-And finally, after saying a lot
has been happening this week,
New York mayor Bill de Blasio
announced
he'd be doing something
to actually take action.
That's right.
He said he'd be suspending
alternate side street parking --
this is where you have to
move your car for two hours
so they can clean the street --
for a few weeks.
Yeah, here to tell us more is
one of Mayor Bill de Blasio's
chief strategists,
Martha Bergman.
Martha Bergman,
thank you for being here.
-Yeah, thank you so much
for having me, Jimmy.
Listen, I know we've taken
some criticism
for how we're handling
the protests,
so I just wanted to say,
we hear you loud and clear.
We believe in racial justice,
and now, finally, you won't
have to move your car
between 11:00 to 1:00 p.m.
on Thursdays.
You're welcome.
Problem solved.
-Huh. That really doesn't seem
to address the protests at all.
I mean, people want real change.
They want justice.
-I'm sorry.
Maybe you didn't hear
what I said.
I said we're making
parking better.
-Yeah, that's not making
the world better, you know?
What about defunding the police?
-Uh-huh.
Yeah, yeah.
Um, well, so we're gonna
start with parking,
because I think we all
need to be listening
and having the difficult
conversation right now
about how cars should be able
to stay where they are
all the time.
I mean, it may seem radical,
but people can't wait
for a change any longer.
-Yeah, I'm sorry.
I'm not really seeing
how that helps.
You're not listening to people.
You're not taking action.
-Okay, okay,
let me put it this way.
If we were having
this conversation
between 9:00 and noon
on a Friday,
we wouldn't be having
this conversation,
because I'd be moving my car.
-Wow, you're really missing
the point here.
-[ Sighs ]
Okay, yeah.
No, you're right.
We're not doing nearly enough.
You know, we could make the
parking signs a little bigger
or maybe put pictures on them.
-No, no, no, I'm not saying
you're doing enough for the --
I'm saying that you're
not doing enough
to stand up to police brutality
and racism.
-Hmm, yeah, I don't think so.
I think we did it.
-You did what?
-Uh, it.
-It?
-Yeah, it.
You know, the thing
that everybody wanted.
-And you're not gonna say
what it is, are you?
-Nope.
-Thank you very much.
