOB AND 
ABSOLUTELY 
OUTSTANDING WITH 
QUARANTINE 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
NYPD HAS A LOT 
ON ITS HANDS AS 
THEY ARE DEALING 
WITH SO MANY 
CHALLENGES AND 
FIGHTING BACK 
THE CHALLENGES 
WE FACE. 
IN WHILE, AND 
CENTRAL CONCERN 
IS WHERE IS THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT WITH 
THE STIMULUS AND 
WHERE IS THE 
STATE GOVERNMENT 
AND IN FACT 
THERE IS A 
THREAT CAUSING 
TO CUT EVEN MORE 
NEW YORK CITY 
PERSONNEL SO I 
WILL NOT ENGAGE 
THAT. 
LET'S GET TO THE 
WORK OF FIGURING 
OUT WHAT IS 
HEALTHY AND SAFE 
FOR NEW YORKERS 
AND THEN LET'S 
ACTUALLY PROTECT 
PEOPLE. 
WHAT ALBANY NEED 
TO DO IS GIVE US 
THAT LONG-TERM. 
>> MY SECOND 
QUESTION HAS TO 
DO WITH THE 
SCHOOL AND WITH 
REGARD TO THE  
COVID-19 TESTING 
WHICH WAS AN 
ESSENTIAL PART 
OF YOUR  DEAL, 
OUR 
UNDERSTANDING IS 
IT DOESN'T 
REALLY START 
UNTIL OCTOBER 
BUT THE STUDENTS 
RETURN SEPTEMBER 
21. 
ARE YOU NOT 
RISKING ALL 
SPREAD ON THOSE 
FIRST DAYS OR DO 
YOU HAVE SOME 
PLAN TO GET A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
NUMBER OF 
STUDENTS AND 
FACULTY TESTED 
BEFORE THE 21st? 
>>  WE WILL DO 
WHAT SURPASSES 
THE STANDARD 
AROUND THE WORLD.
EVEN IN THE 
COUNTRIES THAT 
HAVE ON THE BEST 
EFFORTS TO FIGHT 
BACK THE 
CORONAVIRUS AND 
THE BEST EFFORTS 
TO REOPEN 
SCHOOLS, WE WILL 
MAKE RETESTING 
AVAILABLE WITH 
FAST TURNAROUNDS 
FOR ALL 
EDUCATORS AND 
STAFF FROM THIS 
DAY FORWARD I 
WILL CONSTANTLY 
ENCOURAGE THEM 
TO GET THAT 
TESTING AND 
ENCOURAGE 
PARENTS TO GET 
THEIR KIDS 
TESTED. 
WE HAVE OVER 200 
SITES WHERE 
PEOPLE CAN GET 
TESTED FOR FREE 
AND THIS IS AN 
EXTREMELY 
COMPREHENSIVE 
EFFORT. 
THEN, PER THE 
AGREEMENT, WE 
WILL START 
SYSTEMATIC 
TESTING IN 
OCTOBER AND I 
THINK THE 
COMBINATION WILL 
GIVE US WHAT WE 
NEED. 
>> THE NEXT IS 
JULIAN  JONAS. 
>> HEY, MR. 
MAHER.  
>>  THANK YOU 
FOR YOUR 
SUGGESTION. 
>>  I WANTED TO 
THANK YOU FOR 
THE SHOUT OUT. 
TOTALLY NOT 
NECESSARY BUT I 
HAVE TO MENTION 
THAT THEY CAN 
USE ALL THE HELP 
THEY CAN GET. 
>> IT IS A NOBLE 
CAUSE. 
>> IT IS A NOBLE 
CAUSE BUT IT 
MIGHT BE  
POINTLESS. 
I DON'T KNOW. 
ALSO, YOU TALK 
TO ABOUT 
DISPARITIES AND 
THE CBC REPORTS 
THAT TAXPAYERS 
ARE SUBSIDIZING 
AROUND $10 AND 
ALMOST 10 TIMES 
NEAR CITY 
TRANSIT AND BEST 
WAYS. 
JUST 24% UP FROM 
LAST YEAR AND 
THE LOWEST OF 
ALL TRANSIT 
SYSTEMS AND THEY 
CAN REQUIRE 
SUBSIDIES OF 
MUCH IS 25 AND 
THEY REPORTED A 
MAJORITY ARE 
WHITE WITH 
AVERAGE MEDIUM 
INCOME. 
THEY CUT 65 
MILLION.  
>> YOUR MIXING A 
COUPLE POINT 
TOGETHER.  
THE ISSUE HAS 
BEEN A GOOD 
INITIATIVE IS 
PEOPLE WERE 
TAKING THE 
SUBWAYS AND 
USING THAT 
SUBSIDY. 
THE FAIRY 
RIDERSHIP HAS 
BEEN COMING BACK 
STRONG AND HIS 
PARTNER BRING 
BACK NEW YORK 
CITY. 
I THINK YOU JUST 
LOOK AT WHERE 
THE FAVORITES 
ARE HOW AND 
WHERE THEY WILL 
BE. 
WITH THE HOUSES 
AND PLACES THAT 
NEEDED A LOT 
MORE MASS 
TRANSIT. 
WE WILL BE GOING 
TO CONEY ISLAND 
AND STATEN 
ISLAND AND THIS 
IS THE FUTURE OF 
NEW YORK CITY TO 
HAVE MORE AND 
DIFFERENT TYPES 
OF MASS TRANSIT.
MORE IN 
DIFFERENT TYPES 
OF MASS TRANSIT. 
WE ARE NOT USING 
OUR WATERWAYS 
THE WAY THEY 
NEED TO. 
THIS IS AN 
INVESTMENT IN 
THE FUTURE. 
I WILL KEEP 
SAYING TO THEM 
YOU ARE MISSING 
THE FOREST FOR 
THE TREES. 
THE FUTURE FOR 
THE CITY IS TO 
GET PEOPLE OUT 
OF THEIR CARS 
AND MORE AND 
MORE PEOPLE VERY 
CONFIDENT WE ARE 
MOVING IN THE 
RIGHT DIRECTION 
AS THE SYSTEM 
BUILDS OUT IS 
GOING TO GO MUCH 
MORE DEEPLY INTO 
COMMUNITIES THAT 
ARE UNDERSERVED 
AND THAT 
INCLUDES A LOT 
OF COMMUNITIES 
OF COLOR, A LOT 
OF LOW INCOME 
COMMUNITIES THAT 
ARE DESPERATE 
FOR THIS SERVICE.
>> IF I REMEMBER 
CORRECTLY YOU'RE 
OPPOSED TO THE 
FARES FOR A LONG 
TIME 
>> I WANT NEVER 
WAS OPPOSED I 
THOUGHT FROM DAY 
ONE IT WAS A 
GOOD IDEA. 
ORIGINALLY WHAT 
I SAID, GIVEN 
WHAT THE CITY 
WAS GOING 
THROUGH FISCALLY 
THAN I WANTED 
THE MTA TO COVER 
THE COST. 
ALSO CAME TO AN 
AGREEMENT THAT 
THE CITY WOULD 
DO THAT AS A 
MAJOR PRIORITY 
FOR THE COUNCIL. 
I HAVE ALWAYS 
SAID IT'S A VERY 
GOOD IDEA, IT'S 
ONE I THINK THE 
STATE SHOULD 
HAVE COVERED BUT 
WE ULTIMATELY 
MADE THE 
DECISION TO MOVE 
FORWARD. 
>> FAIR ENOUGH. 
>> WHAT IS THE 
STATUS OF THE 
OAKLAND CLEAN 
CONNECTOR? 
>> EVERYTHING IS 
BEEN SLOW DOWN 
BY THE REALITY 
OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
JUST BEFORE IT 
HIT THE 
BEGINNING OF THE 
PROCESS HAD 
STARTED. 
I NEED TO GET AN 
UPDATE BECAUSE I 
KNOW THAT WAS 
DISRUPTED. 
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE 
GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO DO 
THE WORK AND THE 
DECISIONS WILL 
HAVE TO BE MADE 
BY AND LARGE IN 
THE NEXT 
ADMINISTRATION 
GIVEN THE TIME 
OF THE HAS BEEN 
LOST HERE. 
THE IDEA AGAIN 
IS TO MAXIMIZE 
MASS TRANSIT. 
THAT A LOT MORE 
SELECT BUS 
SERVICE, WE'VE 
ADDED NEW BUS 
WAYS AND WE HAVE 
GREATLY EXPANDED 
CITY BIKE AND 
BIKE LANES. 
I THINK LIGHT 
RAIL IS AN 
IMPORTANT PART 
OF THIS EQUATION 
IT HAS BEEN ALL 
OVER THE 
COUNTRY. 
A LOT OF 
DECISIONS WILL 
HAVE TO BE 
DEFERRED TO THE 
FUTURE BUT THE 
MORE WE CAN 
BUILD OUT MASS 
TRANSIT THE 
BETTER OFF WE 
WILL BE. 
>> WE HAVE TWO 
MORE QUESTIONS. 
>> Reporter: 
HELLO MAYOR, HOW 
ARE YOU? 
>> I AM GOOD. 
>> ARE YOU STILL 
WITH US? 
>> GO AHEAD, SHE 
IS STILL WITH 
US. 
GO AHEAD. 
>> MY FIRST 
QUESTION IS YOU 
HAVE ANY IDEA 
WHAT WILL BE THE 
DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN CLASSES 
IN HOME AND 
ONLINE LEARNING? 
WHAT ARE THE 
DIFFERENCES IN 
TERMS OF 
EDUCATION AND 
SOCIAL 
EVALUATION. 
>> THAT'S A 
REALLY IMPORTANT 
QUESTION. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
SERVE EVERY 
CHILD, THAT IS 
THE MANDATE OF 
PUBLIC 
EDUCATION. 
I BELIEVE IN 
THAT 
FUNDAMENTALLY. 
THE FACT IS IT 
IS HARDER TO DO 
REMOTE FOR 
EVERYONE, HARDER 
FOR EDUCATORS, 
WE ARE DO OUR 
BEST JOB 
POSSIBLE AND 
CONTINUE TO 
ALWAYS IMPROVE 
IT. 
IT IS MORE 
DIFFICULT TO 
EVALUATE A CHILD 
REMOTELY. 
IT IS HARDER TO 
PROVIDE 
COUNSELING AND 
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
. IT IS HARDER TO
PROVIDE MENTAL 
AND PHYSICAL 
HEALTH SERVICES 
THAT CAN BE 
PROVIDED IN 
SCHOOL. 
WE WILL DO OUR 
BEST TO ACHIEVE 
AS MUCH PARITY 
AS WE CAN. 
WE HAVE MUCH 
MORE ABILITY TO 
SERVE CHILDREN 
IN PERSON AND 
LOOK, YESTERDAY 
A GREAT EXAMPLE, 
THE SCHOOL I WAS 
IN IN BROOKLYN, 
PERFECT BEACON 
OF WHAT A 
COMMUNITY NEEDS 
AND WHY A SCHOOL 
BUILDING CAN BE 
SUCH AN 
INSPIRING PLACE 
FOR CHILDREN. 
WE CAN'T DO ALL 
THAT ONLINE BUT 
WE WILL DO THE 
VERY BEST WE 
CAN. 
GO AHEAD. 
>> Reporter: IS 
SUING VISA THE 
COMMUNITY IS 
SUFFERING. 
COMMENTS? 
DO YOU THINK YOU 
CAN DO ANYTHING 
ON THIS? 
>> I KNOW THIS 
IS A VERY DEEPLY 
FELT ISSUE FOR 
HER AS A CHILD 
OF IMMIGRANTS 
HERSELF. 
IRONICALLY, I 
DON'T KNOW IF 
THE PRESIDENT 
CAN UNDERSTAND 
THAT, WHAT HE IS 
DOING IS UN-
AMERICAN. 
HE IS LITERALLY 
TRYING TO BREAK 
UP FAMILIES AND 
DESTROY WHAT HAS 
WORKED FOR 
AMERICA FOR 
GENERATIONS. 
I WORKED FOR MY 
GRANDPARENTS WHO 
CAME HERE FROM 
ITALY. 
PEOPLE BRING 
THEIR 
EXTRAORDINARY 
ENERGY AND 
TALENTS FROM 
EVERY CORNER OF 
THE WORLD. 
THAT'S WHAT'S 
MADE AMERICA 
GREAT AND THIS 
PRESIDENT IS 
SINGLE-HANDEDLY 
TRYING TO DO 
THAT BUT MORE 
HUMANLY HE'S 
STOPPING 
FAMILIES TO BE 
UNITED WHICH IS 
NEVER BEEN 
ALLOWED 
PREVIOUSLY, IN 
RECENT HISTORY 
AT LEAST. 
IT IS JUST 
HORRIBLE AND A 
HUMAN LEVEL THAT 
WE WOULD EVER 
HAVE A POLICY 
THAT STOPS 
FAMILIES FROM 
COMING TOGETHER 
WHO WANT TO BE A 
PART OF THIS 
NATION. 
LET ME TURN TO 
EVE THAT WHO CAN 
TALK ABOUT WHAT 
SHE THINKS AND 
WHAT CONGRESS 
MIGHT BE ABLE TO 
DO ABOUT IT. 
>> THANK YOU MR. 
MAYOR THANK YOU 
FOR RAISING 
THAT, THE CITY 
OF NEW YORK HAS 
BEEN A LONG-
STANDING GATEWAY 
FOR IMMIGRANTS 
TO EMBRACE THE 
AMERICAN DREAM, 
PART OF THAT IS 
FAMILY 
REUNIFICATION AND
DONALD TRUMP AND 
HIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAVE TOTALLY 
DISRUPTED WHAT 
HAS BEEN A 
HISTORIC PATHWAY 
FOR INDIVIDUALS 
TO SEEK THE 
AMERICAN DREAM 
WHETHER IT IS 
THOSE SEEKING 
ASYLUM ARE THOSE 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
LAWFULLY TRYING 
TO REUNITE WITH 
THEIR FAMILY 
MEMBERS BY 
APPLYING FOR 
VISAS. 
YOU'RE 
ABSOLUTELY 
CORRECT, THIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAS SLOWED DOWN 
THAT PROCESS, 
HAS MADE IT MUCH 
MORE DIFFICULT 
FOR INDIVIDUALS 
TO EVEN AFFORD 
TO PURCHASE THE 
SERVICES OF THE 
U.S. DIS. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
VERY FOCUSED IN 
THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES. 
UNFORTUNATELY WE 
DON'T HAVE 
SHARED VALUES IN 
THE U.S. SENATE. 
SO RIGHT NOW, 
THINGS ARE 
SOMEWHAT AS A 
STANDSTILL. 
ARE ABLE 
THROUGHOUT 
OFFICES TO DO 
SOME LIMITED WORK
WITH THE U.S. DIS
, UNFORTUNATELY 
THOUGH FOR THE 
MOST PART, THE 
MUSLIM BAN THAT 
WAS PUT INTO 
EFFECT, CLOSING 
OF THE BORDERS 
THE THREAT OF 
COVID-19.  
IRONICALLY NOW 
NO ONE WANTS US 
TO TRAVEL TO 
THEIR NATION. 
BUT ALL OF THIS 
AMOUNTS TO 
XENOPHOBIA, 
POLITICAL AGENDA 
THAT DONALD 
TRUMP BELIEVES 
WILL GAIN HIM 
FAVOR WITH A 
CERTAIN SECTION 
OF THE 
POPULATION. 
WE WILL CONTINUE 
TO PUSH FOR THE 
REUNIFICATION OF 
OUR FAMILIES AND 
THESE AGENCIES 
UNDER THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY
TO DO THEIR JOB, 
THEIR MANDATED 
JOB. 
I DON'T 
ANTICIPATE A 
MAJOR UPTICK IN 
THAT WORK TO 
TAKE PLACE, 
UNFORTUNATELY 
BEFORE THE 
GENERAL 
ELECTION, THIS 
IS THE REALITY 
WE ARE LIVING IN 
AND WE HAVE BEEN 
LIVING IN THAT 
WHITE SOME TIME 
BUT IT IS GOTTEN 
WORSE AS WE 
APPROACH THE 
ELECTION. 
>> ISN'T THAT 
THE TRUTH. 
>> LAST QUESTION 
OF THE DAY GOES 
TO DANA OF THE 
NEW YORK TIMES. 
>> HOW ARE YOU? 
>> THANK YOU. 
LONG-TERM 
BORROWING, I'M 
CURIOUS WHY IT 
MAKES SENSE TO 
TAKE ON MORE 
OVERHEAD IN THE 
FORM OF ANNUAL 
DEBT IS A 
WIDESPREAD 
EXPECTATION THAT 
THE REVENUE THAT 
WOULD SUPPORT 
THAT SERVICE IS 
POISED TO 
DECLINE OVER THE 
NEXT FEW YEARS. 
>> I'M GLAD YOU 
ASK IT BECAUSE I 
THINK WE NEED TO 
HAVE A MUCH 
FULLER 
CONVERSATION 
ABOUT THIS SO 
LET'S GO BACK TO 
THE HISTORY. 
IN THE AFTERMATH 
OF 9/11, REALLY 
TOUGH TIME FOR 
THE CITY. 
THEN MAYOR 
GIULIANI GOT THE 
LONG TERM 
BORROWING 
AUTHORITY 20 
YEAR REPAYMENT 
BASIS ASKED FOR 
2.5 BILLION 
AUTHORITY. 
MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG CAME 
INTO THE OFFICE 
HE USED 2 
BILLION DID NOT 
USE THE FULL 
AUTHORITY AND 
THAT HAS BEEN 
PAID BACK 
STEADILY. 
BUT THINK ABOUT 
AS WITH ANYTHING 
IN LIFE. 
IF YOU PAY BACK 
OVER 20 YEARS 
YOU CAN HANDLE 
THE PAYMENTS. 
BUT YOU ARE 
RIGHT, WHAT 
ABOUT THE NEXT 
FEW YEARS WITH 
REVENUE? 
WE DO EXPECT 
CHALLENGES WITH 
REVENUE BUT NOT 
THE KIND OF 
CHALLENGES THAT 
WOULD STOP US 
FROM PAYING BACK 
A MODEST AMOUNT 
OF BORROWING 
OVER WHAT WE ARE 
ASKING FOR, 30 
YEAR TERM, OUR 
REQUESTS TO 
ALBANY IS THE 
ABILITY TO 
BORROW UP TO FIVE
BILLION, 
COMBINATION OF 
YEARS, IT IS 
IMPORTANT TO 
RECOGNIZE, WE 
DON'T WANT TO 
USE THAT 
AUTHORITY IF WE 
DON'T HAVE TO. 
A STIMULUS WAS 
PASSED AND MADE 
US WHOLE WE 
WOULDN'T BORROW 
AT ALL, WE WOULD 
ONLY USE A SMALL 
AMOUNT OF THE 
BORROWING. 
BUT WHEN YOU'RE 
TALKING ABOUT 
READ PAYMENT ON 
A 30 YEAR BASIS, 
THAT SERVICE IS 
QUITE MODEST AND 
DOES NOT CHANGE 
THE FUNDAMENTAL 
REALITY OF THE 
BUDGET. 
IT IS A SMALL 
AMOUNT. WHAT I 
WOULD ARGUE, DANA
, THIS IS TO 
CONNECT THE DOTS
, YOU COULD SAY 
JUST KEEP CUTTING
, YOU MIGHT HAVE 
MORE CHALLENGES 
AHEAD, LESS 
REVENUE. 
IF YOU KEEP 
CUTTING YOU'RE 
GOING TO SET THE 
CITY BACK. IF WE 
DON'T HAVE BASIC 
SERVICES THAT 
ARE STRONG WERE 
NOT GOING TO BE 
ABLE TO BRING 
BACK OUR ECONOMY 
AND STRENGTHEN 
OUR REVENUE. 
SPEED OUR 
RECOVERY. 
ALSO IF YOU GO 
TO LAYOFFS 
YOU'RE PUTTING 
MORE FAMILIES IN 
A HORRIBLE 
PLACE, WE ARE 
PUTTING PEOPLE 
OUT OF WORK WE 
WANT TO AVOID 
THAT AT ALL 
COSTS. 
PEOPLE 
IMMEDIATELY JUMP 
TO THE 1970S AND 
COMPARE 40 TO 50 
YEARS AGO, 
FUNDAMENTALLY 
MISUNDERSTANDING 
HOW STRONG NEW 
YORK CITY IS 
TODAY, HOW 
STRONG IT WAS AS 
RECENTLY AS 
FEBRUARY. 
WE HAVE VERY 
EXTRAORDINARY, 
REALLY ECONOMIC 
PROFILES, 
DIVERSE STRONG 
ECONOMY THAT 
WILL COME BACK. 
IF WE DON'T 
INVEST IN 
KEEPING CITY 
SERVICES STRONG 
WILL HINDER THAT 
COME BACK, THAT 
IS WHAT I 
FUNDAMENTALLY 
BELIEVE. 
GO AHEAD. 
>> PLANNING 
WORKING OUT OF 
THE GYM AT THIS 
POINT IN THE 
PANDEMIC? 
>> IT'S NOT 
ABOUT COMFORT 
I'M JUST NOT 
PLANNING TO GO 
BACK RIGHT NOW. 
SOMEDAY BUT NOT 
RIGHT NOW. 
ALL RIGHT 
EVERYBODY. 
LOOK, WE 
STARTED, I'LL 
FINISH, THANK 
YOU, ESPECIALLY 
TO YVETTE CLARK, 
CONGRESS MEMBER, 
MY OLD FRIEND 
WHO HAS BEEN 
TALKING SO 
POWERFULLY ABOUT 
THE COMMUNITY AS 
WE GET READY FOR 
THIS HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND. 
LET'S MAKE LABOR 
DAY WHAT IT HAS 
ALWAYS BEEN FOR 
US, 
EXTRAORDINARY 
WARM POSITIVE 
PART OF THE 
YEAR, LET'S MAKE 
IT SAFE. 
NEW YORKERS 
REALLY CARE, 
THIS IS WHAT WE 
FOUND IN THIS 
CRISIS, WE ASK 
THE PEOPLE OF 
THE CITY TO DO 
EXTRAORDINARY 
THINGS, LOOK OUT 
FOR EACH OTHER 
IN AMAZING WAYS 
WITH YOUR 
TALKING ABOUT 
HEALTHCARE, 
FIRST 
RESPONDERS, THE 
FOLKS WHO WORK 
IN GROCERY 
STORES OR 
PHARMACIES, NEW 
YORKERS JUST 
LOOK OUT FOR 
EACH OTHER. 
NEIGHBORS LOOK 
OUT FOR 
NEIGHBORS. 
THIS IS WHO WE 
ARE, THIS 
WEEKEND, LOOK 
OUT FOR EACH 
OTHER. 
BE CAREFUL, BE 
SMART. 
LET'S AVOID 
LARGE GATHERINGS 
LET'S AVOID 
ANYTHING THAT 
CAN SPREAD THIS 
DISEASE. 
LET'S BE SAFE, 
LET'S UNDERSTAND 
THIS IS A 
WEEKEND TO FOCUS 
ON HEALTH AND 
SAFETY. 
THE CITY HAS 
SHOWN TIME AND 
TIME AGAIN THAT 
NO ONE CARES 
MORE THAN NEW 
YORKERS SO LET'S 
USE THAT HEART 
AND PASSION TO 
KEEP EACH OTHER 
SAFE. 
WITHOUT EVERYONE,
VERY HAPPY, 
HEALTHY, SAFE 
LABOR DAY 
WEEKEND, THANK 
YOU. 
