>>> 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 YERAS WE 
THINK ABOUT 
LABOR DAY 
WEEKEND AS ONE 
OF THE MOST 
JOYOUS TIMESO 
F 
THE YEAR AND 
THAT IS EVERY 
COMMUNITY IN NEW 
YORK CIY TD AN
SPECIFICALLY THE 
CARIBBEAN 
COMMUNITY AS WE 
HAVE AN AMAZING 
CELEBRATION BUT 
THIS YEAR WILL 
E BVERY 
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 
RYOKES RIS TO 
KMAE SURE WE GET 
THROUGH THIS WE 
CAN SAFELY AND 
CONTINUE OUR 
FIGHT AGAINST 
THE COROVINAR. US
TOADY EW WLIL 
TALK ABOUT THE 
WAYS WE WILL 
KEEP EVERYONE 
SAFE THIS 
WEEKEND. 
BEFORE I GO INTO 
THAT, I HAVE TO 
LTAK OUABT 
SOMETHG INTHAT 
IS VERY 
TROUBLING AND 
THAT IS HWAT WE 
HEARD LAST NIGHT 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENT. 
THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED 
STAT ES
TREHANITENGTO  
TAKE AWAY 
FEDERAL FUNDING 
OFRM THE CITY 
WHILE WE ARE 
STILL IN THE 
GRIPS OF THIS 
CRISIS JUST 
MAKES NO SENSE. 
IT S IA TIME 
WHERE WE SHOULD 
BE SEEING 
SOLIDARITY THAT
 
WE ARE SEEING 
THE OPPOSITE. 
I WANT TO SPEAK 
DIRECTLY TO THE 
PREDESINT. 
MR. PRESIDENT, 
WE ASK YOU TO 
HELP NEW YORK 
CITY AND WE ASK 
YOU FOTR ESNGTI 
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 
MOVFE ORAWRD 
TEOGTHR EAND YOU 
REFUSED TO TEL L
NEW YORKE ARSND 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOLPAE WHT WAS 
REALLY GOING ON. 
YOU FAID LEUS 
AND NOW YOU AWNT 
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 PS OKEN
ANTHD E 
PRESIDENT CANNOT 
INTERFERE WITH 
FEDERAL FUNDING 
WITH CITIES AND 
STATES JUST 
BECAUSHE E EFEL
S 
LIKE IT. 
WE HAVE LAWS IN 
THIS COUNTRY SO 
FI YOU PRSEIST 
IN TRYING TO 
DENY THE FUNDING,
WE WILL SEE YOU 
IN COURT AND 
ONCE AGAIN,  WE
WILL BE UED IN 
COURT. 
WHY DON'T WE 
STOP THE WORDS 
AND GET ON WITH 
THE ACTUAL 
ACOTIN O THELP 
NEW YORK CITY 
AND HE LPTE H
PEOPLE OF THE 
COUNTRY. 
THAT IS WH ATWE 
ACTUALLY NEED. 
LET ME GO BACK 
TO WHAT WE ARE 
INDOG  PTOREREPA 
FOR THE DAYS 
AHEAD. 
WHEN WE TALK 
ABOUT LABOR DAY 
WEEKEND IT 
IMMEDIATELY 
BRINGS UP 
POSIITVE 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 NWAT 
TO KEEP A GOO. D
FIRST, WE WANT 
TO TALK ABOUT 
AL LTHE FOLKS 
THAT MIGHT BE 
TRAVELING THIS 
LABOR DAY 
WKEEEN D.
IFY OU ARE 
TRAVELING OR 
COMING TO NEW 
YORK CITY, THESE 
ARE THE STATES 
STILL REQUIRING 
QUARANTINE FOR 
TRAVELERS COMING 
TO EWN 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. 
 ATTHS IMMEON
T 
IN HISTORY WITH 
ALL THE 
CHALLENGES WE 
ARE FACING, THE 
BEST THING TO  DO
IS TO AVOID 
GOING TO THOE S
TERIRTORIES. 
IF YOU MUST, YOU 
MUST RESPECT THE 
QUARANTINE UPON 
YOUR RETURN. 
IF YOU ARE 
TRAVELING FROM 
THOSE PLACES, 
VISITING NEW 
YORK CITY OR 
MFAILY OR 
FRIENDS OR 
WHATEERV T IMAY 
BE, YOU HAVE TO 
RESPECT THE 
QUARANTINE 
BECAUSE WE HAVE 
COME THIS FAR. 
WE HAVE TO KEEP 
IGFHTING THIS 
DISEASE AND HOLD 
ONTO THE 
PROGRESS WE HAVE 
MADE. 
THE NUMBER ONE 
MESSAGE IS YOU 
DON'T HE AVTO  GO
TO ONE OF THOSE 
STATES AND IF 
UYO , DOYU OHAVE 
TO QUARANTINE. 
NOTHING TO 
ISDSSCU, T'IS 
THE LAW. 
NOW, LET'S TALK 
ABOUT THIS 
WEEKEND AND THE 
THINGS THAT WILL 
BHE APPENING 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 GATRHEINGS 
ARE THE CAUSE 
FOR A RESURGENCE 
OF THIS SDIEAES. 
WE CAN'T LET 
THAT HAPPEN. 
A LOT OF THE 
RASEONS THAT 
PEOPLE GATHER 
ARE NOT 
HAPPENI NGTHIS 
YEAR. 
THE AMAZING 
PARADE, ONE OF 
THE GREATEST 
EVENTS IS NOT 
HAPPENING. 
THE FESTIVAL IS 
NOT HAPPENING. 
WHAT YOU CAN DO 
S ICELEBRATE 
OTHSE AMAZING 
EVENTS AND ALL 
TH
E 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 F O
YOURSELF AND 
YOUR FAMILY AND 
COMMUNITY, IT 
HAS TO BE KEPT 
UNDER 50 PEOPLE. 
IT HAS TO BE 
KEPT SRMAT NDA 
WE CANNOT TAKE A 
CHANCE WITH 
PEOPLE'S HEALTH. 
A FEW DAYS AGO, 
WE HAD A CALL OF 
LDEEARS OF THE 
CENTRAL BROOKLYN 
COMMUNITY AND 
ELECTED 
OFFICIALS AND 
CLERGY AND 
MEMBERS OF THE 
CARE VIOLENCE 
MONVEMET D AN
FOLKS I DO 
AMAZING WORK 
EVEY RDAY TO 
REPRESENT OUR 
COMMUNITIES. 
IT WAS A CALL 
ILFLED WITH 
UNION AND  WEALL 
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 PA RTOF THAT 
LEADERSHIP CALL 
AND ALL THE 
GORANIZATIONS 
AND LETTING 
PEOPLE KNOW THE 
SIMPLE MESSAGE 
WITH NO LARGE 
GATHERINGS BEING 
PERMITTED FOR 
HEALTH AND 
SAFETY. 
THIS MESSAGE IS 
BEING SPREAD AL
L 
OVER CENTRAL 
BROOKLYN BY A 
OLT OF GREAT 
COMMUNITY 
ORGANIZATIONS 
AND LOCAL 
LEASDER. 
I WANT TO THANK 
EACH AND EVERY 
ONE OF THEM 
BECAUSE IT MAKES 
A HUGE 
DIFFERENCE. 
THE NUMBER ONE 
BESST TRATE GY
F ORMAKING SURE 
PEOPLE 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
TO STAY SAFE IS 
HEARING VOICES 
FROM THEIR OWN 
COUNMMIT Y.
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 
COMMUTNIY AND 
KEEP EVERYONE 
SAFE. 
WE ARE MAKING 
SURE IT IS A 
SMART PLAN AND I 
WANT TO 
INTDUROCTE HE 
ARCHITECT OF 
THAT PLAN THAT 
HAS NDOE 
EXTRAORDINARY 
WORK IN HIS RE OL
AND SOMEONE THAT 
REALLY 
NDUERSTANDS OUR 
COMMUNITY AND 
LISTENS TO OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
THCE HIF EOF 
PATROL OF THE 
NYPD. 
>>  THANK YOU. 
THK ANYO TUO THE 
OVER 8.6 
MILLION. 
RO'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 PREAPRE 
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 IWLL 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 EVREYOE N
IN THE CITY TO 
CONTINUE WHAT 
YOU HAVE BEEN 
DOING TO BE SE AF
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 
UNCOMMITY AND 
THE STRONGEST 
VOICES ON MY 
CALL, SHE HAS 
BEEN A STRONG 
VOI SCEO MANY 
TIMES, A 
CONGRESS MEMBER 
THAT REPRESENTS 
SO MUCH AND IS A 
BROWN DAUGHTER 
OF -- PROUD 
DAUGEHTR 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 
COMMUNICATG IN
AND WORKING 
TOGETHER, WE CAN 
AHVE A GOOD 
RESULT AND 
EVERYONE ON THE 
CALL HEARD HER 
VOICE LOUD AND 
CLEAR AND THAT 
IS THE PLAN WE 
ARE GOING THWI. 
I WANT TO THANK 
HER AS ALWAYS 
FORE HR 
LEADERSHIP AND 
I'PRM OUD TO 
TRINODE UC
CONGRES SMMBEER 
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 VCEOI. 
THIS IS THE 
HOLIDAY WEEKEND 
AND HERE IN 
CENTRAL 
BROOKLYN, WE 
REMAIN COMMITTED.
I AM WREAING 
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 ITCY 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 
TOGETHRE, HTIS 
IS NOT THE TIME. 
WE ARE FOCUSED 
ON FIGHTING AND 
WINNING AGAINST 
COVID-19  SO I 
WANT TO CONTINUE 
TO URGE THE 
BELVOED 
COMMUNITY TO 
REMAIN SOCIALLY 
DISTANT AND 
REFRAIN FROM 
LARE G
GATHERINGS. 
CONTINUE TO USE 
YOUR FACE MASK 
AND NCOTINUE TO 
WASH YOUR HANDS. 
HAWE VE 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 
TRADIONTIS HERE 
WHICH HAS BEEN A 
PREDAWN EVENT 
THAT MANY OF US 
HAVE HIGHLY 
REGARDED AND 
THAT IS THE 
DUVET 
CELEBRATION. 
TH
IS YEAR AGAIN 
LIKE CARNIVAL, 
WE ARE MOVING TO 
A VIRTUAL 
PLATFORM. 
AS I HAVE 
ENCOURAGED 
EVERYONE TO KEEP 
CARNIVAL IN 
THE HIREARTS AND 
PARTAKE IN THE 
VIRTUAL 
ACTIVITIES THA T
ARE TAKING 
PLEAC, LIKEWISE 
HERE. 
THAT EVENT HAS 
BEEN A ADTRITN IO
FOR MANY YEARS 
AND WE WANT TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
WHILE WE PARTAKE 
OF A 
COMMEMORATOION F 
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 VIOLEENC 
AND ARE NOT 
IMMUNE TO THAT 
HERE IN CENTRAL 
BROOKLYN IN THE 
AREA, 
UNFORTUNATELY 
WHERE DUVET D AN
CANIRVAL HAS 
BEECN LEEBRATED. 
WE WANT FAMILIES 
TO BE SAFE IN 
THE COMMUNITY TO 
BE SAFE. 
WE ANWT TO 
CONTINE UTO KEEP 
FSAE BY NOT 
CONGREGATING 
WHERE SHOOTERS 
CAN HARM SO I 
WANT TO 
COENURAGE 
EVERYONE TODAY. 
TODAY WOULD 
TRADITIONALLY BE 
THE BEGINNING OF 
THE CARNIVAL 
SEOASN. 
THERWIE LL BE A 
WHOLE HOST OF 
EVENTS ONLINE 
AND YOCAU N 
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 N CA
MOVE FORWARD AND 
BE WITH ONE 
ANOTHER ONCE 
AGAIN IN A 
SPECTACULAR 
EXPRESSION OF 
CARIBBEAN 
CULTUE RAND 
PRIDE. 
LET ME THANK YOU 
ONCE AGAIN FOR 
FOCUSING ON THIS 
WEEKEND WHERE WE 
NOT ONLY 
CELEBRATE THE 
WORKERS, E TH
ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS THAT 
HAVE BEEN ON THE 
FRTON LINES IN 
THE CITY THAT 
HAVE KEPT US 
SAFE AND HAVE 
TENDED TO US IN 
OUR ILLNESS 
DURING THIS 
PAENDM ICBUT 
ALSO YOUR 
LEADERSHIP IN 
KEEPING OUR 
COMMUNITIES SAFE 
FROM HARM AS WE 
MOVE INTO THE 
FINAL HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND BEFORE 
SCHOOL STARTS
. 
W
E DON'T WANT TO 
FALL BACK OR 
DIGRESS. 
I WANT TO 
ENCOURAGE ALL OF 
OUR COMMUNITIES 
TO CONTINUE O T
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 
MEERMB AND THAT 
IS THE PERFECT 
POINT YOU ARE 
MAKING. 
 WEHAVE  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 EAGRT 
AND SAFE 
WEEKEND. 
I KNOW THAT 
BECAUSE W NE
YORKERS ALWAYS 
FIND A Y WATO 
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 AAZMIG NT
O 
SEE FOLKS IN THE 
RESTAURANT 
COMMUNITY, HOW 
RESILIENT AND 
SG TRONTHEY 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 
THOE SBUSINESSES 
THAT WE WANT TO 
HELP IN EVERY 
WAY WE CAN AND 
IT'S WONDERFUL 
FOR THE 
COMMUNITIES THAT 
LOVE STO EE
 
THOSE 
RESTAURANTS OPEN 
AND LOVE OUTDOOR 
DINING. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE FOLKS THAT 
HAVEB EEABN LE 
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 
WEKEENDAD Y 
WHICH MEANS THE 
STREETS WILL 
PROCEED THE SAEM 
WAY THEY 
NORMALLY WOULD. 
MONDAY WE WILL 
OPEN RESTAURANTS 
WITH AN EXTRA 
DAY OF BUSINESS 
AND HO IPET 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 HARDTES HIT 
COMMUNITY. 
OUR TASK FORCE 
ON RACIAL 
INCLUSION EQUITY 
AND LEADERS OF 
THIS 
DMOENSTRATION 
AND COLOR ALL 
OVER THE 
ADMINISTRATONI 
ARE LOOKING AT 
WAYS TO ADDRESS 
THIS CSIRIS 
MEIMDIATELY AND 
PARTICULARY LIN 
THE 27 HARDEST 
HIT 
NEIGHBORHOODS. 
ONE OF THE 
INTHG STHEY CAME 
UP WITH WAS THE 
RESTAURANT 
FINALIZATION 
PROGRAM 
ANNOUNCED IN 
JUNE TO HELP 
RESTAURANTS AND 
COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR TO SURVEVI 
AND KEEP 
IMPLORING PEOPLE 
AND KEEP THEIR 
CULTURES ALIVE 
AND THEY HAVE 
BEEN DOING THAT 
IAN N AMAZING 
WAY. 
I WANT TO THANK 
THE MAYOR'S FUND 
WORKING IN 
PARTNERSHIP AND 
WITH E THTASK 
FORCE ALREADY A 
WARNING O T$.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 O T
EMPLOY PEOPLE 
AGAN IAND KEEP 
RESTAURANTS 
ALIVE ALSO 
GETTING FREE 
MEALS TO NEW 
YORKERS THAT 
NEEITD . 
THIS IS A GREAT 
EXAMPLE F ODOING 
SOMETHING AND 
HELPING EACH 
OTHER. 
LET'S GO TO OUR 
INDICATORS. 
THE DAIYL NUMBER 
OF PEOPLE 
ADMITTED FOR 
SUSPECTED COVID-
19 IS 200 
PATIENTS  AND 
THE CONFIRMED 
POSITIVE RATE 
AMONG THOSE 
TIPAES NTIS ONLY 
4.6%. 
NUMBER TWO, YOU 
REPORTED CASES 
ON A SEVEN-DAY 
AVERAGE 
THRESHOLD IS 550 
CASES AND THEY 
HAVE REPORTED 
253 D ANNUMBER 
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 
E BHAVING A 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
TOMORWRORN MOIG N
BUT WE WILL SEE 
YOU AGAIN ON 
TUESDAY, THE DAY 
AFTR ELABOR DAY. 
A FEW WORDS IN 
SPANISH, [ 
SPEAKING FOREIGN 
LANGUAGE ].
WITH THAT, WE 
WILL TURN TO OUR 
COLLEAGUES IN 
TH MEEDIA. 
>> 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 S I
STLIL N OHET 
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 
TEWETIG NO UT
ABOUT  WHAT THE 
FERDEAL 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 CBEAE USOF 
BUDGETING AND 
MONEY WHICH IS  A
PRTA 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 
GBUDETI, T IS 
MEANT TO 
IMPARTIALLY 
DISTRIBUTE 
RESROUCES 
REARGDLESS F O
POLITICS 
ACCORDING TO THE 
NEEDS OF THE 
PEOPLE. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
DOWN THIS ROAD 
BEFORE WHERE THE 
PRESIDENT 
THREATEND ET
O 
TAKE AWAY 
FUNDING AND THIS 
IS CLEARLY A 
CAMPAIGN STUNT 
BUT THE PROBLEM 
IS THE 
CONSTITUTION 
DOES NOT AGR EE
ANTHD E SUPREME 
COURT DOES NOT 
AGREE. 
YU OCANNOT HOD L
BACK FEDERAL 
FUNDING OVER A 
POLITICAL 
DIFFERENCE OR 
POLICY 
DIFFERENCE ONCE 
IT HAS BEEN 
ALLOCATED. 
THIS IS ANOTHER 
ONE OF THOSE 
THIGNS ATHT LWIL 
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 BACTK O 
THT ASECOND 
QUESTION.  
WO HINES XT? 
>>  THE NEXT IS 
MICHAEL GARLAND 
FROM DAILY NEWS. 
>>  GOOD 
MORNING, MR. 
MEAHR.
 
I HAVE A COUPLE 
OF QUESTIONS. 
HET FIRST ONE IS 
ON SCHOOL 
VENTILATION 
SYSTEMS AND MY 
UNDERSTANDING IS
 
THEY WER
E 
SUPPOSED TO BE 
FINALIZED THIS 
WEEK. 
HAVE THEY BEEN 
AND WHA TARE 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 IWLLG ET 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 ISA  
IBULNDIG WITH A 
PROBLEM, WE WILL 
FIX THE PROBLEM 
OR HOLD THAT 
CBAK T BU
OVERWHELMINGLY 
WE ARE SEEING 
GOOD RESULTS 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> THANK YOU.  
THE SECOND 
QUESTION IS ON 
THE ISSUE OF 
POPELLE EIAVNG 
THE CITY AND 
PEOPLE I HAVE 
SPOKEN TO AOUBT 
THIS THAT ARE IN 
THE PROCESS OF 
LVEAI NGOR 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 EDUCATONI. 
THERE IS SOME 
CONCERN ABOUT 
CRMIE AND SALO 
THE POSBSIILTIY 
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 ETHY 
LEAVE. 
ARE YOU 
SYMPATHETIC 
ABOUT WHAT 
PEOP'SLE 
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 TAS?XE 
>> I TAKE THE 
OLNGVI EW ON 
THIS.  
IT'S SO CLEAR. 
YOU GO BACK AND 
LOOK AT THE 60s 
AND 70s, WE HAD 
SSMAIVE -- LT'ES 
BE BLUN, T"WHITE 
FLIGHT" BUT THE 
CITY THEN BECAME 
MORE DIVERSE AND 
HAND STRENGTH 
AND GREW AND HAD 
RCEAHED A POINT 
WHERE WE HAVE 
THE MOST OBJS IN 
OURHI STROY,
 
PORTFOLIO 6 
MILLION JOBS AND 
IF YOU LOOK BACK 
AT THOSE TEIMS 
HE WOULD SAY 
THERE'S NO WAY 
THE CITY 
COULD'VE COME 
BACK AFTER 
LOSING MILLIONS 
AND MILLIONS OF 
POPEL BEUT IT 
CAME BACK 
STRONGER THAN 
EVER NDA S IONE 
OF THE GREATEST 
CITIES ON THE 
EARTH. 
YOU COULD SAY 
THE SAME EXACT 
THING AFTER 9/11 
A NDAFERT 
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 
NWAT TO COME TO 
NEW YORK CIT
Y 
AND NO LACK OF 
NEW YORKERS THAT 
WANT TO STAND 
AND FIGHT. 
I WOD ULSAY THIS 
IS OUR HOME AND 
WE ARE NOT GOING 
ANYWHERE SO WE 
WILL FIGHT FOR 
IT. 
THE FOLKS THAT 
ARE NEWER HERE 
T THADIN'DT 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. 
THEH ERICO 
EFFORT TO BRING 
SCHOOLS BACK AND 
PEOPLE ARE PROUD 
TO BE NEW 
YORRSKE. 
WE BOUGHT A 
UHOSE IN THE 
YERA 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 
ABREY LAFFORD 
OUR OWN 
NEIGHBORHOOD. 
PROPERTY VALUES 
HAVE SKYROCKETED 
FOR DECADES IN 
THE CITY. 
WE HAVE PROPERTY 
VALUES GOING UP
 
YEARS AND YEARS 
AND THOSE 
PROPERTY VUALES 
WI LLBES TNROG ER
MATTER AWHT. 
I TRULY BELIEVE 
ANYONE THAT 
LEADS WILL 
REGRET IT BUT I 
WNTA O TFCUOS N O
THPE EOPLE THAT 
ARE STAYING AND 
FIGHTING. 
>>  CAN YOU HEAR 
ME? 
>> YES, HOW ARE 
YOU DOING? 
>> GOOD, I WANT 
TO TALK ABOUT 
INDOOR IDNIGN.  
WE HAVE ELECTED 
OFFICIALS AND 
CITCOY UINCL 
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 HAPN PEAND 
WHN.E 
> > ALISLON AND 
I TOTALLY 
UNDERSTAND. 
I KNOW WHY 
ANYONE WOULD 
WANT ANSWERS AND 
I COULD'VE SAID 
SOMETHING THAT 
WASN'T TRUE BUT 
I' MNOT GOING TO 
DO THAT. 
THE HEALTH 
LEADERSHIP OF 
THE CITY THAT 
GUIDEUSD  
ROTHUGTHH IS 
CRISIS IS VERY 
CONCERND EABUTO 
INDOOR DINING 
AND THE ASTT
E 
HAS BEEN 
CONCERNED AND 
ALL OVER THE 
WORLD WE HAVE 
SEEN A PROBLEM. 
LET ME BE VERY 
CLEAR. 
RESTAURANTS ARE 
DFIFENRET THAN 
BARS AND 
NIGHTCLUBS. 
THAT HAS BEEN 
EVEN MORE OF A 
PROBLEM SO WE 
WILL TREAT 
RSTEARAUNTS 
SEPARATELY. 
I SAID THIS WEEK 
WE WILL COME TO 
A DECSIIOINN  
THE NEXT DAY AND 
DEFINITELY IN 
THE MONTH OF 
SEPTEMBER AND 
GIVE GUIDANCE 
BASED ON ALL THE 
FACTS AND THE 
DATA AND 
RESTAURANT 
WNOES RTATH ACN 
THEN MAKE THEIR 
DECISION. 
WHE AVE OPEN 
RESTAURANTS 
THROUGH THE END 
OF TOCOBRE AND 
LOOKING IF WE 
SHOULD EXTEND IT.
WE ARE LOOKING 
AT THAT DATE AND 
WE HAVE ELDIERVY
 
AND TAKE-OUT AND 
SOME RESTAURANTS 
WITH ALL THOS
E 
TOOS LWIL LBE 
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 NGUS 
WILL BE BASED ON 
WHAT IS THE 
INTEREST OF 8 
MILLION+ NEW 
YORKERS THAT 
HAVE TO BEAT 
THIS DISEASE. 
GO AHEAD. 
>> THAT WAS I T,
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>  THANK YOU 
D ANYOU GUYS ME 
KNW OIF YOU HAVE 
DAVE AND THE 
CONGRESSMAN 
BACK. 
>>  I'M BACK. 
>> LET'S SEE IF 
WE CAN EGT ADVE 
BACK.  
>> I'M HERE. 
>> THIS IS A 
MIRACLE OF 
MODERN  
TECHNOLOGY. 
WELL DONE TO THE 
ATEM 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 
RPESIDENT SAID 
LAST NIGHT WITH 
FEDERAL FUNDING 
AND I HAVEN'T 
OTLD7  IBOLLIN 
S IWHT AWE 
ROUGHLY GET AND 
I THINK THAT 
SOUNDED A ILTTE L
LW OSOIF  YOU 
COULD CORRECT 
THAT AND WHAT IS 
YOUR REACTION TO 
WHAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SAID? 
>> ABSOLUTELY,  
THIS IS THE 
THREAT AND LACK 
OF CHARACTER AND 
HIMT ARGETING 
NEW YORK CITY 
ALONGSIDE MANY 
OF THE OTHER 
MAJOR 
MUNICIPITALIES. 
HE HAS ALREADY 
SAID HATT HE 
FOCUSED ON THS I
AND THE CITY OF 
NEW YORIK N THE 
UPCINOMBUG DGET 
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 
GFIU REHE HAS 
BEEN QUOTED IN 
THE PRESS IS 
INACCURATE BUT 
WE NEED O TSTAY 
FOCUSED ON 
NAVIGATING OUR 
CITY RTHOUGH 
THIS CRISIS. 
HE DOES NOT HAVE 
THE AUTHORITY TO 
DEFUND ANY CITY 
IN TH SETATION 
AND WE WILL 
CERTAINLY USE 
EVERY AUTHORITY 
WE HAVE IN 
CONGRESS TO MAKE 
SURE THAT HE 
DOES NOT 
MANIPULATE 
FEEDR ALAGENCIES 
IN TERMS OF HOW 
FUNDS ARE 
DISRUPTED IN ANY 
FORM OR ASFHION. 
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 NATIO
N 
THROUGH THIS 
PANDEMIC AND 
MAKE SURE THE 
ECONOMY IS MADE 
WHOE LAND GET IT 
TO A POINT WHERE 
WE ARE UNITED. 
>>  ONE LAST 
POINT, YOU JUST 
HEARD FROM A 
MEMBER OF THE 
UTENID STATES 
CONGRESS AND AS 
A REMINDER, 
DONALD TRUMP HAS 
A FOUNDING 
FATHERS PROBLEM. 
THE COTNSITTUI ON
SOC LEARLY 
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 THT A
DOLNAD TRUMP 
DOES NOT GET TO 
MAKE THAT 
DECISION AND IT 
HAS RALEADY BEEN 
MADE AND WE WILL 
GET THE FUNDING 
THAT IS SLATED 
FOR US  WSOE CAN 
SERVE THE PEOPLE 
OF THE CIT.Y 
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. MAH. ER 
I'M SURE YOU SAW 
SPEAKER COREY 
JOHNSON 
YESTERDAY CALLED 
FOR AN IMMEDIATE 
RETURN TO INDOOR 
DININGN AD HET 
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 
TH NEYPTD O DO 
ENFORCEMENT ON 
INDOOR DINING. 
IF THAT IS WHAT 
THEY DECIDE TO 
DO. 
GIVN ETT HATHE 
VEGORN ORIS 
GOING TO COREY 
JOHNSON ON THIS, 
DO YOU FILL 
DESILINED OR 
FEEL THAT THEY 
WAITED TOO LONG 
TMO AKA E APLN? 
>> 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 HTE 
ECONOMY AN
D 
SCHOOLS AND I 
THINK IT HAS 
BEEN RIGHT TO BE 
CAREFUL AND 
CAUTIOUS SO WE 
WILKL EEP 
LOOKING AT THE 
ISSUE AND HAVE 
MORE TO SAY IN 
THE COMING DAYS 
BUT I FEEL VERY 
CONFIDENT THAT 
WE HAVE DONE THE 
GHRIT INTHG TO 
PROTECT THE 
PEOPLE OF THE 
CITY. 
>> OKAY, THIS 
WILL ULTIMATELY 
BE A DECISION BY 
THE GOVERNOR  O S
DO YOU FILL 
SIDELINED GIVEN 
ATHT W NOHE IS 
DIUSCSNSIGIT WH 
E THCOUNCIL 
SPEAKER ABOUT 
REOPENING THESE 
RESTAURANTS? 
>> HE CAN 
DISCUSS  WITH 
ANYONE HE WANTS 
TO AS I SAID 
LITERALLY 
NHUDDSRE O
F 
TIMES FROM THIS 
CHAIR, THE CITY 
AND STATER AE N I
CONSTANT 
DIALOGUE EVERY 
DAY AT MULTIPLE 
EVLES LA NDTHEER 
S HABEEN A LOT 
OF HARMONY ON 
THE BASIC 
IRDECONTI. 
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 
D
ECSIIOSN 
TOGEHETR S AW
E 
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 PINOT 
A MONMET AGO, 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS THE 
GOVERNRO JUST 
NOW SAID WAS YOU 
DON'T HAVE 
OUENGFOH R HETM 
O TDO THE 
COMPLIANCE WHEN 
YOU GO TO INDOOR 
DINING. 
HE SAYING YOU 
NEED THREE OR 
4000 DEDICATED 
MEMBERS OF THE 
NYPD THAT WILL 
BE DOING 
RESTAUNTRA 
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 
WHT ARELALY 
ATMTE IRSS E TH
ONGOING DIALOGUE 
BETWEEN THE CITY 
AND THE ASTTE. 
EVERYONE KNOWS 
OUR BUDGET 
SITUATION RIGHT 
NOW. 
WE OBVUSIOLY
 
WANTOT  AKME 
SURE WE HAVE 
PEOPLE FROM THE 
CITGOY VEMRNE NT
IN THE RIGHT 
PLACE AND AT E TH
RIGHT TIME DOING 
THE WORK AND THE 
SHERIFF'S OFFICE 
HAS DONE AN 
AMZIANG JOB AND 
ABSOLUTLYE 
OUTSTANDING WITH 
QUARANTINE 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
NYPD HAS A LOT 
N OITS HANDS AS 
THEY ARE DEALING 
WITH SO MANY 
CHALLENGES AND 
FIGINHTG CBAK 
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 NEWY OERKRS 
AND THEN LET'S 
ACTUALLY PROTECT 
EOPPL. E
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 
ALRELYST ART 
UNL TIOCBETOR 
BUT THE STUDENTS 
RETURN SEPEMTBR E
21. 
ARE YOU NOT 
RISKING ALL 
SPREAD ON THOSE 
FIRST DAYS OR DO 
YOHAU VE SOME 
PLAN TO GET A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
NUMBER OF 
STUDENTS AND 
FACULTY TESTED 
BEFORE THE 21st? 
>>  WE WILL DO 
WHAT SURPAESSS 
T HESTANDAD R
AROUND THE WORLD.
EVEN IN THE 
COUNTRIES THAT 
HAE VOTN HE BEST 
EFFORTS TO FIGHT 
BACK THE 
CORONAVIRUS AND 
THE BEST EFFORTS 
TO REOPEN 
SCHOOLS, WE WILL 
MAKE RETESTING 
AVAILABLE WITH 
FASTT URNAROUNDS 
FOR ALL 
EDUCATORS AND 
STAFF FROM THIS 
DAY ORFWRDA 
I 
WI
LLON CSTTLANY 
ENCOURAGE THEM 
TO GET THAT 
TESTING AND 
ENCOURAGE 
PARENTS TO GET 
THEIR KIDS 
TESTED. 
WE HAVE OVER 200 
SITES WHERE 
PEOPLE ACN EGT 
STETED FOR FREE 
AND THIS IS AN 
EXTREMELY 
COMPREHENSIVE 
EFFORT. 
TH, ENPER 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. 
HMAER . 
>>  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, YOUAL TK 
 TOABT OU
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 
THEO LWT ESOF 
ALL TRANSIT 
SYSTEMS AND THEY 
CAN REQUIRE 
SUBSIDIES OF 
MUCH IS 25 AND 
THEY REPORTED A 
MAJORITY ARE 
HIWTE WITH 
AVERAGE MEDIUM 
INCOME. 
THEY CUT 65 
MILLION.  
>> YOUR MIXING A 
COUPLE POINT 
TOGETHER.  
THE ISSUE HAS 
BEEN A GOOD 
INITIATIVE IS 
PEOPLE WERE 
TKIANG THE 
SUBWAYS AND 
USING THAT 
SUBSIDY. 
THE FAIRY 
RIDERSHIP HAS 
BEEN COMING BACK 
STRONG AND HIS 
PARTNER BRING 
BACK NEW YORK 
ITCY. 
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 IGONG 
O TCONEY ISLAND 
AND STATEN 
ISLAND AND THIS 
IS THE FUTURE OF 
NEW YORK CITY TO 
HAVE MORE AND 
DIFFERENT TYPES 
OF MASS TRANSIT.
MORE IN 
DIFFEERNTT YPES 
OF MASS TRANSIT. 
WE ARE NOT USING 
OUR WATERWAYS 
THE WAY THEY 
NEED TO. 
THIS IS AN 
INVESTMENT IN 
THE FUTURE. 
I WILL KEEP 
ASYING TTO HEM 
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 S I
GOINTOG  GO MUCH 
MORE DEEPLY INTO 
COMMUNITIETHS A T
ARE UNDERSERVED 
AND THAT 
INCLUDES A LOT 
OF COMMUNITIES 
OF COLOR, A LOT 
OF LOW INCOME 
COMMIUNTIS ETATH 
E ARDEPESRTEA 
R FOTHIS SERVICE.
>> IF I REMEMBER 
CORRECTLY YOU'RE 
OPPOSED TO THE 
FARES FOR A LONG 
TIME 
>> I WANT NEVER 
WAS OPPOESD 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 
E THMTA TO COVER 
THE COST. 
ALSO CAME TO AN 
AGREEMENT THAT 
THE CITY WOULD 
DO THAT S AA 
MAJOR PRIORITY 
FOR THE COUNCIL. 
I HAVE ALWAYS 
SD AISIT' A VERY 
GOOD IDEA, 'ITS 
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 
OAANKLD CLEAN 
CONNECTOR? 
>> EVERYTHING IS 
EEBN LOSW WDON 
BY THE REALITY 
OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
JUST BEFORE IT 
HIT THE 
BEGINNING OF THE 
PROCES SHAD 
STARTED. 
I NEED TO GET AN 
UPDATE BEUSCAE I 
KNOW THAT WAS 
DISRUPTED. 
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE 
GOINGT O 
CONTINUE O TDO 
THE WORK AND THE 
DECISIONS WILL 
HA VETBO E MADE 
BY AND LARGE IN 
THE NEXT 
ADMINISTRATION 
GIVEN THE TIME 
OF THE HAS BEEN 
LOST HERE. 
THE IDEA AGAIN 
IS TO MAXIMIZE 
MASS TANRSIT. 
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 
EOVR HTE 
COUNTRY. 
A LOT OF 
DECISIONS WILL 
HAVTOE   BE
DEEFRRED TO THE 
FUTURE BUT THE 
MORE WE CAN 
BUILD OUT MASS 
TRANSIT THE 
BETTER OFF WE 
WILL EB. 
>> WE HAVE TWO 
MORE QUSTEIS.ON 
>> Reporter: 
HELLO MAYOR, HOW 
ARE YOU? 
>> I AM OOGD. 
>> ARE YOU STILL 
WITH US? 
>> GO AHEAD, SHE 
IS STILL WITH 
US. 
GO AHEAD. 
>> MY FIRST 
QUEIOSTN IS YOU 
HAVE ANY IDEA 
WHAT WILL BE THE 
DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN CLASSES 
IN HOME AND 
ONLINE LEARNI? NG
WH ATARE T HE
DIFFERENCES IN 
TERMS OF 
EDUCATION AND 
SOCIAL 
EVALUATION. 
>> THAT'S A 
REALLY IMPORTANT 
QUESTION. 
WE' GREOIG NTO 
SERVE EVERY 
CHILD, THAT IS 
E THMANDATE OF 
PUBLIC 
EDUCATION. 
I BELIEVE IN 
THAT 
FUAMNDETANLY.L 
THE FACT S IIT 
IS HARDER TO DO 
REMOTE FOR 
EVERYONE, RHADER 
FOR EDUCATORS, 
WE ARE DO OUR 
BESTJ OB 
POSSIBLE AND 
CONTINUE TO 
ALWAYS IMPROVE 
IT. 
IT IS MOE R
DIFFICULT TO 
EVALUATE A CHILD 
REMOTELY. 
T IIS HARDER TO 
PROVIDE 
COUNSELING AND 
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
. IT IS HARDER TO
PROVIDE MENTAL 
AND PHYSICAL 
HEALTH SERVICES 
THAT CAN BE 
PROVIDED IN 
SCHOOL. 
WEI WLDL O URO 
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 WHA Y SCHO OL
BUILDING CA NBE 
SUCH AN 
INSPIRING PLACE 
FOR CHILDREN. 
WE CAN'T DO L AL
THAT ONLINE BUT 
WE WILL DO THE 
VERY BEST WE 
CAN. 
GO AAHED. 
>> Reporter: IS 
SUING VISA TE H
COMMUNITY IS 
SUFFERING. 
COMMENTS? 
DO YOTHU INK U YO
CAN DO ANYTHING 
ON THIS? 
>> I NOKW THIS 
IS A VERY DEEPLY 
FELT ISSUE FOR 
HER AS A CHILD 
OF IMMIGRANTS 
HERSELF. 
IRONICALLY, I 
DON'T KNOW IF 
THE PERSIEDNT
 
CAN UNDERSTAND 
THAT, WHAT HE IS 
DOING IS UN-
AMERICAN. 
HE IS LITERALLY 
TRNGYI TO BRAEK 
P UFAMILIES AND 
DESTROY WHAT HAS 
WORKED FOR 
AMERICA FOR 
GENERATIONS. 
I OWRKD EFOR 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-HANEDDLY 
TRYING TO DO 
THAT BUT MORE 
HUMANLY HE'S 
STOPPING 
FAMILIES TO BE 
UNITED WHICH IS 
NEVER BEEN 
ALLOWED 
PREVIOUSLY, IN 
REECNHIT STY OR
AT LEAST. 
IT IS JUST 
ORHRBLIE AND A 
HUMAN LEVEL THAT 
WE WOULD EVER 
HAVE A POLICY 
THAT STOPS 
FAMILIES FROM 
COMING TOGETHER 
WHO WANT TO BE A 
PAT ROF 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 TRMPU AND 
HIS 
ADMINIRSTATION 
HAVE TOTALLY 
DISRUPTED WHAT 
HAS BEEN A 
HISTORIC PATHWAY 
FOR NDIIVIDUALS 
TO SEEK THE 
AMERICAN DREAM 
WHETHER IT IS 
THOSE SEEKING 
ASYLUM ARE THOSE 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
LAWFULLY TRYING 
TO REUNITE WITH 
THEIR FAMIY L
MEMBERS BY 
APPLYING FOR 
VISAS. 
YOU'RE 
ABSOLUTELY 
CORRECT, THIS 
ADMINISRATTION 
HAS SLOWED DOWN 
THAT PROCESS, 
HAS MADE IT MUCH 
MORE DIFFICULT 
FOR INDIVIDUALS 
TO EVEN AFFORD 
TO PURCHASE THE 
SERVCEIS OF THE 
U.S. DIS. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
VERY FOCUSED IN 
THE UHOSE OF 
REPRESENTTAIVES. 
UNFORTUNATELY WE 
DON'T HAVE 
SHARED VALUES IN 
THE U.S. SENATE. 
SO RIGHT NOW, 
THINGS ARE 
SOMEWHAT AS A 
STANDSTILL. 
AREAB LE 
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-1. 9 
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 GAN IHIM 
FAVOR WITH A 
CERTAIN SECTION 
OF THE 
POPULATION. 
WE WILL CONTNUIE 
TO PUSH FOR THE 
REUNIFICATION OF 
OUR FIAMLIES AND 
THE ESANGECS IE
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 
WARE E LIVING IN 
AND WE HAVE BEN E
LIVING IN THAT 
WE HITSOME TIME 
BUT IT IS GOTTEN 
WORSE AS WE 
APPROACH THE 
ELECTION. 
>> ISN'T THAT 
THE TRUTH. 
>> LAST QUESTION 
OF THE DAY GOS E
TO DANA OF THE 
NEW YORK TIMES. 
 >>HOW ARE YOU? 
> >THANK YOU. 
LONG-TERM 
ORBRONWIG, I'M 
CURIOUS WHY IT 
MAKES SENSE TO 
TKEA ON MORE 
OVERHEAD IN THE 
FORM OF ANNUAL 
DEBT IS A 
WIDESPREAD 
EXPECTATION THAT 
THE ERVEUNE HATT
 
WOUD LSPPUOT R
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 
TLE'GOS  CKBA 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 
AUTHORTYI. 
MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG CAME 
IN TTOHE OFFICE 
HE USED 2 
BILLION DID NOT 
USE THE FULL 
AUTRHOITY AND 
THAHT AS BEEN 
PAID BACK 
STEADILY. 
BUT THINK ABOUT 
AS WITH ANYTHING 
INL IF.E 
IF YOU PAY BACK 
OVER 20 YEARS 
YOU CAN HANDLE 
THE PAYMENTS. 
BUT YOU ARE 
RIGHT, WHAT 
ABOUT THE NEXT 
FEW YEARS WTHI 
REVENUE? 
WE DO EXPECT 
CHALLENGES WITH 
REVENUE BUT NOT 
THE KIND OF 
CHALLENGES HATT 
WOULD STOP US 
FROM PAYING BACK 
A MODEST AMOUNT 
OF BORROWING 
OVER WHAT WE ARE 
ASKING FOR, 30 
YE ARTERM, 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 
BORORWING. 
BUT WHEN YOU'RE 
TALKING ABOUT 
READ PAYMENT ON 
A 30 YEAR BASIS, 
THAT SERVICE IS 
QUITE MODEST AND 
DOS ENOT CHANGE 
THE FUNDAMENTAL 
REALITY OF THE 
BUDGET. 
 ITIS A SMALL 
AMOUNT. WHAT I 
WOULD ARGUE, DANA
, THIS IS TO 
CONNET CTE HDOTS
, YOU COULD SAY 
JUST KEEP UTCTING
, YOU MIGHT HAVE 
MORE CHALLENGES 
AHEAD, LESS 
REVENUE. 
IF YOU KEEP 
CUTTING YOU'RE 
GOINTG O SET THE 
CITY BACK. IF WE 
DON'T HAVE BASIC 
SERVICES THAT 
ARE STRONG WERE 
NOT GOING TO BE 
AEBL O TBRING 
BACK OUR ECONOMY 
AND STRENGTHEN 
OUR REVENUE. 
SPEED OUR 
RECEROVY. 
ALSO IF YOU GO 
TO LAYOFFS 
YOU'RE PUTTING 
MORE FAMILIES IN 
A HORBLRIE 
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 
YORCK ITY IS 
TODAY, HOW 
STRONG IT WAS AS 
RECENTLY AS 
FEBRUARY. 
WE HAVE VERY 
EXTRORADIARNY, 
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 JU STNOT 
PLANNING TO GO 
BACK RIGHT NOW. 
SOMEDAY BUT T NO
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'MAS KE LABOR 
DAY WHAT IT HAS 
ALWAYS BEEN FOR 
US, 
EXTRAORDINARY 
WARM POSITIVE 
PART OF THE 
YEAR, LET'S MAKE 
 SITA.FE 
NEW YORKERS 
REALLY CARE, 
THIS IS WHAT WE 
OUFND IN THIS 
CRISIS, WE ASK 
THE PEOPLE OF 
THE CITY TO DO 
EXTRAORDINARY 
THINGS, LOOK OUT 
FOR CEAH OTHER 
IN AMAZING WA YS
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. 
THIIS S WHO WE 
ARE, THIS 
WEEKEND, LOOK 
OUT FOR EACH 
OTHER. 
BCE ARFEUL, 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. 
ETH CTIY HAS 
SHOWN TIME AND 
TIME AGAIN THAT 
NO ONE CARES 
ORME 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. 
