 Good afternoon everyone and thank you for joining us for today's public safety briefing led by deputy mayor for public safety fill banks To the members of the media who are joining we ask that you please change your name to include your outlet if you wish to be called on during Q&A During today's briefing after each speaker. We will take a few questions from the media related to their announcement Following our last speaker. We will take several questions that have been submitted by the public ahead of today's briefing I would now like to turn it over to deputy mayor fill banks So good afternoon, and I'd like to thank you for joining us today for this briefing on the state of public safety Last week we were joined by representatives of every agency Included in what we like to call the public safety ecosystem Because keeping the public safe is a team effort Today we're going to hear from three of those agencies NYPD The DEP and the Department of Sanitation The NYPD is going to talk about crime statistics for the month of February, which is down 5.6 percent And though we don't like to stress numbers. We're happy that we're going in the right direction But often we say is that one victim is too many and we're going to hear about our efforts to minimize that and get better every single month You're also going to hear a Overview from the DEP. They're going to talk about exactly what they do How their operations work and they're going to also specifically talk about noise pollution and what they're doing about it And last we're going to hear from the Department of Sanitation and they're going to talk about all the efforts to keep our city streets You may have heard Mayor Adam say this and he said it many many times It's our job to people need to be safe But more importantly or I would say as important they need to feel safe The overwhelming majority of New Yorkers will never ever be a victim of a crime. It just won't happen But if you're going out towards your course every day and you don't feel safe Well, that's almost just like being a victim of a crime. So our job in public safety is to make you safe But as important for you to feel safe So the topics we're discussing today are those issues that sometimes make us feel less safe for an example If you get woken up night after night because a loud vehicles on your street or do it your course of the day You just see trash overpowering and and people just dumping trash into empty lots on the streets It just gives a sense of lawlessness That's not acceptable in our book and more importantly. They are correctable Now, of course, we will always continue to combat Crime and make it sure that we've reduced crime, but we will also concentrate on those areas that contribute to an unsafe environment We know that some of those issues are because you've told us you told us to 311 calls You told us to your reps on the city council and you told us at community meetings We know that these are a priority for many residents So we hear today to tell you that we hear you and these are our efforts to solve some of those issues On that note, I cannot stress enough how important it is for your feedback and your partnership This is a team effort. We can't do it without you You're part of this team and we want to hear from you. I Encourage all of you to go to visit new yorkcity.gov and click on the office of the mayor to sign up and stay in touch with us We will use these emails to let you know what we're going to be discussing But as important we're going to use these emails for feedback for you to tell us what you'd like to hear from us Anyone who has previously signed up to receive these emails received a link from the mayor yesterday Where they could submit questions for the team here and we will be answering some of those questions here today Now let's get started as I mentioned earlier. I'm joined here today by the Department of Environmental Protection We have deputy commissioner of police John Cosgrove and deputy commissioner Beth DeFalco We're here to talk to you about our environmental protection police What they do how to protect our communities and some exciting new initiatives that they have around noise pollution And lastly we will be joined by the Department of Sanitation Commission of jessie tish And we have the chief of enforcement Ed Thompson here and they're going to discuss what they're doing to keep our cities Clean and the target any bad actors who think they can just dump their trash and someone else's backyard Through these illegal dumping schemes But first of all, we're going to hear from Mike Lepetri Mike Lepetri chief Lepetri is the chief of the office of the organized I mean the crime control strategy of the nypd and he's going to provide a look at the overall crime in New York City Mike Thank you deputy mayor and good afternoon Like the mayor like the deputy mayor said overall seven major index crimes for february Was down over 500 index crime victims With reductions in five of the seven index crimes Also transit and housing also saw a decline in february We saw small increases in felony assaults and grand losses of auto in february the felony assaults were driven by Assaults on police officers while conducting enforcement. I think it's important To note the enforcement that is going on in new york city Seven major arrests for february at a 23 year high Seven major arrests for the year at a 24 year high Quality life enforcement is up over 300 percent in new york city And the enforcement that we're focused on Is the calls that we're receiving from the community mostly consumption of alcohol Disorderly groups and public urination Leading the decrease in overall crime was the borough of brooklyn Over 11 percent Manhattan and the Bronx Shoplifting complaints the first time in a long time Were decreased in february with over 500 Less complaints from february of last year a lot of resources through the nypd Working with our partners and the mayor's office to suppress shoplifting The 2023 reduction in shooting violence continued through the month of february Shootings in february citywide were down 15 11 less incidents Shootings for the year continued to go down at about a 21 percent ratio Or 37 incidents Shootings in the borough of Bronx Continue to be driven down by the precision policing model Down 37 percent in february And down 39 percent for the year The mayor talked the deputy mayor talked about What are we doing resources that we are pouring into some of these neighborhoods that continue to to see gun violence at Levels that are unacceptable the 4047 And the 73 all took zero shootings in february Those are commands that historically have been in the top five for shooting violence in new york city Mike where's the 4047 and 70 for context so so the 40 and the 47 are in the borough of Bronx North and south Bronx the 73 is in northeast brooklyn and the brownsville east new york area To go even further the 40 precinct has only taken one shooting this year The 77 precinct in crown heights the 79 and the 81 precincts in bedford stuyveson Have combined combined for only three shootings this year Those three commands historically are in the top 15 for shooting violence in new york city The 34 precinct One shooting this year in december Five shootings we put a lot of resources into washington heights inward to suppress that violence and finally looking at gun violence combining shootings Shots fired and gunpoint robberies. We've seen a decrease In over 20 percent in those incidents this year compared to last year Thank you, mr Before we go to questions. I just want to can you just elaborate you you made a comment about uh shoplifting Can you just and the reason like i want to uh chief i want to talk about is because we're going to be releasing any day now Uh the retail theft report that the mayor directed a lot of people to take part so it just wasn't People within the administration it was part of his plan to include everybody you a big big part of that So we're going to really be looking to implement that the district attorney is a host of elected officials But I just put like feet of repeat what you said about the shoplifting and put that in context I've been doing this for for a while and obviously After the pandemic we sure we saw a sharp increase in shoplifting This is the first time that I can remember That we've seen a decrease in shoplifting in february and it is absolutely a collaborated effort It is it is the community It is on a business partners. It is our bids the local elected officials The mayor's office our partners across the city To suppress shoplifting and I want to mention the prosecutors. We have Weekly calls with the prosecutors across this city mainly in Manhattan and the Bronx Which drive our our shoplifting complaints and we're talking about a very small percentage Very small percentage of individuals that make up approximately 30 percent of our shoplifting Complaints throughout the city and that's who we're looking for and that's who we're targeting with the prosecutors We're not here to arrest somebody For one shoplift something like that. These are people that continue These are prolific shoplifters and again working with all our partners. We will continue to suppress that that that the plague Hey, so thanks chief because I just wanted to be very clear to the public that we speak to It is so easy to stand up here and just to shout out numbers and to say we're down. We're down Um, and that's not the environment that we want to create We know there's a lot of work that needs to be done. We know that we cannot do it without you So we will be standing up here and we'll be talking about uh, this is direction of public safety is going And so so though you will hear numbers but more importantly We we just want you to see the efforts that's taking place and which are contributions. We can actually make this city safe So so thank you chief Thank you chief We will now take a few questions from the media for chief lapetre related to today's announcement For those who would like to ask a question, please use the raise hand function at this time We will now start with jeffrey maize from the new york times Chief, uh, good afternoon. Um, I actually had a question for the deputy mayor But uh, if chief lapetre can talk about how those statistics are playing out elsewhere in the city Um, in terms of shoplifting or their specific area specific neighborhoods And if you can give any examples of uh, specifically what the nypd is doing To address those numbers or any specific tactics or initiatives that are happening right now Sure. So so we see we've seen a decrease All across the city and shoplifting again Mainly in the bronx in Manhattan, but it's a it's a multi pronged approach You know, we've moved our field training offices to business districts across the city, you know, and that's unprecedented You know, yes, we we've moved them to to our high violent commands But we've also moved them to areas in around the Manhattan You know the first precinct midtown south midtown north where we've seen sharp increases We we moved them across areas in in brooklyn and the bronx where the shopping district So that's that's the patrol response We've also have a a sharp Investigative response where it's more focused where there's one Uniform chief that oversees both the robbery side Of of of the shoplifting but also The grand larceny side of shoplifting and we thought that was important because you know, we did see Somebody going in and maybe taking property where it became force and then a day or two later They did the same thing, but they didn't use force. So we're focused really we put a lot of investigative resources Into shoplifting. We're also looking at the organized theft Where is it going, you know, who's selling it? Where's the market from it? So we're using our intelligence bureau So I just said, you know, it's a multi-pronged approach. So it's the patrol service bureau It's the intelligence bureau. It's the detective bureau and we're leveraging all all our resources Our intelligence analyzing our intelligence and moving it over to the operational side And again, we could not do that Without the help of the community without the help of of small business owners large business And also the mayor's office and the other city agencies Thank you. Our next question comes from craig mccarthy from the new york post craig. Your line is now unmuted Craig your line is now unmuted All right, we'll take the next question from katie honan from the city katie. Your line is now unmuted My question is for deputy mayor fill banks. I know this was asked last week But um, given that there are agencies on the table, you know, it's kind of crossing multiple deputy mayors If you could explain a little bit how frequently you'll have these and you called it episodes last week And will other deputy mayors take turns in hosting these to speak about the the crime and overall quality of life in the new york city Um, I don't know This thing is going to evolve And I think the mayor just wants to get the message out from the administration Exactly what we're doing here. We're starting with public safety. It's because it's one of his priorities So I can't say that you won't see other deputy mayors here. In fact, if it relates to What we're trying to accomplish here, but this is going to evolve and at the need be I can certainly see why we won't have that The mission here is to get the information out to new yorkers so they can hear from us and we can more importantly hear from them So, uh, it's a suggestion that we'll take into our consideration Okay, so next we're going to hear from de p. So we have two reps from de p John carsgrove who I've known for a long time. I had a work relationship with And commissioner bet the Falco so john will you uh start us off and tell us about the db police? I will thank you very much May deputy mayor banks. Good afternoon everyone My name is john carsgrove and I am the deputy commissioner of police and security for the new york city department of environmental protection For generations all new yorkers have counted on clean safe drinking water coming out of their faucets in the morning New york city department of environmental protection Is the city agency that provides that service 24 hours a day 365 days a year We consider our water supply system The most pretty the most critical piece of infrastructure in the city of new york New york city's water supply comes from 19 reservoirs and three controlled lakes Our aqueducts carry about one billion gallons of water a day into the city It's likely that the new york city D. E. P. Is the first city agency you interact with in the each morning and the last city Agency that you interact with each night There are two police departments in the city of new york the nypd, of course And the de p police department We are not as large as the nypd, but we are on equal footing Empowered with the same enforcement capacity as the nypd under the new york city and new york state laws Since 1907 our core mission is the security and protection of all drinking water Wastewater assets for the city of new york to help ensure that the city's water remains clean and safe to drink New york city de p police department has 220 officers and 15 civilians across the city of new york and nine additional counties We patrol and protect nine thousand two thousand square miles of infrastructure assets in watershed In addition to police officers. We have an aviation unit marine units We use drones and canine officers to help protect the watershed In addition to reservoirs and aqueducts. We also protect 26 dams and 300 miles of tunnels Underneath the city of new york as well as 14 wastewater treatment facilities within the city of new york sir Thanks deputy mayor I'm going to talk a little bit about noise cameras Keeping new york safe also means protecting our quality of life And managing noise pollution is a core part of de p's mission We get 45,311 complaints a year. It's the most of any category that we get and Many of those issues are the result of illegally modified mufflers Uh, so starting in june 2021 we started a noise camera program It's a cost effective way of us in a very innovative way of us trying to mitigate that that noise So how does it work? We pair a camera With sound meters and they're able to pick up Any noise that's detected above 85 decibels? 50 feet away from the camera And then they are able to zoom in and get the license plate of the camera Of the the vehicle rather and then we're able to issue a summons We go through the the video and actually we have an example here to show you what it looks like if we want to queue that up The red dot you'll see in the video is actually following the car making the noise So that registered above 85 decibels. Uh, just for some context 85 decibels is about as loud as a lawnmower, which Is pretty loud if you're trying to sleep We set up a fine schedule and the fine is and it's it's quite steep. It's 800 dollars for the first offense 1700 dollars for the second offense and 25 hundred dollars for every offense after that So there is a real motivating factor to To not get a summons in this particular case. I think of them like speed cameras, but for noise And so far we've had one camera that we've been piloting all around the city. It's been tremendously effective in the number of Potential complaints that we've seen um I think that's That's most of it So when is the plan what's is it? What's the plan to have it the second camera the third camera out? Do we have a projection of when we can expect to see more cameras that's out there? Yeah, we should do these they've been tremendously popular Many many council members have been asking for them in their districts We plan to have an additional seven cameras by the end of the year And then the overall plan is to have as many as 100 by by 2028 You know it's interesting when I first uh took over in this job I went around and I meet with a lot of elected officials and one of the council members in Manhattan Actually brought this up to me and said that it was his office who was the one who had put this legislation So this is once again If if the information is correct It was actually spurned by a city council member But just really important to the public out there the objective here is not to write summons It's to correct behavior Right. So, uh, it's just a tool of writing summons. They are steep and it should I mean, I would I would imagine that most people Would would want to avoid those summons But part of it is education and getting the word out there because it is very uh It's not it's not good for the environment to have the cars who are right about somebody's noise. So good work commissioner Any questions? Thank you deputy commissioners We will now take a few questions from the media for our deputy commissioners that are here today from the department of environmental protection Craig if you have a question for the department of environmental protection, your line is now unmuted Hey, sorry about that technical difficulties before can you hear me now? We can Oh, sorry, but uh, so for chief of petri Could you just uh break down the retail theft figures for last month versus last year as well as? Um arrests for retail theft Sure So for february We saw 4276 Shoplifting complaints again, that's robberies grand larcenies and petty larcenies combined And for february of 2022 we saw 4757 so again a A decrease of 10 percent Would we were down 19 percent for the for the robbery classification 11 percent for the grand larceny classification and 10 percent for the petty larceny classification Thank you chief We'll now take question from joe annuda. Joe if you have a question for the department of environmental protection your line is unmuted Hi, thanks. Um, I had a question for the deputy mayor. Um I was wondering You know many new yorkers might not immediately think of the sanitation department or dp as part of the public safety agenda So I was wondering if you could talk a little bit more, um about why the city is thinking this way And just to echo katie's question, you know, a lot of these agencies report to places all over The administration so i'm wondering have you been working more closely with them? Like maybe through the office of municipal services assessment and You know if so what that looks like and sort of, you know, what you're doing with the office Uh, I think that the new york is uh, don't get concerned with who reports the who and who works with who They want to see a finished product. They want to see if they're getting their bang for their buck So I look at it. I think we look at it as a team effort How do we work together and how do we actually get to find it the final product? Now, I guess there may be some out there who's worried about oh you report to this person Or you work with that particular individual Everybody here works for the mayor. He was elected by the citizens And what we're just trying to do is turn out the best product that we possibly can So if we look about it as we look together as working together as a team Um and a team effort to see if we can turn out the better product So that that's what we're looking to do and that's our objective Now we're going to talk about one of my Favorite favorite commissioners who I've actually have a great worker relationship with as a team member Uh though. She doesn't report to me We have a great great relationship at a long-standing relationship. And this is something that's very important to uh To just overall public safety. So i'm going to turn it over to the department of sanitation commissioner justice And she's a company by her chief of enforcement chief ed thompson just Thank you deputy mayor banks Cleanliness and safety go hand in hand And keeping new york city clean and safe is a shared responsibility The 10 000 members of the department of sanitation have been working around the clock To implement the cleanliness agenda laid out by mayor adam's and we are seeing results The largest year-over-year decrease in overflowing litter basket complaints ever Miscollection complaints driven so low as to essentially be a rounding error More than 1500 no man's lands Areas like overpasses and medians as well as highway on and off ramps that are clean now regularly We are doing our part But every new yorker has a role to play in maintaining the cleanliness of our neighborhoods In a city this size It can't just be the 10 000 members of the sanitation department doing this important work And we have laws regarding public responsibility around cleanliness We know that most new yorkers do do their part But prior to this administration There was a lack of strategic meaningful enforcement against those who don't And new yorkers noticed It hurt our communities It hurt our reputation on the global stage And it hurt our recovery We have a new focus on enforcing the basic cleanliness rules Cleaning the sidewalk in front of a chain store Footing trash out when you're supposed to and in an orderly manner The kinds of things that keep our streets clean For things like filthy sidewalks loose trash Uncovered receptacles that attract rats The source of basic cleanliness requirements that make for good neighbors and good neighborhoods We are looking at an 80% increase in summons issuance year to date As compared to the same time period in 2022 The city that mayor adams and his administration came into And one of the most crucial regulations The requirement that property owners clean 18 inches into the street We've written over 12 000 summons so far this year That's 12 000 times that we've told someone or some business Hey, you got to do your part to keep this neighborhood clean Now I want to be clear these are not gotcha violations And we will never enforce just for the sake of enforcement We will only enforce for the sake of changing behavior As part of the mayor's small business forward initiative We are working with the city council to reduce unnecessary fines where we can But the things that we are talking about today Are the things that all new yorkers expect every person and every business around them to do It's not someone else's job to keep your property and the area around it clean I'd also like to provide an update on our illegal dumping enforcement One of this administration's most successful operations At the intersection of safety and cleanliness Where for far too long the only strategy was just to come up to come and clean it up And let it happen all over again Illegal dumping is a theft of public space Where someone usually a crooked contractor or an out of towner Comes into our city and our neighborhoods To what they think is a place that no one will care about A place they can just leave their trash on our streets This doesn't affect every neighborhood But the ones that it does affect feel it profoundly And that should matter to every new yorkers Now dumpers are wrong about two things They're wrong to think that no one cares about hunt's point or east new york or glendale Or any of the other areas where this has been a profound problem for far too long And they're also wrong to think that they'll get away with it Because for the first time in new york city, they won't That's because of our new city-wide illegal dumping enforcement camera network That will grow each week to more than 250 cameras this summer And it's because of the work of our dedicated sanitation police officers Who use the camera network and their investigations to catch dumpers and hold them accountable Based on this new strategy, both vehicle impounds and the $4,000 summonses for illegal dumping are up 450 year to date versus the same period in 2022 And there's a lot more to come In just the last three months, we've moved out of pilot phase and added more dumping enforcement cameras in council districts 14 15 and 17 in the Bronx District 30 in queens and district 40 in brooklyn with hundreds more on the way soon We're not just doubling down on this strategy We are quadrupling down on it and our message to dumpers is clear Your days of dumping on our neighborhoods are long passed over And our message to new yorkers is even clearer These crooks thought no one gave a dam about your neighborhood, but they were wrong Mayor adams gives a dam deputy mayor banks gives a dam And so do I and the entire department of sanitation. Thank you Thank you commissioner We will now take a few questions from the media for the department of sanitation related to today's announcement Mike garland from the daily news. Your line is now unmuted Hey, can you hear me? Okay, we can Thanks. Um, so uh commissioner tish On these summons is how much money is this brought into the city so far all these new summons is you just mentioned You know mike I you've been at this long enough to know that we don't really have easy access to the dollars and sense of it Each summons is adjudicated and it takes time For that process to happen So that's a question that I cannot unfortunately answer right now All right, I don't see any other members of the media who have re-raised their hands. So thank you all We'll now move on to the next portion where earlier this week the administration reached out to new yorkers Asking them to submit questions for the officials that have joined us here today We will now get to as many of those questions as we can with the time that we have left Our first question comes from iran from the bronx. This one is for chief laboratory Though there is a hotline for fake paper license plates on cars What else are you going to do about eliminating this practice? Too many cars are on the road and taking up parking spaces without car insurance Thank you So yes, it's it's been a problem and especially after Adoring the pandemic when dmv's were were shut down for for quite a while But I will tell you this we are focused on the enforcement aspect of Fake paper plates or license plate covers Our enforcement this year Is as follows. We've made over 400 arrests We've summons vehicles over 600 times Or we've given over 600 summons and we've also seized almost 400 vehicles and again this is this is a collaborated effort not just through our patrol offices, but this is also being used with our investigative Offices where if we see something that that a car was was being used In another crime that had a paper plate or a license cover We do a lot of work to identify Who that person was who the who the real registered owner is and we've seen increases in enforcement With that also Thank you, and I just want to add to that because I think it's a great question And it's something that is plaguing our streets that the sheriff anthony maranda. He conducts operations as well So he is very much involved in in this particular battle there as well So I just want to thank that caller because that is something that we do get a lot of complaints on and we're We're really trying to increase our efforts to tackle that problem Our next question comes from diletta from the bronx. This is for the department of sanitation She asks why are drivers not moving their cars on alternate side parking days? Are they getting tickets? I see this every day in my neighborhood. I live in the 46th precinct So I can't really answer to the why but I can speak about our enforcement Against drivers who don't move their cars on alternate side parking days in my remarks I said that enforcement of the basic sanitation rules has generally been way up this year And that is also the case with our enforcement against Vehicles that don't move for alternate side parking so far this year the department of sanitation has written 76 thousand violations for cars that don't Move for alternate side parking and I want to be clear that the nypd also writes Summons is for that violation as well Our summons is tend to be one third of the total so ours being up so dramatically Shows that the the total number will go up. I want to be clear that 76 thousand Total number. There's also the nypd number on top of it And I would say also note that the 76 thousand is double what it was at this time last year Thank you Our next question comes from buster in minhatten buster. This is for the department of environmental protection Yes, what are some steps I can take to protect my children during the summer months when there is an air pollution alert It's a it's a really good question. Um, and you've already taken the first step by monitoring the air quality alerts You can do that and you can sign up for them so you can get alerts directly from notify nyc Um, you know on those on those really Poor quality air quality days It's probably best to limit the time outside when the air quality is poor Plan your activities for days than when the pollution levels are low Um, and of course you can help us reduce air pollution Uh, don't sit in your car and leave it idling. Um, or even better yet choose a A cleaner commute like the subway or a bus Thank you. Our next question comes for chief lapetri from jacklyn from brooklyn How long will you be able to keep a police presence in our subways? It's taken some getting used to hearing that there are officers on the platform, but I think it makes a difference Police officers are always going to be in the subways. That's for sure. So, you know, we've we've put So many resources Into the transit system for obvious reasons, you know It's so important the mayor said it so many times the police commission has said it so many times that people need to feel safe As as the deputy mayor also said especially to get the city back, you know Where it's where it needs to be I'll just say this transit crimes down eight straight weeks for the city down 18 percent For the year, but more importantly just like I Spoke before about the quality of life enforcement enforcement again. This is about precision You know, I talked about the increase in quality life, but it's it's the calls that we're getting That we're enforcing the most the disorderly Calls And we also are seeing that in transit We're seeing shop increases in enforcement, but but the right enforcement, you know the disorderly calls things of that nature so We are laser focused in regards to transit safety as we are for the for the city and we will continue to to put extra Offices resources into the transit system and might just very briefly speak on this here Because in addition to the offices that's assigned to the transit bureau Uh, are we sending offices assigned to patrol reasons to go down there? And can you just explain briefly what we're doing too? Yep. So as the deputy mayor just alluded to Offices that are usually assigned to precents Have been going into transit Sometimes for a Period of time for for 30 minutes for an hour to do what we would call a directed patrol But we've also have moved Offices where normally their tour might be In a precent For have that whole tour in in transit and again, we're working with with all our partners, you know our other agencies the state police and whoever You know In and around Penn station in and around pot authority. So we have a multi again a multi pronged approach Obviously with the mta To to suppress, uh, you know The crime in in transit and as the uh CEO of the mta jannoliba who I speak to often He gives me an update each week on their you know the customer Survey satisfaction is that they're actually Seeing difference and they've seen their visibility and they like it. So So it's a it's a good thing. We're moving in the right direction JP from queens asks our sanitation pickup schedules also being reevaluated to more closely coincide With the upcoming changes in set out times for household garbage Um, and we've already Changed Many of them Um, it used to be the case that new yorkers set out their trash at 4 p.m. And then the sanitation department would come and collect it The next morning at 6 a.m. That meant that trash 24 million pounds of it every day sat on our curbs for 14 hours a day It was on the curbs for more hours of the day than it wasn't On april 1st. We are changing the set out times for trash in new york city They're going from 4 p.m. To 8 no black bags on the curb before 8 p.m If new yorkers want to set it out before 8 p.m They can do so at 6 p.m in a container But I mentioned that we've also changed our schedule and we are doing Much more collection now on our midnight shift Rather than on our 6 a.m. Shift today We're doing approximately 25 percent of all of our collection at midnight versus 6 a.m And the whole idea there is we want to dramatically shrink the amount of time That trash spends on the streets of new york city And jet from inhatten asks my neighbor is playing ridiculously loud music at 4 a.m Who can I report this to? I'll go ahead and take that one because often we get those Those complaints as well through 311 First of all call 311 And I Certainly relate to this. I'm sure most new yorkers have probably had this experience And also maybe call your landlord But we work very closely with nypd to address noise complaints whether it's your Neighbor or a local business that's playing music around the corner. That's entirely too loud In those instances, we will partner with nypd to go out to those businesses and use sound meters And they can also face steep fines if if they're found to have gone past Past the curfew for for sound so And I just like to just piggyback on that one there as well That we've we're doing a a deep dive into 311 We are we are conducting many callbacks to people who've called 311 um to to kind of get their Satisfaction with not only the quality but the response And we're actually breaking it down and the mayor's seeing which agencies are doing well in what in what areas and what agencies need Improvement in those areas and those agency heads Are hearing and will continue here directly from him because Those are the areas the fabrics that kind of could break new york 4 o'clock in the morning somebody's playing music I have to have to go to work or my child has to get the proper sleep and go to school And all of a sudden that continues until seven o'clock and it just It just kind of broke that whole evening and those are the areas that we're looking back We're calling back the 311 callers. How long did it take to come? How did you feel about that particular response? We're actually breaking it down So we're making a lot of progress in that area and we want to just make sure that we uh We make some progress in those particular areas because it is very important and we certainly hear you Fred from Manhattan asks what can we do as citizens to help fight crime? For the NYPD has always said that public safety is a shared responsibility You know, nobody knows a neighborhood better than somebody who lives works goes to school shops in that neighborhood Obviously calling 311 9-1-1 Is helpful, but also engaging and and having conversations with with the offices that that patrol in and around Again, where you live where you work or where you go to school. That's that's very important You know That is engaging and in our offices absolutely Should be and will and do engage with the community And I just want to add because see that's a very important question So this is a couple of answers to that The first thing is that if you hear or see anything Right, if it's an emergency call 9-1 if it's not called 311 I mean the purpose is I want as many people to call 311 because I look at it as a way for the mayor To understand what you're seeing out there, but two every precinct has a community council meeting Every precinct has a community council meeting right where monthly you can sit there and you can actually Have a meeting and a discussion with that precinct's commanding officer And you can kind of get an understanding of exactly what's going on in your area And that's the format that we utilize for you to be able to help us help you and vice versa So I would caution everyone to do that and then also bring your concerns to your local council members, right? Because they are your representatives. We speak to them all at a time. They serve as a check and balance And that's how government is going to work. So I would uh, I strongly employ you to uh To visit those areas Thank you on behalf of the Adams administration I would like to thank everyone for tuning in to today's briefing. We look forward to seeing you all at our next one Have a great day