>>> GOOD MORNING 
EVERYBODY. 
SORKS THE 
CALENDAR KEEP 
MOVING. 
TIME KEEPS 
MONVIG ON. 
A LOT OF 
IMPORTANT THINGS 
KEEP HAPPENING. 
 WIANPET OPE LTO 
THINK ABOUT WHAT 
WE HAVE TO DO AS 
NEW YORKERS. 
THE MOST 
IMPORTANTHT  ING
FOR THE CITY AND 
THE COUNTRY, THE 
MOST IMPORTANT 
ELECTIONS IN OUR 
LIVES, 62 DAYS 
AWAY NOW. 
ALSO JUST 28 
DAYS AWAY, THE 
CENSUS DEADLINE. 
I REINMD 
VEERYE,ON THE 
DEADLINE WAS 
SUPSEPOD  TOBE 
RAY MONTH LATER 
BUT THE 
PRESIDENT 
DECIDED TO MOVE 
IT TO EARLIER IN 
THE MIDDLE OF A 
PANDEMIC. 
WE CAN COMMENT 
ON THAT ALL WE 
WANT BUT FOR NOW 
THIS IS A 
REALITY. 
THS ICOULD NOT 
BE MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WE HAVE THIS 
CONTU DOWN CLOKC 
UP EVERY DAY 
UNTIL THE LAST 
DAY FOR THE 
CESUNS O TBE 
REPORTED. 
I LIKE TO GIVE 
CREDIT WHERE 
CREDIT IS DUE. 
OFN TEOUR 
COLLEAGUES IN 
THE MEDIA RAISE 
ISSUES TT HAWE 
NED ETOFO LLOW-
UP ON. 
I WANT TO THANK 
JILLIAN OF WBAI 
WHO SAID IF YOU 
HAVE AN ELECTION 
COUNT DOWN YOU 
SHOULD HAVE A 
NCESUS COUNT 
DOWN. 
WE DO. 
WE HAVE PEOPLE 
OUT KNOCKING N O
DOORS. 
WE HAVE PUT A 
HUGE AMOUNT OF 
ENERGY AND 
RESOURCES INTO A 
VAST GRASS ROOTS 
NETWORK OF 
ORGANIZATIONS 
AND INDIVIDUALS 
WHO ARE HELPING 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT NEW YORKERS 
ARE COUNTED. 
I WAT NTO THANK 
THE TEAM T AHTE 
CENSUS EFFORT 
BUT I WANT TO 
REMIND EVYOERNE 
THAT THEY ARE 
FIGHTING STRONG 
HEAD WINDS 
BECAUSE THERE IS 
A PADNEMC IAND 
PEOPLE ARE 
CAREFUL ABOUT 
CONTACT WITH 
OTHER PEOPLE. 
HETRE IS 
TREMENDOUS, AT 
THIS POINT, A 
LACK O
F 
INFORMATION FLOW 
AND CONCERN 
BECAUSE OF THE 
NATURE OF WHAT 
IS HAPPENING NI 
OUR SOCIETY IN 
GENERAL. 
SO WE HAVE A 
PROBLEM. 
NEW YORKERS LIKE 
TO HEAR THINGS 
BLUNTLY, THE 
BLUNT TRUTH IS 
THAT WE HAVE A 
PROBLEM WHEN IT 
COMES TO THE 
CENSUS COUNT 
DOWN, WE ARE 
RUNNING OUT OF 
TIME AND WE HAVE 
A RESPONSE RATE 
THAT IS TOO LOW. 
59%, THAT IS NOT 
WHERE EWERTP TO 
BE. 
I UNDERSTAND 
THAT PEOPLE ARE 
DEALING WITH SO 
MANY THINGS BUT 
IT ONLY TAKES A 
FEW MINUTES TO 
FILL OUT E TH
FORM AND IT 
MAKES A HUGE 
DIFFERENCE FOR 
OUR CITY. 
57.9% COMPARED 
TO THE COUNTRY, 
THE NATIONAL 
AVERAGE IS 55%. 
WVE HAE CATCHING 
UP TO DO. 
SOME 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
THAT IS 
PARTICULARLY 
TRUE. 
THE LOWEST 
RESPONSE RATE IN 
SOME NEW YORK 
CITY 
NEIGHBORHOODS IS 
43%. 
WE CN ANOT HAVE 
NEW YORK 
UNDERCOUNTS. 
WE ARE FIGHTING 
A CRISIS TODAY 
UTB  WEHAVE TO 
THINK AHEAD. 
IF  HWEAVE ONE 
OR TWO FEWER 
MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS FROM 
NEW YORK CITY WE 
VHAE ATHT MUCH 
LESS CLOWNT AND 
LESS ABILITY TO 
ACCESS 
RESOURCES. 
OUR VOICES WILL 
NOT BE HEARD AS 
THEY NEED TO EB. 
IF WE LOSE 
POTENTIALLY 
HUNDREDS OF 
BILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS IN 
FEDERAL FUNDING 
OVER YEARS 
BECAUSE WE WERE 
UNDERCOUNTS, 
BECAUSE THE 
TRUTH OF THE 
CITY WAS NOT 
RECOGNIZED THAT 
IS UNACCEPTABLE. 
THE WHOLE 
APPROACH TO THE 
NSCEUSHI TSEA YR 
HAS BEEN A 
PROBLEM. 
THE PRESIDENT 
AND THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT HAS 
SEPTEMBER MIXED 
MESSAS.GE 
IN MANY WAYS IT 
SEEMS LIKE THEY 
ARE TRYING TO 
UNDERMINE THE 
CENSUS. 
BUT WE ARE NOT 
GOING TO LET 
THAT STOP US OF 
THE WE LOCALLY 
HAVE THAT 
OPPORTUNITY T
O 
TURN THINGS 
AROUND AND FOUR 
WEEKS IS ENOUGH 
TO DO IT. 
PLEASE TAKE THAT 
TIME. 
TEL LYOR U
FRIENDS AND 
FAMILY. 
IT IS SO 
IMPORTANT. 
IN THE MEANTIME 
WE ARE VERY 
SERIOUS AND WE 
ARE ALSO TRYING 
TO HELP PEOPLE 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IMPORTAN ITT  IS
BY HAVING A 
LITTLE FUN WITH 
IT. 
WE AHVIG NA 
COMPETITION 
BETWEEN 
NEIGHBORHOODS. 
WE ARE CALLING 
IT THE CENSUS 
SUBWAY SERIES. 
LAST WEEK WE 
TALKED ABOUT 
JAMAICA QUEENS 
VERSUS KENARSIE, 
OBROKLYN, TWO 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
THAT NEED TO 
MBUP  UPTHEIR 
RESPONSE RATES. 
NUMBERS WENT UP 
IN BOTH 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
BUT THEY WET NUP 
MORE IN 
GENTLEMAN MAKA. 
CONGRATULATIONS 
JAMAICA. 
YOU ARE THE 
WINNER. 
NOW TO TELL YOU 
OABUT THE NEXT 
EFFORTS. 
CENSUS 2020 
FIELD DIRECTOR 
KATHL KATHLEEN  
DANIEL. 
>> 
CONGRATULATIONS 
TO JAMAICA, 
QUEENS, YOU GOT 
TO 51.6% FROM 
50.7. 
CANARSIE, 48.2%. 
SO 
CONGRATULATIONS. 
NEXT UP, COUNTY 
THE KINGS GETS 
ANOTHER SHOT AT 
THE GOAL. 
WE HAVE MIDWOOD 
IN BROOKLYN 
VERSUS THE UPPER 
EAST SIDE IN 
MONEY MAKING 
MANHATTAN. 
LET'S SEE WHO 
GETS THE GOLD. 
THIS COMPETITI ON
IS GOING TO GO 
THROU GH
SEPTEMBER 6TH. 
REAYD, SET, 
STARCOT UNTING. 
EVERY EWN RYOKER 
WHO PARTICIPTEAS 
IN COMPLETING 
THE CENSUS FROM 
AUGUST 17TH 
THROUGH 
SEPTEMBER 20  
FIRST, YOU ARE 
ELIGIBLE TO WIN 
PRIEZS.
 
WE VHAE HAD HAD 
WINNERS FROM ALL 
ACROSS THE CITY. 
BEE ALSO HAVE 25 
NEW YORKERS WIN 
A ONE YEAR 
MEMBERSHIP TO 
THE MUSEUM F O
MODERN ART AND 
MOMA 
PS 1,THAT WILL 
START AT YOUR 
CONVENIENCE. 
WE ALSO HAVE 100 
NEW YORKERS WO H
WILL WIN A $50 
VOUCHER FROM 
LYFT.COM AND A 
ONE YEAR 
MEMSBERHIP FOR 
CITI BIKES. 
GET OFF THOSE 
PANDEMIC POUNDS 
AND TAKE YOUR 
CITI BIKE ACROSS 
TOWN. 
IN 2000 I WAS 
WORKING FOR THE 
NCES USBEURAU, 
IT IS A TOUGH 
JOB. 
WE HAVE PEOPLE 
KNOCKING ON 
DOORS FM ROYR OU
COMMUNITY. 
THEY ARE NEW 
YORKERS AND THEY 
REA OUYR
 
NEIGHBORS. 
IT IS OKAY TO 
TALK TO THEM. 
WE GETTING A LOT 
OF INQUIRIES, 
WHY ARE THEY 
KNOCKING AT MY 
DOOR, I ALREADY 
DID THE CENSUS. 
YOUMA Y NOT HAVE 
ALREADY DONE THE 
CENSUS. 
THERE WERE OTHER 
SURVEYS THAT 
JUST GO TO A 
SAMPLING F O
PEOPLE IN THE 
COUNTRY THAT 
WEPT OUT AT THE 
SAME TIME AS THE 
MALLERS FOR THE 
NCESUS WICHH IS 
ONLY 10 
QUESTIONS, IT 
TAKES YOU 10 
MINUTEANS D IT 
WILL POSITIVELY 
IMPACT YOUR 
COMMUNITY FOR 
THE NEXT 10 
YEARS. 
ALSO YOU MAY BE 
LIVING IN YOU A 
ONE OR TWO 
FAMILY UNIT THAT 
IS LISTED AS A 
THREE OR FR OU
FAMILY UNIT. 
MAYBE OONE F 
THOSE IS VACANT 
AND 10 YEARS OR 
SO IT WAS USED 
AS SUCH, IT IS 
OKAY TO TALK T
O 
THEM. 
THEY AE RWEARING 
I.D., CHECK 
THEIR I.D. 
THEN JUST IN 
CASE YOU HAVE 
NOT RECEIVED IT, 
OUY Y MAHAVE 
COMPLETED IT 
BEFORE THE 
KNOCKERS CAME 
OUT, IT IS OKAY 
TO DO IT AGAIN. 
THEY HAE VA 
PROCESS. 
TO MAKE SHOE U YO
GET CNTOUED AND 
MAKE SURE IT IS 
AN ACCURATE 
COUNT. 
WE ONLY HAVE 
UNTIL SEPTEMBER 
30TH TO GET THIS 
DOWN. 
28 DAYS, GO TO 
MY2020CENSUS.GOV. 
COME ON, UPPER 
EAST SIDE AND 
MIDWOO D.
IT IS FALL, DO 
NOT LET THE 
NUMBERS FALL. 
WE CAN GET THIS 
DONE NEW YORK. 
>> THANK YOU. 
I  AMALWAYS 
MOVED AND 
IMPRESSED BY 
YOUR 
EXTRAORDINARY 
ENTHUSIASM. 
NO ONE LOVES THE 
CENSUS MORE THAN 
YOU. 
THANK YOU FOR 
SHARING THAT 
WITH NEW 
YORKERS, YOU GET 
THE MESSAGE.
 
IT IS SO SIMPLE. 
LOOK AT WHAT IS 
ON THE SCREEN. 
IT TALKS 0 1
MINUTES, YOU CAN 
DO SO MUCH FOR 
YOUR CITY WITH 
THOSE 10 
MINUTES. 
PLEASE LETS GET 
INVOLVED AND GET 
THE CENSUS 
RIGHT. 
NOW. 
BACK TO WHAT WE 
ARE DOING WITH 
EVERY DAY HERE 
IN THE CITY 
WHICH IS THE 
FAT CTHAT WE 
HAVE COMSE O FAR 
IN BEATING BACK 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
BUT WE HAVE MORE 
TO DO. 
AND WHAT WE HAVE 
LEARNED IN THIS 
CRISIS IS TH AT
NOTHING IS MORE 
THAN IMPORTANT 
TH
OAN YUR 
HEALTH. 
WE KNEW IT 
BEFORE BUT NOW 
WE KNOW IT MORE 
THAN EVER. 
IF NEW YORK CITY 
IS HEALTHY, ALL 
THINGS ARE 
POSSIBLE. 
IF OUR PEOPLE 
ARE HEALTHY WE 
CAN COME BACK 
STRONG. 
WE KNOW, AND 
THIS CRISIS HAS 
MADE IT CLEAR, 
THAT THERE ARE 
PROFOUND 
DISPARITIES IN 
WHO GETS A LOT 
OF HEAHLTCARE, 
WHO GETS A 
LITTLE 
HEALTHCARE AND 
THERE ARE PEOPLE 
THAT GET NO 
HEALTHCARE. 
WE BELIEVE THAT 
EVERYONE 
DESERVES 
HEALTHCARE IN 
NEW YORK CITY. 
WE BELIEVE 
HEALTHCARE IS A 
HUMAN RIGHT. 
OUR TASK FORCE, 
LEADERS OF CITY 
GOVERNMENT 
EAGNCIES, 
LEADERS OF COLOR 
IN KEY AGENCIES 
ALL OVER THE
 
CITY GOVERNMENT, 
WHEN THEY LOOK 
AT THE 
DISPARITIES MADE 
CLEAR BY THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
CRISIS AND THE 
MANDATE WAS, 
WHAT CAN WE DO 
RIGHT NOW TO 
GREAT THOSE 
DISPARITS, THEY 
SAID LETS MOVE 
UP AD NLETS 
SPEED UP OUR 
EARTH'S AT 
PROVIDING 
GUARANTEED 
HEALTHCARE FOR 
ALL NEW YORKERS, 
WE ANNOUNCED 
THIS A COUPLE OF 
YEARS AGO, VEERY 
NEW YORKER WHO 
DID NOT HAVE 
HEALTH 
INSURANCE, WE 
WOULD HELP THEM 
GET OUR CITY 
PUBLIC OPTION IF 
THAT WORKED FOR 
THEM. 
IF THAT DID NOT 
WORK FOR THEM WE 
WOULD GVIE THEM 
AN NYC CARES 
CARD. 
THE ABILITY TO 
HAVE A PRIMARY 
CARE DOCTOR AND 
PAY THAT WHICH 
THEY COULD PAY 
REGARDLESS OF 
DOCUMENTATION 
STATUS AND 
INCOME. 
THAT IS WHAT NYC 
CARES IS L AL
ABO. UT
THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
HAS NEVER BEEN 
DONE IN THE 
COUNTRY BUT IT 
IS HAPPENING 
RIGHT NOW. 
IN FACT IT HAS 
BEEN SPED UP. 
WE ARE 
ANNOUNCING THE 
ROLL OUT OF NYC 
CARES IN MEAPT 
AND QUEENS, 
THESE WERE 
BOROUHSG THAT 
WERE SUPPOSED TO 
TAKE MOPS MORE 
TO REACH BUT AS 
OTF ODAY WE ARE 
READY TO MOVE 
RFOWADR IN 
MANHATTAN AND 
QUEENS, ALL FIVE 
RBOOUHGS IWLL 
HAVE NYC CARES 
FOUR MONTHS 
AHEAD OF 
SCHEDULE. 
IT IS NOT ONLY 
SOMETHING TO BE 
PROUD OF AND 
SOMETHING THAT 
IS AVAILLABEO  T
YOU. 
IF YOU ARE ONE 
OF THE 600,000 
PEOPLE WHO HAS 
NOT HAD HEALTH 
INSURANCE IN THE 
CITY IT IS A 
CORNER STONE OF 
OUR COME BACK. 
EVERY NEW YORKER 
WILL BE IN A 
BEERTT SPOITOIN 
TO STAY HEAHYLT 
AND HELP US BEAT 
BACK THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
HEALTHCARE FOR 
ALL IS ONE WAY 
TO STOP THIS 
PANDEMIC AND ANY 
PANDEMIC. 
IF YOU ARE OUT 
THERE AND YOU DO 
NOT HAVE HEALTH 
INSURANCE AND 
YOU CANNOT GET 
HEALTH INSURANCE 
CALL 
CIRCUMSTANCES 
46NYC CARE AND 
YOU CAN SIGN UP 
IN ALL FIVE 
BOROUGHS. 
THIS IS AN 
AMAZING EFFORT. 
I WANT TO THANK 
EVERYONE AT 
HEALTH AND 
HOSPITS ALTHAT 
MADET HIS HAPPEN 
BUT PAICRTULARLY 
AT NYC CARES. 
PARTULICALYR THE 
LEADER OF THE 
TEAM. 
SHE HAS BEEN 
DOING THIS FOR 
AYERSAN D 
BROUGHT HER 
TALENTS BACK TO 
NEW YORK CITY 
OFRM WHICH SHE 
COMES, THE 
EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTOR OF NYC 
CARES. 
>>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH MR. MAYOR. 
HI EVERYONE, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
SPEAK AND THANK 
YOU MR. OMAYR 
FOR YOUR 
LEADERSHIP ON 
THIS ISSUE. 
I AM SO PROUD TO 
LEAD THIS TEAM 
RAT HEALTH AND 
HOSPITALS. 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
IMPLENMETI TNGHE 
LARGEST PROGRAM 
IN THE NATION OF 
IT'S KIND TO 
GUARANTEE 
HEALTHCARE 
ACCESS TO ALL 
NEW YORKERS 
REGARDSSLE OF 
WHERE THEY ARE 
BORN, THEY ARE 
IMMIGRATION 
STATUS AND THEIR 
ABILITY TO PAW 
AND THEIR 
INSURANCE 
STATUS. 
I HAVE HEARD 
FROM PEOPLE, 
KNOWING WHERE TO 
GET CARE. 
KNINOWG THAW 
HAVE SOMEONE TO 
HELP YOU 
NAVIGATE THE 
SYSTEM. 
KNOWING THAT 
THERE IS A 
PRIMARY CARE 
PROVIDERS WHO 
CARES ABOUT YOU 
AND ALL ASPECTS 
OF YOUR LIFE AND 
HEALTH
. 
THE HUMAN IMPACT 
HAS BEEN SO 
GREAT. 
I WANT TO TELL A 
QUICK STORE DWRI 
ABOUT A MEMBER 
THAT WE HAVE WHO 
BECAME A MEMBER 
IN NOVEMBER, 
2019 AFTER 
COMING TO THIS 
COUNTRY A NUMBER 
OF MONTHS 
FBEO.RE 
NDA WAS A KIDNEY 
TRANSPLANT 
RECIPIENT IN 
THIS COUNTRY, HE 
CAME TO THIS 
COUNTRY 
REECIVING 
MEDICATION FROM 
HIS HOME COUNTRY 
AND DID NOT 
REALIZE HE HAD 
ACCESS TO 
GUARANTEED CARE 
IN NEW YORK IN 
THE BRONX WHERE 
WE GOT STARTED. 
HE GOT CONNECTED 
WITH A PRIMARY 
CARE PROVIDER 
AND 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
CONTRACTED COVID-
19.
 
WHEN HE GOT SICK 
HE CALLED HIS 
PRIMY ARRCAE 
PROVIDER AND SHE 
ENCOURAGED HUM 
TO GO TO THE 
SHOAPITL WHERE 
HE WAS INTUBEATE
D FOR 21 DAYS, 
THIS SHOWS THAT 
KNOWING WHERE TO 
GO WHEN YOU ARE 
SICK IS THE 
DINNERS BETWEEN 
LIFE AND DEATH. 
I AM SO 
INCREDIBLY PROUD 
TO LEAD THIS 
TEAM OF FOLS K
WHO ARE 
IMPLEMENTING 
THIS AT HEALTH 
AND HOSPITALS. 
I HAVE SEEN THE 
NATIONAL EFFORT 
TO MAKE ACCESS 
TO HEALTHCARE 
EASIER FOR 
FOLKS. 
AND I JUST WISH 
THATLL A ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, IN 
THE FUTURE, WE 
CAN HAVE THIS 
MODEL BECAUSE 
UNFORTUNATELY
, 
WE HAVE LEFT OUT 
SO MANY FOLKS, 
SO MANY HARD 
WORKING TAX 
PAYING AMERICANS 
WHO DO NOT HAVE 
ACCESS TO 
HEALTHCARE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
DOCUMENTATION 
STATUS. 
SO THANK YOU MR. 
MAYOR FOR YOUR 
LEADERSHIP ON 
THIS ISSUE. 
I AM SO PROUD TO 
SAY THAT IT IS 
AVAILABLE IN ALL 
FIVE BOROUGHS, 
PLEASE CALL 
(646)692-2273 TO 
GET ACCESS 
TODAY. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH TO YOU AD N
YOUR TEAM. 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING YOU 
SHOULD BE VERY 
PROUD OF. 
ALL FIVE 
BOROUHSG, 
GUARANTEED 
LHEATHCARE FOR 
ALL. 
THIS IS NEEDED 
MORE THAN EVER 
FOR WHAT WE ARE 
IDONG WITH THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
WHEN YOU THINK 
ABOUT NYC CARE, 
THIS EFFORT WAS 
T PUTOGETHER 
OVER THE LAST 
TWO YEARS. 
ANOTHER EFFORT 
THATW AS UPT 
TOGETHER OVER 
THE COURSE OF A 
FEW MONTHS AND 
ALSO 
UNPRECEDENTED 
WAS THE NEW YORK 
CITY TEST AND 
TRACE CORPS. 
EXTRAORDINARY. 
THE LARGEST AND 
MOST 
COMPREHENSIVE 
AND MOST 
EFFECTIVE. 
TO MAKES SURE 
THAT IF SOMEONE 
GETS THE 
CORONAVIRUS WE 
ARE ABLE TO 
TRACE EVERNEYO 
IN THEIR LIFE 
THAT THEY HAVE 
BEEN EXPOSED TO. 
THEY NEED 
MEDICAL CARE AND 
THEY GE ITT AND 
GET IT FOR FREE. 
TEST AND TRACE 
IS DOING AMAZING 
WORK WITH HEALTH 
AND HOSPITALS 
AND OUR HEATLH 
DEPARTMENT. 
one OF THE NEW 
STRATEGIES THEY 
DEVELOPED IS 
WHAT IS CALLED A ovy
HEUPER LOCAL 
STRATEGY:uáJj @&C%
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ENIGBHOROHOD
 
WHEER WE SEE AN 
UPTICK IN 
DISEASE OR 
TTESING RATES OR 
BOTH. 
WE TURN IT 
AROUNDB Y 
FLOODING THE 
NEIGHBORHOOD 
WITH FREE 
TESTING AND 
MULTIPLE 
OUTREACH IN 
MULTIPLE 
LANGUAGES. 
IT WORKS. 
WE JUST SAW THIS 
IN SUNSET APRK. 
THERE WAS AN 
UPTICK. 
TEST AND TRACE 
WENT IN 
INTENSELY WITH 
FOLKS WHOO SPKE 
MULTIPLE 
LANGUAGE. 
THEY PUT UP 
TESTING RIGHT IN 
TH EMIDDLE OF 
SUNSET PARK. 
WE SAW IN THE 
WEEK OF AUGUST 
12TH, THE 
POSITIVE RA TE
GOING UP. 
AT ONE POI ANTS 
HIGAH S 24.% BUT 
WE KNOCKED IT 
DOWN QUICKLY 
WITH THIS RAPID 
EFFORT OF THE 
OTDA,Y TE H
LATEST MEASURE 
FROM SUNSET 
PARK, 1.3 
POSITIVE RATE IN 
THAT COMMUNITY. 
THAT IS AN 
AMAZING EXAMPLE 
OF HOW YOU CAN 
TURN THINGS 
AROUND. 
THAT EFFORT IS 
IN PLACE IN 
BOROUGH PARK, 
BROOKLN,Y WE ARE 
SEEING AN UPTICK 
AND WE ARE 
ADDRESSI NGIT 
WIT MHORE 
OUTREAC BHEING 
PROVIDED. 
REMINDING FOLKS
 
HOW IMPORTANT IT 
IS TO GET TESTED 
AND TO LIMIT 
GATHERINGS. 
THAT EFFORT IS 
GOING ON 
INTENSELY AS WE 
SPEAK, WORKING 
WITH COMMUNITY 
ORGANIZATIONS 
WO HHLPEELD EAD 
THE WAY, THK AN
YOU TO THE 
HATZOLAH 
AMBULANCE CORPS. 
LETTING PEOPLE 
KNOW TO PAY 
ATTENTION THOUGH 
THESE CRUCIAL 
RULES. 
NOW A NEW EFFT OR
IN THE BRONG 
BRONX. 
IT HAD A LOWER 
TESTING RATE SO 
WE ARE SENDING 
INA  T LOOF 
PEOPLE TO MAKE 
SURE WE STAY 
AHEAD OF THE 
SITUATION. 
IF WE ARE 
TESTING PEOPLE 
WE KNOW WHAT IS 
GOING ON AND HOW 
TO ADDRESS IT. 
HEE RTO TELL BY 
OUR LOCAL 
EFFORT, THE EHAD 
OF THE TEST AND 
TRACE CORPS, 
DOCTOR TED WONG. 
>>> THANK YOU, 
SIR. 
EARLIER IN 
AUGUST, 4.2% OF 
SUNSET PARK 
RESIDTSEN 
GETTING TESTED 
CMEA ACBK 
POSITIVE FOR THE 
CORONAVIRUS, one 
OF THE HIGHEST 
IN NEW YORK 
CITY. 
WE DID MORE THAN 
10,000 TESTS. 
WE KNOCKED ON 
MORTHE AN 20,000 
DOORS AND MADE 
MORE THAN 
400,000 PHONE 
CALSL. 
WE DID ALL OF 
THAT WITH THE 
COMMUNITY IN 
SUENST PARK. 
WHEN WE BROUGHT 
IN OUR NEW 
COMMUNY ITMOLEBI 
TESTIFYING UNIT, 
WE ASKED THE 
COMMUNITY, WHERE 
SHOULD WE PU
T 
THESE? 
THAT IS WHERE WE 
PUT TESTING AND 
THAT MADE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
WORKG INWITH THE 
COMMUNITY WE 
DROVE DOWN THE 
OPERATTE O. 13%. 
WORKING WITH 
SUSENT ARPK WE 
WERE ABLE TO CUT 
IT DOWN BY TWO-
THIR. DS
WHCHI IS A 
SUBSTANTIAL 
ACCPOMLISHMENT. 
NOW WE ARE GOING 
TO SOUND VIEW. 
KNI OW FROM MY 
PATIENTS THAT 
THE BRONX IS A 
DIVERSE PLACE 
AND I KNOW FROM 
MY PATIENTS THAT 
THE WAY TO MAKE 
A DIFFERENCE N I
THE BRONX IS TO 
KNOW YOUR 
COMMUNITY. 
IN PARTICULAR 
THAT STARTS WITH 
SPEAKING THE 
LANGUAGE OF YOUR 
MUCOMNITY. 
IF YOU COME TO 
SONUDVIEW IN THE 
BRONX YOU CAN 
COME TO OUR 
REPRESENTED 
TESTING 
FACILITIES. 
YOU CAN HAVE THE 
RESULT BACK IN 
15 MINUTES. 
IF IT WAS 
POSITIVE WE HAVE 
A GROUP OF 
ACTRERS IN 
PERSON THAT 
SPEAK SEVEN 
LANGUAGES THAT 
WILL TALK TO YOU 
IN YOUR 
LANGUAGE. 
HELP YOU FIGURE 
OUT WHAT YOU 
NEED TO GET 
THROUGH THIS AND 
ALSO IN THAT 
SAME MOMENT, 
ASKING YOU ABOUT 
CONTACTS AND 
PEOPLE YOMAU Y 
HAVE EXPOSED TO 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
WHEN YOU WERE 
POSITIVE. 
THAT SAME DAY IN 
SOUNDVIEW WE ARE 
GOING TO CALL 
YOUR CONTAS CT
AND BRING THEM 
IN FOR TESTGIN. 
THE SECRET 
INGREDIENT TO 
OUSR UBSTANTIAL 
SUCCESS IN 
SUNSET PARK HAS 
BEEN EKEPING 
THIS A LOCAL 
EFFORT. 
WE ARE WORKING 
CLOSELY WITH THE 
COMMUTYNI IN 
SOUNDVIEW AND WE 
ARE GOING TO 
KEEP IT 
TOGETHER. 
>> THANK YOU TO 
EVERYONE AT TEST 
AND DRAWS FOR 
THE 
EXTRAORDINARY 
EFFORTS AND 
GOING WHERE THE 
NEED IS AND 
GETTING THERE 
QUICKLY, ALL 
IRGHIT T S ITIME 
TO TALK ABOUT 
OUR DAILY 
INDICATOR. 
DAILY NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE ADMITTED 
TO NEW YORK CITY 
HOSPITALS. 
TODAY, 72, 
PERCENT POSITIVE 
IS IT JUST ABOUT 
13%. 
NUMBER TWO, NEW 
REPORTED CASES 
ON A SEVEN DAY 
AVERAGE 
THRESHOLD 550. 
TODAY, 244. 
AND NUMBER 
THREE, 
PERCENTAGE OF 
PEOPLE TEST 
BEING POSITIVE 
FOR COVI19D- 
ITCY DEWI. 
THIS IS THE ONE 
WE LOOK AT. 
THRESHOLD 5%, 
TODAY 0.59%
. 
A FEW WORDS IN 
SPANISH. 
>>> WITH THAT WE 
TURN TO OUR 
COLLEAGUES IN 
THE DMEIA .
>>> AS A 
REMONDAYER WE 
ARE JOINED BY 
DOCTOR TED LONG, 
TKAHENLE  
DANIEL, THE 
SCHOOLS 
CHANCELLOR, 
SENIOR ADVISER 
DOCTOR VARMA. 
THE FIRST 
QUESONTI GOES TO
JULIET. 
>> GOOD MORNING 
MR. MAYOR AND TO 
ALL ON THE CALL. 
Y OUHAVE A 
QUESTION 
REGARDING THE 
CRIME STS ATTT HA
JUST CAME OUT 
THIS MORNING. 
MONDAY YOU SAID 
WORKING WITH 
VIOLENCE 
INTERRUPTORS AND 
COMMUNITY 
MANAGERS HAS 
BEEN SUCCESSFUL. 
HOW DO YOU 
QUANTIFY THAT AT 
THE SAME TIME 
WHEN THE NUMBERS 
OF SHOOTINGS 
REMAIN HIGH FOR 
THE MONTH OF 
AUGUST. 
THERE WAS A 
INEACRSE IN THE 
NUMBER OF 
SHOOTING 
INCIDENTS, ONE 
HUNDRED 66% 
INCREASE. 
>>> WE DO 
BEEVLIE 
PROFOUNDLY IN 
WATCHING THE 
NUMBERS AND 
USING THE 
MESUAREMENTS TO 
TELL US OWH WE 
ARE DOING. 
OBVUSIOLY THAT 
IS SO MUCH OF 
WHAT COMSTAT HAS 
BEEN ABOUT. 
BUT WE ARE 
DEALING WITH A 
PERFECT STORM. 
THERE IS NO 
DOUBT ABOUT IT. 
WE AREDE ALING 
WITH A CHALLENGE 
WE HAVE NOT SEEN 
IN THIS CITY. 
IT IS THANK GOD 
TEMPORARY. 
THERE WILL BE A 
VACCINE AND A 
TURN AROUND BUT 
THWI THE SOCIETY 
ON HOLD FOR 
MONTHS LAL SORTS 
OF THINGS GOT 
SET IN MOTION 
WHICH ARE 
UNUSUAL. 
THEOU CRT SYSTEM 
IS STARTING TO 
COME BACK TO 
LIFE. 
THAT IS GOING TO 
HELP US
MEIMNSELY. 
GUN ARRESTS ARE 
THE SAME AS THEY 
WERE LAST YEAR. 
CREDIT TO THE 
NYPD DOING ATTH 
IMPORTANT AND 
DANGEROUS WORK 
TO GET GUNS OFF 
THE STREET. 
TO UYOR 
EQUSOTIN, I HAVE 
A DIFFERENT 
MEASURE. 
IT IS NOT 
SOMETHING THAT 
COMES OU
T 
IMMEDIATELY IN 
ETH STATISTICS 
BUT IT IS A 
PROFOUND 
MEASURE. 
I TALK 
CONSTANTLY TO 
CLERGY MBMEERS 
AND COMMUNITY 
LEADERS AND 
ELECTED 
FIOFS.CIAL 
I HEATHR AT OVER 
THE LAST COUPLE 
OF MONTHS, THE 
NYPD AND 
COMMUNITY 
MEMBERS ARE
 
WORKING MORE 
CLOSELY TOGETHER 
TO ADDRESS 
VIOLENCE. 
PEOPLE IN 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
ALL OVER THE 
CITY INFLICTED 
WI THVIOLENCE 
ARE WORKING WITH 
THE NYPD AND THE 
NYPD KNOWS THAT 
THEY HAVE TO DO 
THE WORK WITH 
THE COMMUNITY. 
THE CURE 
OVILENCE 
MOVEMENT HAS 
BEEN EXPANDING 
THEIR FEFORTS. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
STUNNING SUCCESS 
IN THE PAST. 
WE KNOW IT WILL 
TAKE ROOT HE RE
AGAIN BUT 
EVERYONE IS 
STILL TRYING TO 
COME BACK ROFM A 
MASSE IV
DISRUPTION. 
WE ARE NOT GOING 
TO SEE AN 
OVERNIGHT TURN 
AROUND. 
WE SEE MORE AND 
MORE THAT OF KEY 
CLAOLBOTIRAON
 
AND WORK AT THE 
LOCAL LEVEL THAT 
IS GOING TO KMAE 
A DIFFERENCE FOR 
E THLONG HALL. 
GO AHEAD. 
>>> THANK YOU. 
I WANTED TO 
CHECK BACK WIH T
YOU ON THE 
LAYOFF 
SITUATION. 
WHERE THAT IS 
AT. 
ALSO, THE MTA 
HAS BORROWED 
FROM THE FEDERAL 
RESERVE TO SHORE 
UP IT'S 
FINANCES. 
THE STATE OF 
ILLINOIS HAS 
DONE THE SAME. 
IS THAT 
MESOTHG INYOU 
COULD CONSIDER 
TO HELP THE 
CITY'S FBL 
REOCVEYR. 
 >>I WILL TALK 
ABOUT BORROWING 
IN GEM. 
THE FEDERAL 
RESERVE OPTION 
IS SHORT TERM 
BORROWING, IT 
NEEDS TO BE PAID 
BACK QUICKLY, IT 
IS IN SOME WAS Y
ROBBING PETER TO 
PAY PAUL. 
IT JUST 
FORESTALLS THE 
INEF NECESSARY 
FOR A SHORT 
TIME. 
THE QUESTION IS, 
HOW ARE WE 
DOING. 
I KNOW THAT 
LABOR LEADERS 
ARE HAVING 
INTENSE 
DISCUSSIONS WITH 
THE LEGISLATIVE 
LEADERS IN ALL 
BANE. 
THEY UNDERSTAND 
THAT THE LAYOFF 
CLOCK, I'M SORRY 
TO SAY THIS, BUT 
IT COULD ASTRT 
 ATANY TIME 
DEPENDING ON HTE 
SITUATION IN 
ALABNY. 
SO THE LABOR 
LEADERS AND E TH
LABOR OCUNSEL 
ASKED FOR SOME 
TIME TO GET 
ALBANY TO 
DEFINITELY COME 
ABCK TO ADDRESS 
LONG TERM 
BORROWING, WE 
ARE WAITING FOR 
RSOELTIUOOFN  
THAT. 
IF IT IS A 
POSITIVE 
RESOLUTION AND 
LABAYN DECLAERS 
THAT THEY ARE 
COMING BACK TO 
ADDRESS THIS, WE 
ARE GOING TO 
CONTIUEN TO HOLD 
OFF ON LAYOFFS. 
F IWE O DNOT GET 
THE DECLARATION 
FROM ALBANKY 
UNFORTUNATELY WE 
HAVE TO MOVE 
AHEAD WITH THE 
LAYOFFS. 
>> HI MR. MAYOR. 
>>> HOW ARE YOU 
DOING. 
>> I AM OOGD .
I WANT TO FOLLOW-
UP ON THE 
QUESTION ABOUT 
THE BORE
BORROWING, 
>>> HAS THAT 
NUMBER CHANGED 
IN TERMS OF HOW 
MUCH MONEY UYO 
WOULD LIKE TO 
BORROW .
>> IT IS A GOOD 
QUESTION. 
I WANT TO SAY 
TWO THINGS TO 
YOU. 
ONE, WHEN WE SAY 
WE ARE GOING TO 
HOLD ON A DAY 
DAY-TO-DAY 
BASIS, A FEW 
DAYS ARE 
MANEAAGBL E.
THE LONGER IT 
GOSE, EITHER YOU 
GET THE 
BORROWING TO 
STOP LAYOFFS, OR 
GOD FORBID YOU 
DO NOT GET THE 
BORROWING, YOU 
HAVE TO HAVE 
LAYOFFS. 
 IFITAK TE
S 
WEEKS AND YOU DO 
NOT GET THE 
BORROWING, IT 
MEANS TRAGICALLY 
MORE LAYOFFS, WE 
ARE TRYING TO 
AVOID THAT. 
WE ARE WAITING 
TO HEA RFRMO 
FOLKS IN ALBANY, 
THERE WAS NO 
PIECE TO WHAT 
YOU SAID. 
PLEASE REMIND 
ME. 
>> DOES THIS 
COUNT AS THE 
SECOND  
QUESTION? 
>> NO. 
>> I ASKED IF 
THE NUMBER HAS 
CHANGED OF HOW 
MUCH YOU WERE 
LOOKING TO 
BORROW. 
>> THE POINT 
THERE IS THE 
BILLION DOLLARS 
FOR THIS FISCAL 
YEAR IS WHT AWE 
NEED TO SPHOP 
THE LAYOFFS. 
BUT THEN A 
REMINDER, THE 
NEXT FISCAL YEAR 
STARTS JULY  
FIRST WITH THE 
SAME BILLION 
DOLLARS HOLE 
IMPLICITLY, THAT 
IS PART OF THE 
PERMANENT 
BUDGET. 
IF YOU HAVE A 
BILLION DOLLARS 
AND YOU STOP THE 
LAYOFFS NOW BUT 
YODU OO NT VHAE 
THE BILLION 
DOLLARS NEXT 
YEAR, THEN THE 
YOLAFFS START 
NEXT YEAR. 
SO YOU NEED $2 
BILLION TO STOP 
THIS YEARS 
LAYOFFS AND STOP 
NEXT YEARS 
LAYOFFS FOR THAT 
MESA GROUP OF 
PEOPLE. 
THEN THE 
QUESTION OF THE 
STATE CUTS. 
WE DO NOT KNOW 
WHAT IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN WITH THE 
STATE OF NEW 
YORK. 
BUT WE KNOW THAT 
THE STATE OF NEW 
YORK IS UNDER 
TREMENDOUS 
FISCAL STRES
S 
AND WE DID NOT 
GET THE FEDERAL 
STIMULUS. 
THAT ISPR OBABLY 
SEVERAL BILLION 
DOLLARS MORE 
BETWE ENTHIS 
FISCAL YEAR AND 
NEXT UFSS CAL 
YEAR. 
THE NUMBER WE 
PUT FORWARD, I 
WISH I DID NOT 
HAVE IS TO TELL 
YOU THAT MONEY 
WILL BE 
POTENTIALLY 
NEEDED BUT IT 
MIGHT BE 
ESPECIALLY IF 
THERE IS NOT A 
FEDERAL 
STIMULUS. 
I ALSO WANT TO 
AFFIRM, WE WOULD 
ONLY TAKE AS 
MUHC OF THAT 
BORROWING 
AUTHORITY AND 
USE IT ONLY AS 
MUCH AS NEEDED. 
IF WE G OT
FEDERAL 
STILMUUS, WE 
WOULD NOT WANT 
TO BORW ROANY 
MORE. 
WHO WANTS TO 
BORROW WHEN YOU 
DO NOT HAVE TO. 
AFTER 9/11, THE 
CITY GOT LONG 
TERM BORROWING P 
ONLY USED $2 
BILLION OF THAT 
AUTHORITY. 
SO GRANTING US 
THE ABILITY 
GIVES US THE 
ABILITY OF 
MANAGING AN EVER 
CHANGING 
SITUATION BUT 
OUR CLEAR 
PURPOSE HERE IS 
ONY LTO BORRW O
THAT WHIH CWE 
NEED AND NOT A 
SINGLE DOLLAR 
MORE. 
>> ON ANOTHER 
TOPIC, MORE THAN 
TWO WEEKS AGO WE 
ASKD EABOUT THE 
HOMELESS 
SITUATION IN 
CERTAIN PARTS OF 
MEAPT ESPECIALLY 
MIDTOWN AND THE 
UPPER WEST SIDE. 
YOU SAID YOU 
WERE GOING TO 
VISIT THOSE 
AEARS AND START 
THE PROCESS 
IMMEDIATELY 
MOVING SOME 
HOMELESS 
INDIVIDUALS BACK 
INTO SHELTERS. 
I WONDER IF YOU 
VIISTE DTHOSE 
AREA INCLUDING 
MIDTOWN AND THE 
UPPER WEST SIDE 
AND IF YOU HAVE 
ANY UPDATE ON 
POTENTIALLY 
MOVING THE 
HOMELESS BACK 
INTO SHELTERS. 
>> YOU MADE IT 
CLEARWE NE ED 
THE SPACE IN THE 
SHELTER SYSTEM. 
WHAT I SAID AND 
I MEAN IT IS, 
ISTH A WASLWS AY
TEMPORARY. 
WE MOVED FOLKS 
INTO THE HOTELS 
BECAUSE THERE 
WAS A HEALTHCARE 
CRISIS, A 
PANDEMIC AND WE 
NEEDDE TO MAKE 
SURE THAT THE 
CORONAVIRUS DID 
NOT SPREAD 
THROUGH THE 
SHELTERS WITH A 
LOT OF PEOPLE IN 
THEM. 
IT WAS 
ABSOLUTELY A 
TEMPORARY 
MEASURE. 
WE DO NOT WANT 
TO BE IN HOTELS. 
WE SAID THAT 
THREE YEARS 
AGOFUL WE DO NOT 
WAT NTO BE IN 
HOTELS. 
THE GL OAIS TO 
GET OUT OF 
HOTELS 
EVERYWHERE. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
SARTT THE 
PROCESS BUT IT 
REUQIRSE HAVING 
SAFE SPACE IN 
THE SHELTER 
SYSTEM TO MOVE 
PEOPLE BACK TO. 
I HAE VBENE TO 
SOME PLACES 
LOOKING AT THE 
SITUATION. 
I HAVE TALKED TO 
LOA T OF PEOPLE 
ABOUT WHAT THEY 
A RESEEING T BUI 
WANT TO DO MORE 
ON THAT AND I 
WILL HAVE MORE 
TO A SAY ON 
THAT. 
>> THIS S IA 
QUESTION FOR 
BOTH YOU AND THE 
SCHOOLS 
CNHACEOLLR.
 
NOW THT AYOU ARE 
REOPENING 
SCHOOLS, WHAT 
HAPPENS TO TH
E 
GRAB AND GO MEAL 
PROGRAM AND HOW 
ADULTS WHO PICK 
UP THE MEALS 
WILL BE ABLE TO 
GET THEM AND HOW 
KIDS THAT LEARN 
REMOTELY WILL 
GET THE MEALS 
THAT THEY ARE 
ENTITLED TO? 
>> GREAT 
QUESTION. 
WE WILL GET 
FURTHRE 
CLARIFICATION
 
ABOUT HOW IT IS 
GOING TO WORK 
BUT THE SIMPLE 
ANSWER IS WE 
WANT TO MAKE 
FOOD DEWILY 
AVAILABLE AS WE 
HAVE THROUGHOUT 
THIS CRISIS. 
NUN ANYONE WHO 
NEEDS OFOD WILL 
HAVE ACCESS TO. 
WE HAVE THE 
SCHOOL BASED 
FOOD PGRORAM. 
THE COMMUNITY 
BASED SOUP 
KITCHENS, WE 
HA VETHE 
DELIVERY, WE ARE 
GOING TO 
CONTNUIE A HOST 
OF EFFORTS TO 
AVHE FOOD. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
KEEP THAT GOING 
IN A VARIETY OF 
WAYS. 
WE WILL GET THE 
DETAILS OUT TO 
THE PBLUC I
SHORTLY. 
AS SCHOOL 
OPERATIONS BEGIN 
WE WILL HAVE TO 
MAKE SOME 
MOFIDICTIAOS.N 
WE WILL LET 
EVERYONE KNOW 
HOW THAT IS 
GOING TO WORK. 
>>> MY SECOND 
QUESTION HAS TO 
DO WITH THE 
CENSUS. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
DOING STORIES 
ANDTH ONEER W 
YORK 
ORGANIZATIONS 
HAVE DOING 
STORIES ABOUT 
PEOPLE MOVING 
OUT OF THE 
STIVMENT THAT 
REDUCES THE 
NUMBERS OF 
PEOPLE IN T HE
POPULATION AND 
THAT COULD 
FEFECT THE 
NUMBER OF 
ELECTED 
OFFICIALS WE GET 
INTO CONGRESS 
AND THE AMOUNT 
OF MONEY WE GET 
IN FEDERAL AND 
STATE AID. 
ARE YOU 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
THE PEOPLE WHO 
ARE FEELING AND 
HOW THAT EFFECTS 
OUR 
REPRESENTATION 
AND MONEY. 
ARE YOU 
CONCERNED THAT 
THE CRIME RATE 
IS DRIVING 
PEOPLE OUT AS 
WELL? 
>>  FIRST OF 
ALL, MUCH MORE 
CRUCIAL TOTH AT 
QUESTION IS WHAT 
WE TALKED ABOUT 
EARLIER, THERE 
IS 28 DAYS TO 
GO. 
WE HAVE 
LITERALLY 
MILLIONS OF NEW 
YORKERS WHO 
SHOULD BE 
FILLING OUT THAT 
CENSUS FORM. 
IT TALKS 10 
MINUTES. 
I AM TALKING 
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO 
REA NOT GOING 
ANYWHERE. 
THAT IS THE 
CENTRAL MISSION. 
LET'S  GOTO 
SPEAK ABOUT THIS 
BENEFICIAL 
RELIATY. 
I WANT TO THROW 
 ACAUTION FLAG. 
MANY PEOPLE 
PARTICULARLY IN 
YOUR LINE OF 
WORK ARE DEEPLY 
FOCUSED ON THIS 
QUESTION, I 
HONESTLY DO NOT 
THINK THE WHOLE 
PICTURE IS BEING 
LOOKED OUT. 
I UAGRTANEE YOU 
THAT WE HVEA 
REAT MILLION 
PLUPS EOPLE WHO 
ARE NOT GOING 
ANYWHERE. 
WE ARE TALKING A 
SMALL NUMBER OF
 
PEOPLE. 
I CANNOT GIVE 
YOU THE EXACT 
NUMBER BUT A 
SMALL NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
CHOOSING, FOR 
NOW, TO GO 
SOMEPLACE ELSE. 
THERE WAS AN 
ARTICLE THAT 
TAEDLK AOUBT THE 
PEOPLE LEAVING 
AND COMPARED IT 
TO THE NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE COMING 
IN. 
THERE ARE STILL 
A T LOOF PEOPLE 
COMING IN. 
WE HAVE TO STOP 
PAINTING A 
PICTURE THAT IS 
NOT TRUE. 
THE VAST 
MAJORITY OF NEW 
YORKERS ARE 
STANDING AND 
FIGHTING. 
THEY ARE LOYAL 
TO THIS CITY AND 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO STAY AND 
FIGHT HERE NO 
MATTER WHAT. 
THERE WAS A 
JERRY SEINFELD 
PIECE THAT SAID 
IT BEAUTIFULLY, 
SOME PEOPLE WILL 
IM AWAY AND COME 
BACK. 
SOMEPE OPLE LWIL 
LEAV E
PERMANENTLY AND 
THEY WILL BE 
REPLACED BY 
PEOPLE WHO WANT 
TO BE HERE. 
THE QUESTION IS 
ABOUT PEOPLE 
FILLING OUT THE 
CENSUS. 
WE HAVE OMRE 
THAN ENOUGH 
PEOPLE. 
IF THEY FILLED 
OUT THE CENSUS 
WE COULD GET OUR 
SHARE OF FUNDING 
AND 
REPRESENTATION. 
I THINK THAT 
MEME IS GETTING 
TO BE INACCURATE 
AND UNFAIR TO 
THE VAST 
MAJORITY OF 
PEOPLE STAYING. 
IN THE 1960s AND 
1970s PEOPLE 
LEFIT N RLAGER 
NUMBERS AND A 
HUGE NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE CAME AND 
REPLACED THEM. 
WE HAVE TO GIVE 
THIS 
PERSPECTIVE. 
NEW YORK CITY 
WILL COME BACK 
AND WE WILL BE 
STRONG FOR THE 
FUTURE. 
>>> HI, THIS 
QUESTION IS FOR 
THE MAYOR AND 
CHANCELLOR. 
THANK YOU FOR 
TAKING IT. 
LOTS OF PEOPLE 
CALLED ON THE 
CITY TO BUILD A 
SOLID REMOTE 
LEARNING 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
BECUSAE WE KNOW 
THAT MOST 
INSTRUCTIONS ARE 
GOING TO HAPPEN 
REMOTE.LY 
HWY AWSN'T THE 
CITY IMMEDIATELY 
PREPARED TO 
START WITH ALL 
REMOTE LEARNING 
ON SEPTEMBER 
10TH INSATED OF 
DELAYING THE 
SCHOOL YEAR. 
WHAT THINGS HAVE 
BEEN DONE TO 
MAKE REMOTE 
LEARNING BETTER? 
>>  FIT RS OF
ALL, IT'S NOT IF 
OR WHEN. 
IT IS WHEN. 
WE MADE CLEAR ON 
A TRANSITIONAL 
BASIS, THE FIRST 
FEW DAYS OF 
REMOTE 
INSTRUCTIONS 
START SEPTEMBER 
16.TH 
IN PERSON STARTS 
SEPTEMBER 20 
FIRST. 
WE ARE MOVING 
FORWARD. 
IT IS CLEAR AND 
IT IS HAPPENING 
NOW
. 
THE WORK THAT 
WAS DONE LAST 
YEAR TO CREATE 
REMOTE FROM 
SCRATCH WAS 
MIRACULOUS. 
WORK HAS BEEN 
DONE THROUGHOUT 
THE SPRING AND 
SUMMER TO 
IMPROVE IT. 
THERE IS NO 
QUESTION THAT 
REMOTE LEARNING 
THIS MONTH IS 
BETTERTH AN WHAT 
WAS AVAILABLE IN 
THE SPRING AND 
IT WILL CONTINUE 
TO IMPROVE. 
TROPICAL STORM A 
MISNOMER TO 
SUGGEST THAT THE 
WORK IS NOT 
HAPPENING EVERY 
DAY. 
CHAPELLOR, JUMP 
IN. 
>>> YES, SIR. 
WHAT YOU SAID IS 
CORRECT BUT PART 
OF WHY WE NEED 
MORE TIME IS 
THAT WHEN 
TEACHERS REPORT 
BACK ON THE 8TH 
AN DTHEN THERE 
IS NINE DAYS OF 
PRAFL 
DEVELOPMENT. 
PART AND PART EL 
OF EDUCATIONAL 
TRAINING, NEW 
TOOLS, NEW 
CURRICULUM.
 
NEW PLATFORMS. 
ALL OF THOSE 
THINGS ARE WHAT 
HAS BEEN PLANNED 
FOR AND 
OBVIOUSLY TO 
HAVE MORE TIME 
TO FAMILIARIZE 
OUR TEACHERS 
WITH THAT AND 
THEN ALSO TO 
ORIENT OUR 
STUDENTS TO THAT 
REMOTE LEARNING 
PROTOCOL. 
ISTHAT IS USEFUL 
IN MAKING SURE 
THAT WE HAVE A 
RAE BUST REMOTE 
LEARNING 
ENVIRONMENT THIS 
YEAR. 
>>> MY FOLLOW-UP 
QUESTION HAS TO 
DO WITH CHILD 
CARE. 
MANY COMUMNIEITS 
ORGANIZATIONS 
THAT WERE 
RUNNING 
RECREATION 
CENTERS HAVE 
CLOSED DOWN. 
SO WHAT IS THE 
START DATE NOW, 
WHEN WILL PEOPLE 
HAV ECHILD CARE 
OPTIONS. 
>> OBVIOUSLY WE 
ARE ORIENTING 
THE CHILD CARE 
TO THE FI START 
OF SCHOOL. 
SO SEPTEMBER 20  
FIRST. 
WE WILL HAVE 
MORE TO SAY 
SHORTLY ON THE 
SPECIFIC DETAILS 
AND APPLICATION 
PROCESSES. 
THAIT S KEY TO 
THE START OF 
SCHOLO 
PHYSIALCLY ON 
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 
20  20. 
>>> GOOD MORNING 
MR. MAR.YO 
>>> HI RICH. 
>>> I AM OY.KA 
 >>MR. MAYOR, DO 
YOU THINK 
WITHOUT THE 
DELAY OR THE 
EXNSTEION, WHAT 
EVER YOU WANT TO 
CALL IT, OF THE 
SCHOOL EAYR 
BEING MOVED 
FURTHER DOWN, 
THAT A TEACHERS 
WALK OUT WOULD 
HAVE HAPPENED. 
WERE YOU BEING 
TOLD THAT WAS A 
ALRE 
POSSIBILITY. 
>> I WANT TO 
MOVE FORWARD. 
LY STATE THE 
OBVIOUS. 
WE SAT HERE IN 
UNITY. 
THE CHANCELLOR 
DAN I AND THE 
HEADS OF THREE 
UNIONS 
REPRESENTING THE 
FOLKS THAT WORK 
IN SCHOOLS. 
THERE ARE OTHER 
UNIONS AS WELL. 
OYU ANWT TO 
THANK THEM FOR 
HET ORWK THAT 
THEY DO AND 
THEIR MEMBERS DO 
ON BEHALF OF OUR 
KIDS. 
WE ARE IN A 
PLACE THE UNITY. 
THE LAW OF THE 
STATE IS CLEAR, 
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 
CANNOT STRIKE. 
BUT THE MORE 
IMPORTANT POINT 
I TSHT AWE ALL 
CAME TGEOTERH 
AND ADDRESSED 
VALID CONCERNS 
AND ISSUES AND 
GOT TO SOMETHING 
TH ATMADE SENSE 
AND ALLOWED US 
TO BE UNIFIED. 
>>> ANOTHER 
EDUCATION 
QUESTION. 
IT HAS EEBN 
ASKED BEFOE RBUT 
I AM WONDERING 
H OWMYAN EXTRA 
TEACHERS HAVE TO 
BE HIRED. 
HOW MANY HAVE 
YOU LOCATED? 
AND HOW ARE YOU 
GOING TO AFFORD 
THIS? 
GIVEN THE STATE 
OF E THBUDGET OF 
THE CITY? 
>> IT IS A IFAR 
QUESTION ALL 
AROUND. 
THE ANSWER IS, 
THOUSANDS. 
HTAT BEGINS WITH 
FOLKS WHO WORK 
FOR THE OABRD OF 
EDUCATION RIGHT 
NO WAND HAVE NOT 
BEE INN THE 
CLASSROOM BUT 
ARE QUALIFIED TO 
BE IN THE 
CLASSROOM. 
THERE ARE 
THOUSANDS OF 
THEM. 
THEY ARE 
THOUSANDS OF 
SUBSTITUTE 
TEACHERS USED 
EVERY YEAR, WE 
WILL PEG THE 
NUMBER SHORTLY 
BUT WE ARE 
TALKING BOAUT 
TWO POOLS OF 
MULTIPLE 
THOUSANDS OF 
TEACHERS THAT 
COME INTO PLAY 
HERE. 
YES IT WILL COST 
MONEY. 
BUT AS WE MOVE 
FORWARD AND VEHA 
TO MAKE SENSE OF 
A CHALLENGING 
SIATUTINO, IT 
COMES DOWN TO 
OUR PRIORITIES. 
EDUCATING OUR 
KIDS PROPERLY, 
KEEPING THEM 
SAFE AND MOVING 
FORWARD, HELPING 
TO RESTART OUR 
ECONOMY. 
THERE ARE SO 
MANY REASONS WHY 
THE INVESTMENT 
WE MAKE TO GET 
SCHOOLS GOING IS 
WORTH IT 
HUGE 
RAMIFICAITONS 
FOR WHAT THE 
CITY WILL NEED 
IN THE NEXT FEW 
MONTHS. 
LIKE EVERY OTHER 
WE WILL HAVE TO 
MAKE ADJUSTMENTS 
TO ACHIEVE THAT 
OUTCOME. 
HITS IS THE 
RIGHT INTHG TO 
DO. 
CHANCELLOR, DO 
YOU WANT TO ADD A
THE FOLKS TO BE 
BRGOUHT IN TO 
AUGMENT THE 
SCHOOL TEAMS? 
>> NO SIR, YOU 
COREVED . IT
>> GO AHEAD. 
>> Reporter: 
GOOD MORNING, I 
WANT TO ASK YOU 
ABOUT INDOOR 
DINING, DAY 
AFTER DAY WE 
HEAR ABOUT NEW 
YORK CIY TIS 
GETTING BETTER 
AND BETTER. 
OTHER STATES WE 
REQUIRE 
QUARANTE INFRM O
THEY ARE 
ALLOWING MORE 
AND MORE DIINNG. 
SO WHAT IS IT 
ABOUT INDOOR 
DINING THAT IS 
LIKE THERE IS NO 
TIMETABLE OR NO 
BENCHMARK FOR 
IT? 
>> THAT IS A 
FAIR QUESTION, I 
THINK IT PART 
POINTS OUT PART 
OF THE PROBLEM. 
A NUMBER  OF
STATES MOVED 
AHEAD WITH 
INDOOR DINING 
AND FOUND THAT 
IT CONTRITBUETOD 
EITHER ONGOING 
PROBLEM OR 
RESURGENCE. 
SO 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
WHAT WE SEE 
AROUND THE 
COUNTRY AND 
AROUND THE 
WORLD, THERE IS 
A DIRECT 
CONNECTION. 
TO BE FAIR, IT 
IS MORE PROFOUND 
EVEN IF YOU'RE 
TKIALNGBO AUT 
INDOOR BARS, 
NIGHTCLUBS, 
THOSE ARE MORE 
PROFOUND 
PRLEOBMS THAN 
INDOOR 
ESRTURAANTS WE 
ARE TREATING 
THOSE 
SEPARATELY. 
I KNOW FOLKS IN 
THE RESTAURANT 
INDUSTRY HAVE 
ASKED THIS 
QUESTION. 
WE SEE IT IS 
VERYIF DFERENT, 
INDOOR BARS AND 
NIGHTCLUBS HAVE 
BEEN INTENSE 
NEXUS FOR 
RESURGENCE 
AROUND THE 
COUNTRY AND 
AROUND THE WORLD.
WHAT WE ARE 
SEEING IN EUROPE 
RIGHT NOW, 
SPAIN, DIRECTLY 
RELATED BACK TO 
INDOOR 
RESTAURANTS. 
INDOOR 
RESTAURANTS ARE 
STILL SENSITIVE 
AND HAVE BEEN 
LINKED TO 
PROBLEMS AROUND 
THE COUNTRY AND 
AROUND THE WORLD 
BUTN OT AS 
SENSITIVE AS 
BARS. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
HONEST WITH THE 
RESTAURANT 
INDUSTRY AUBOT 
THE CHALLENGE 
BUT I'VE ALSO 
HEARD BACK THAT 
FOLKS JUST WANT 
A FINAL ANSWER 
AS SOON AS 
POSIBSLE SO THEY 
CAN MAKE THEIR 
PLANS UP AND 
DOWN. 
IT IS ARE 
RESPONSIBLE TO 
GI TVEHEM IS 
CLEAR ANSWER IN 
THE MONTH OF 
SETPEMBER AS 
MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
IF THERE CAN BE 
A TIMELINE OR A 
SET OF STANDARDS 
FOR REOPENING WE 
NEED TO DECIDE 
THAT IN THE NEXT 
FEW WEEKS AND 
ANNOUNCE IT 
WHETHER IT IS 
GOOD NEWS OR BAD 
NEWS. 
WE ARE ALSO 
WORKING VERY 
CLOSELY WITH THE 
STATOE F NEW 
YORK BOTH TAKING 
A VERY CAUTIOUS 
APPROACHH ERE. 
WE WILL KEEP 
LOOKING AT IT,I  
THINK WE OWE THE 
INDUSTRY A CLEAR 
ANSWER AS SOON 
ASP OSBLSIE BUT 
IT IS ALWAYS 
GOIG NTO BE 
ABOUT HEALTH AND 
SAFETY FIRST. 
THAT'S WHY WE 
HAVE BEEN SO 
CAREFUL ON THIS 
ISSUE. 
GO AHEAD. 
>> WITH 
WEDDINGS, THOSE 
THE KEEP TO THE 
GUIDELINES 
OFFICIALLY YOUR 
OFFICE RELEASE 
THAT THEE RCAN 
BE NO EATING IN 
ORDOS. 
YOU ARE TALKING 
ABOUT MOST 
WEDDING HALLS 
HAVE CAPACITY OF 
500, 600 PEOPLE. 
FI TEHRE ONL50Y  
PEOPLE THERE 
WHAT IS THE 
ISSUE? 
>> LET ME TURN 
TO DR. DAVE 
CHOKSHI. 
HIS AGENCY IS 
LEADING THE 
EFSFORT  TO 
ADDRESS WEDDINGS 
AND ERCATING 
HALLS. 
>> THANK YOU FOR 
THE QUESTION. 
THE ISSUE WITH 
HIGHER RISK 
ACTIVITIES THAT 
OCCUR INDOORS, I 
WOULD SAY OCCUR 
ALONG TWO MAJOR 
DIMENSIONS, THE 
FIRST IS THE 
SIZE OF THE 
GATHERING 
HAPPENING INDOORS
LIMIT OF 50, THE 
SECOND IS PAYING 
PARTICULAR 
ATTEIONTN TO 
WHEN MASKS ARE 
NOT ABLE TO BE 
WORN FOR THE 
ENTIRE DURATI ON
OF WHENOM SEONE 
IS INDORSO AND 
SO THAT IS WHY 
WE ARE 
PARTICULARLY 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
EDWDINGS, OTHER 
LARGE EVENTS 
THAT COMBINE 
THOSE TWO THINGS 
WERE YOU HAVE 
BOTH A HACLLGEEN 
TO MAINTAIN A 
DISTANCE AND 
POTENTIALLY A 
LARGER NUMBER OF 
OPPEASLE  WL EL
IS THE 
POSSIBILITY OF 
MASKS NOT BEING 
USED REGULARLY. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> WE HAVE 
JAKE. 
COMING UP. 
>> Reporrte: 
GOOD MORNING. 
>> THE MEME 
YOU'RE TALKING 
ABOUT A PEOPLE 
LEAVING THE CITY 
I WANT TO MOVE 
PAST THIS 
OVERBLOWN 
DISCUSSION 
WHETHER NEW YORK 
CITY IS DEAD BUT 
THERE IS A LOT 
OF CONCERN ABOUT 
THE LACK OF 
VISION OR BIG 
IDEAS FROM YOUR 
ADMINISTRATN.IO 
CAN YOU NAME TWO 
OR THREE FORWARD-
LOOKING 
INITIATIVES YOUR 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAS COMMIEDTT  TO
THAT WILL HELP US
GET BACK ON HER 
FEET? 
>> RESPECTFULLY, 
THAT IS ALSO AN 
ATTEMPATT  A 
MEME APPEARED 
THIS IS NOT HOW 
IT WORKS. 
THE BIG IDEAS 
BRINGING NEW 
YO CRKITY BACK 
SAFELY. 
RIGHT NOW WE ARE 
THE ENVY OF THE 
NATION THAT WE 
HAVE REBOUNDED 
FROM BEING THE 
EPICENTER TO BE 
IN A SAFEST 
PLACE AROUND THE 
BIG IDEAS 
BRINGI NG
BRINGING BACK 
OUR SCHOOL 
SYSTEM, LARGEST 
IN THE COUNTRY 
SWO E CAN TAKE A 
MAJOR STEP 
WTOASRD 
FUNCTIONING 
NORMALLY. 
EVERYTHI NGW
E 
ARE DOING THIS 
TO GET THE CITY 
BACK AND WE 
ALREADY ARE AT 
AN ALL-TIME HIGH 
IN TERMS OF 
ECONOMIC 
STNREGTH. 
FEBRUARY 2020, 
4.6 MILLION JOBS.
I TRULY BELIEVE 
WHAT WE NEED TO 
DNO OW IS 
REESTABLISH THE 
STRENGTH WE HAD 
AND THEN WE WILL 
BE TALKING A LOT 
STAINRTG HITS 
MONTH ABOUT HOW 
TO BRING BACK 
THE CITY NOT 
ONLY ALL THE 
STRENGTH WE HAD 
A GLOBAL 
OPWEHROU BSEUT 
ALSO TO DO IT IN 
A WAY TT HAIS 
MORE FAIR AND 
ADDRESS 
DISPARITIES ON 
MANY LVEELS. 
THE BIG IDEAS 
GUARANTEEING 
HEALTHCARE FOR 
EVERYONE. 
WE ANNOUNCE THIS 
ALMOST 2 YEARS 
AGO AND NOW 
MPILENTMEED 
FULLY. 
THE FACT TATH 
SOME PEOPLE 
DON'T WANT TO 
MAKE IT A MAJOR 
ISSUE OR USFOC 
ON IT DOESN'T 
MAKE IT LESS 
IMPORTANT. 
IT IS A HUGE 
SEISMIC IDEA TO 
GUARANTEE 
HEALTHCARE FOR 
EVERYONE AND 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
RECEIVINTHG AT 
HLTEAHCARE KNOW 
IT. 
SO I THINK WE 
ARE ON THE RIGHT 
TRACK WITH 
BRINGING THE 
CITY BACK WH IT
ALL WERE' OIDNG. 
>> GO AHEAD. 
>> RELATEDLY, 
YESTERDAY 
MEMBERS OF YOUR 
OWN 
TRANSPORTATION 
TEAM PUT OUT NA 
OPEN LETTER 
CRITICIZING YOU 
FOR YOUR FAILURE 
TO ADDRESS 
TRANSPORTATION 
RELATED 
REJECTIONS. 
THE PANEL SAID 
THYE HVAE VNEER 
RECEIVED 
FEEDBACK OR NEXT 
STEPS ON THE 
STUSAT F OTHOSE 
RECOMMENDATIONS 
WHICH INCLUDING 
EMERGENCY BUS 
LANES AND 
PRIORITIZING 
BIKE LANES IN 
COMMUNITY OF 
COLOR. 
YOU INTEND TO 
IMPLEMENT THOSE 
RCOEMENMDTIAONS? 
>> I THINK WHAT 
WE NEEID S A 
DIALOGUE ABOUT 
WHAT IS REALLY 
HAPPENNIG NAD  IN
FOLKS ARE 
DISGRTUNLED AND 
THEY DON'T WANT 
TO IT KNOWLEDGE 
ATWH S IREALLY 
HAPPENING I 
CAN'T REALLY DO 
MUCH ABOUT THAT. 
WE NEED TO GET 
OPEN STREETS AND 
WE DID AND WE 
WORK TOGETHER 
WITH COMMUNITY, 
WE VHAE HAD THE 
BIGGEST OPEN 
STREETS 
INITIATIVE IN 
THE NATIONHA, S 
BEEN AN 
EXTRAORDINARY 
SIX S. WE ARE 
INCREASING THE 
NUMBER OF BUS 
WAYS THAT ONLY 
DEVELOPED DURING 
THIS 
ADMINISTRATION
 
STARTING WITH 
14th STREET. 
WE ARE ADDING 
MORE PERMANENT 
BUS WAYS, WE 
WILL CONTINUE 
WITH EXPANDED 
BIKE LANES, E W
WILL CONTINUE TO 
DO THAT. 
AGAIN, I THINK 
THAT'S A LOT OF 
VISION, THE 
FERRY HAS COME 
BACK REALLY 
STRONG NOW. 
PELOPE E ARBACK 
IN DROVES. 
YOU TALK ABOUT A 
CITYWIDFEE RYR 
SYSTEM THAT 
NEVER EXISTED 
THE LAST HUNDRED 
YEA ARSNDT ALK 
ABOUT MASSIVE 
FIXED PENSION OF 
BIKE LANES THEM 
CITY BIKE, BUS 
WAVES AS WELL 
AND OPEN STREETS,
THAT SOUNDS LIKE 
A LOT TO ME. 
WE WILL KEEP 
DOING THAT AND 
ME.OR 
>> LAST 
QUESTION, ROSA 
FROM THE CITY. 
>> Reporter: 
THANK YOU MR. 
MAYOR. 
THE SETTLEMENT 
FOR A DEATH IN 
THE CITY JAIL. 
SHE WAS IN JAIL 
FOR MONTHS 
BECAUSE OF THE 
2017 INCIDENT 
WITH THE 
UNDERCOVER COP 
AGREED TO HAVE 
ORAL SEX WITH 
HIM FOR $200 
UPON HER ERSTING 
HER FOUND DRUGS 
 INHE RPANTS 
POCKET AND YOU 
AISD FOBERE THAT 
SHE SHOULDN'T OF 
BEEN IN JAIL TO 
BEGIN WITH. 
SHOULD NYPD BE 
MAKING THOSE 
KINDS OF 
ARRESTS? 
SHOULD THEY BE 
ARRESTING SEX 
WORKERS WHO 
AGREE IN 
ENGAGING SEX 
WITH THEM? 
>> I DON'T KNOW 
ALL THE FACTS 
WATH HAPPENED 
WHICH IS 
HORRIBLE, SHE 
NEVER SHOULD'VE 
BEEN IN JAIL. 
SHE NEVER SHOULD 
HAVE BEEN IN 
SOLITARY IN 
THAT, WE HAVE 
CHANGE THOSE 
RULES, ANYONE IN 
THE SAME 
SITUATION WITH 
THE SAME HEALTH 
CONDITIONS WILL 
T NOBE IN 
SOLITARY 
CONFINEMENT IN 
THE CITY GOING 
FORWARD. 
OUR GOAL IS TO 
END OF THAT AND 
THAT WORK IS 
HPAPENNIG NOW. 
BUT TO THE 
QUESTION OF 
WHETHER SEX 
WORKS ERSHLDOU 
BE ARRESTED, MY 
BROAD ANSWER IS 
NO. 
THE PEOPLE WHO 
ARE ORGANIZING 
 ANDPROFITING 
FROM THE SEX 
WORK ARE THE 
PEOPLE WO H
SHOULD BE 
ARRESTED. 
THE PEOPLE 
EXPLOITING OTHSE 
WOMEN AND IN 
MANY CASES, MEN. 
ANYONE WHO IS 
EXPLOITING FOLKS 
WHO DO SEX WORK, 
THOSE ARE THE 
PEOPLE WSHE OU LD
BE RARESTING. 
WE WILL CONTINUE 
TO LOOK AT THE 
NYP PDROTOCOLS 
BUT I THINK WE 
HAVE TO ALRELY 
GO AFTER THE 
TRUE CRIMINALS 
HERE. 
>> UNDERCOVER 
BUST AMY BE 
SOMETHING THAT 
COULD CHANGE IN 
YOUR TENURE? 
>> I WANT TO BE 
CLEAR, I'M NOT 
SPEAKING AUBOT 
THAT SPECIFIC 
CASE BECAUSE I 
DON'T KNOW ALL 
THFE ACTORS IN 
THAT CASE. 
I DO THINK AND I 
HEAV SEEN A 
CHANGING ALREADY 
WITHIN THE NYPD, 
THE FOCUS IS ON 
THOSE WHO PROFIT 
NOT THOSE WHO DO 
THE SEX WORK, 
THE CHANGE HAS 
ALREADY BEEN 
HAPPENING, WE 
NEED TO DEPEE N
TT HACANHGANE D
 
WE WILL HAVE 
MORE TO SAY ON 
THAT. 
EVERYONE, I JUST 
FINISHED WITH 
THIS AND I WANT 
YOU TO KNOW, I 
DID AN INTERIVEW 
YESTERDAY ON CNN 
AND THE SAME 
TINHG HAPPEN 
THAT I HAVE 
HEARD ON MANY 
INTERVIEWS THAT 
I HAVE BEEN A 
PART OF. 
JOURNALISTS FROM 
THE NATIONAL 
PERSPECTIVE 
ASKING WITH A 
CERTAIN AMOUNT 
OF AMAZEMENT HOW 
NEW YORK CITY 
HAS COME THIS 
FAR? 
HOW WE WENT FROM 
WORST TO FIRST, 
EPICENTER OF THE 
CRISIS TO NOW 
ONE OF THE 
SAFEST PLACES IN 
THE COUNTRY. 
I ALWAYS SAY IT 
IS BECAUSE OF 
ALLOF  YOU, 
EXTRAORDINARY 
DISCIPLINE AND 
STRENGTH AND 
RESILIENCY OF 
WNE RYOKERS. 
MY FELLOW MAKERS 
MAYORS HAVE 
ASKED THE SAME 
QUESTION WITH AN 
AMAZEMENTN  I
THEIR VOICE, HOW 
IS THIS 
POSSIBLE? 
WHAT I LIKE TO 
TEL LPEOPLE IS, 
FIRST OF ALL, IF 
YOU KNOW NEW 
YORKERS YOU 
UNDERSTAND THIS 
IS PAROFT  WHO 
WE AR E,THEE RIS 
NO CRISIS THAT 
TRULY OVERWHELMS 
NEW YORKERS, WE 
HAVE COME BACK 
ROFM SO MUCH. 
I SAW WHAT WE 
CAME BACK FROM 
THE 80s AND 90s, 
WE HAD A HUGE 
CRIME PROBLEM, 
IDAS CRISIS, SO 
MANY THINGS 
GOING ON. 
WE CAME CBAK 
AFTER 9/11, 
AFTER THE REGAT 
RECESSION, YOU 
SEE A TON OF 
TIMES YOU KNOW 
IT IS JUST IN 
OUR DNA BUT THE 
AMAZING THING 
HERE IS THE 
COMBINATION OF 
INDIVIDUAL 
ACTIONS THAT 
HAVE LED TO THIS 
RESULT. 
EVERY TIME YOU 
PUT ON A MASK 
YOU ARE DOING 
SOMETHING FOR 
THE CITY. 
EVERY TIME YOU 
PRACTICE SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, 
EVEY RLITLTE ACT 
ADDS UP. 
TODAY YOU CAN DO 
SOMETHING ELSE 
GREAT BY FILLNIG 
OUT THAT CENSUS 
FORM BUT WHAT I 
KNOW ABOUT NEW 
YORKERS, THEY 
ALWAYS STEP UP 
THERE ALWAYS 
THERE FOR EACH 
OTHER AND IT IS 
GOING TO HAPPEN 
AINGA. 
I WILL CONCLUDE 
WITH THIS, IF 
U YOREAD 
ARTICLES OR O G
ONLINE, GO ON TV 
AND YOU HEAR 
PEOPLE SAY IT'S 
OVER FOR NEW 
YORK CITY OR 
PEOPLE ARE 
LEAVING IN 
OVDRES, HAVE A 
SMILE COME 
ACRSSO YOUR FACE 
BECAUSE THE 
NAYSAYERS HAVE 
SAID THIS FOR 
DECADES AND 
DECADES AND THEY 
HAVE BEEN WRONG 
EVERY SINGLE 
TIME. 
I DON'T KNOW WHY 
PEOPLE LIKTE O 
DO IT AT MOTHER 
MUCH RATHER TALK 
ABOUT WHAT IS 
RIGHT. 
PEOPLE PUTTING 
S UWNDO,PE OLEP 
PREDICTING OUR 
DOOM WILL BE 
WRONG AGAIN AND 
IT WILL BE 
BECAUSE OF ALL 
OF YOU. 
YOU. 
