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I'm going to the daily news Thank you good to be here with an amazing team and I'm going to turn over to the to my first up to my deputy mayor public safety so he could Introduce our team behind us Good afternoon and welcome to City Hall Just like to thank everybody for coming Fabian and I'd like to introduce everybody here who who's played a very instrumental Role and important role in pushing forward the administration's public safety agenda We have our first deputy mayor Lorraine Grillo We have a England Lewis Martin the chief advisor to the mayor We have a Sheena Wright deputy mayor for strategic initiatives Keeshaan Sewell NYPD police commissioner Laura Kavanaugh FDNY commissioner Louis Molina commissioner of the Department of Corrections We also have Keith Howard our commissioner of the Department of Youth and Community Development Christina Farrell who's the deputy commissioner for New York City emergency management? Anthony Miranda the sheriff the city of New York Margaret for doing the first deputy commissioner of DOT We have our judge Sylvia Hines Radix who's the corporation council Brenda McGuire the chief counsel to the mayor of the city of New York We have Deanna Logan the director of Mach J We have Armaged Mo advisor to the mayor and AT Mitchell co-chair of the gun violence prevention task force and we want to Acknowledgement welcome there now I'll turn it over to the hundred tenth mayor of the city of New York Eric Adams You know as you went through the names and I think a lot of people They may see the vegan sausage, but they don't know what goes into to make it the team behind me on Each issue that we have faced in this city We have really come together as a team and I am extremely impressed There's one thing to put a theory out there, but it's another thing to watch it materialize and actualize I started in January with the team and Really made it clear to deputy mayor Lorraine Grillo that we have to remove the walls that I felt were preventing us from actually Executing as a team and there were so many of our law enforcement partners who were sitting on the sideline And they wanted to get in the game. You think about what Anthony Miranda has done With the sheriff department is just unique as he's dealing with so many different issues from illegal plates To the cannabis situation coordinating with the New York City Police Department The DOT and so many others that is the the team work and that is going to be the trademark of this Administration and I want to talk about public safety today, and I want to talk about all New Yorkers This was something that was dear to me when I campaigned We wanted to specifically address the violence that we were seeing in our city and really the demoralizing feeling that our police officers were experienced and it was one of the dualities of what it I what I needed Commission to sue to tackle number one she has to bring up the morale of those officers Who felt that we placed them on the front line and we left them there? And I think she has done an amazing job of sending the right message that we are going to be there for those officers who are Placing themselves in the line of danger, but we're going to hold them accountable at the same time if anyone tarnishes the Ability of public protection. They cannot serve in our department We made that clear and I think you're seeing that manifest itself And that was a signal today as you know, we had an officer who was shot while taking appropriate police action He and his partners were there to take care what it may have seen to many New Yorkers as a minor infraction But this person was carrying a gun to discharge that weapon a bullet struck one of our officers and we were able to apprehend him without our fellow New Yorkers being injured Thank God. He appears to be making a full recovery The salient is in custody and he and his family will be able to Enjoy each other during this holiday season as well as the other officers involved Public safety is the foundation of the city. I've used this term over and over again It's the prerequisite to prosperity without it We won't feel the safety we deserve and I'm talking to New Yorkers every day when I'm on the subway system walking the street Interacting with them in churches and houses of worship and synagogues. That's the number one thing on their minds They want to be safe and they deserve to be safe They want to not only look at the stats that show our improvement They want to feel safe and that is crucial to combat what they felt for far too long in this city They have been feeling That the city has been broken. There's a sense of lawlessness There's a sense of uncertainty. There's a sense of sense of disorder that we inherited when we came into This administration gun violence was tearing apart our communities not only what were the bullets Ripping apart the bodies of the individuals that were the intended and unattended target, but it was ripping apart the emotional Annotomy of this entire city could communicate communities were devastated by the finest that we were seeing and We know that and we are aware of that It has been almost a year since I've been the mayor of the city with this team behind me And my top priority will always be improving the safety of the city Everything else will build or will be built on that safe to safety When in the first steps I did as mayor was a point a deputy mayor of public safety With a field banks field banks being a former chief of the department understanding intricacies of law enforcement and Understood how important it was to coordinate All of our law enforcement entities that stand behind me and the men and women who are part of that So we can all be on the same team to team public safe safety He had to court he had the efforts and he understood that coordination And he knew he had to build bridges to bring all our stakeholders together And we're seeing the results of those bridges that are that were built and most importantly He knew that when it came when it came down to public safety We had to get stuff done and we had to get it done correctly Because we were not going to trade off justice for public safety not going backwards We have much to do. We're clear on that. There's many difficult roles ahead To show all New Yorkers are safe, but I'm proud of what we have done at the top of my mission my Appointment here my election. I should say was to deal with some of these big issues and Commissioners who and some of the other commissioners that are behind us with their coordination We went at it and I think that New Yorkers should feel better about the direction that we are heading in this city around Public safety and the hard work of the NYPD and other agencies have been focused on making the city safe Some of the numbers are reflecting that As you know, we talk about it often murders are down double digits shootings are down double digits You look at in the month of November For the first time in over 14 over 16 months Major crimes have gone down during the month of November. So it's about Trending in the right direction anyone who studied crimes. They know it's about how do we continue to trend in the right direction? We knew that the change wouldn't happen overnight Particularly much of what we did when they look at the number of apprehensions We have made on how many repeated offenders are back on our streets the catch release repeat system of our criminal justice System in a bottleneck of that system has really hampered our efforts, but we pushed ahead in spite of that New York remains and people sometimes forget this, but I really want to highlight this New York remains the safest big city in America. We have to be clear on that We are still the safest big city in America and in 2023 We're going to push this city to be safer. And so let's look at the numbers so far since January of this year New York City has seen a more than 17 percent drop in shootings over 12% drops in homicides in a 27-year high for gun arrests very important It was that what we want to focus on with our anti-gun unit and with the combination of our patrol forces and the anti-gun unit We're seeing a 27-year high for gun arrest The NYPD has seized nearly six seven thousand firearms off our streets And the other area focus that we stated at the beginning of the year Clearly were the ghost guns This includes out of that seven thousand four hundred and thirty guns ghost guns a 73% increase from the prior year in the highest number in city history Our cops are working Detectives are clearing homicides Cases at a near historic level and our clearance rate rate for the seven major felony category is the highest in 20 years, it's a 20-year high our cops are working Subway safety has also improved We started out in the beginning of the year with our subway safety plan and we did several evolutions because we want to continue to get it right With a 13% reduction in major crime is transit station during the month of November Compared to the same period last year and this is even with a substantial increase in ridership We reached a High-level mark 3.9 million the highest since the covis crisis began So public safety is also traffic safety in our mind We're focusing on traffic safety because there's no condolences Condolences that can come to a family or they don't feel any better if they love one is killed by a Steel bullet bullet or a vehicle made out of a steel car So whether we're walking down the street or crossing it That is why we ramped up traffic enforcement across the board Sees illegal dirt bikes and ATVs and we crushed them so they would not be used again That was one of the number one complaints I heard in the city the ATVs in illegal bikes that really They were taken over our city and they continue to go we continue to go after the ghost cars The police commissioner and her analysis realized that many of these ghost cars were being used to commit Crimes such as robberies and other crimes in our city. We zeroed in on them and we have removed thousands off the street The drivers who use paper or illegal license plates or those who intentionally obscure Or defaced their plates to commit crimes and avoid account accountability. This was part of the feeder the many rivers that were feeding The sea of violence these ghost cars And paper plates and illegal cars were being ignored far too long We took a proactive approach and went after them in 2022 the nypd continued a high level enforcement with 12 000 total summonses and they seized over 5500 vehicles with ghost plates Such a significant number of these illegal vehicles on the road This is the highest number ever recorded in this city since we began tracking of these stats And thanks to our partners in albany we were able to begin what we fought for one of our albany agenda It's always surprises me how people said we didn't get any victories in albany We walked away with just about everything we asked for in albany and one of the most significant point Was the 24 seven speed camera operation Leading to a dramatic 25 Decreased and speeding and camera zones pedestrian fatalities also are down eight percent And reports for a moment y'all looking over there. So the police and me is asking you something going on over there Okay, all right, all right, you know, I'm still popo And thanks to our partners in albany We were able to begin our 24 seven speed camera operation leading to a dramatic 25 percent decrease in speeding and camera zone And we're seeing results pedestrian fatalities are down eight percent And overall traffic traffic deaths are down eight percent But you know vision zero is that vision zero We have more to do and we're going to do that in the coming year We will work with our partners to in albany to advance new legislation That will hold drivers accountable for their dangerous behaviors We're seeing too many people speeding and we're seeing too much reckless driving on our highways And we're going to add new we want to add new legal penalties for reckless driving That ends someone's life And we want to get drivers with the history of dangerous driving off our road They have become repeated offenders and abusers. We want to zero in on them. And that's how we get to the zero The zero fatalities that we are looking for We're also taking a Taking action to improve conditions at the department of correction. I cannot thank commissioners Molina enough for what he's doing there and I don't know if we keep the stats on it But I probably visited rikers in my first year more than any mayor of the history of this department of this uh Of all mayoral administrations. I've been on rikers speaking with inmates speaking with staff Walking through rikers island to make sure we can get the results We're looking for and I cannot be more proud of what the commission of molina is doing And we're also doing our job investing millions in upgrading facilities to ensure better working conditions For the men and women who serve there and more humane conditions for the persons who are in custody And we're taking steps to reduce assaults on staff and in violence are on Prisoner or inmate on inmates violence something that people often forget 80% of the people who are assaulted on rikers island are other inmates So as we advocate for inmates That are committing crime Let's not forget those who are the committing crimes on and we're looking at that A commission of molina has increased searches for weapons and drug contraband resulting in over 5000 Weapons and over 1300 items of drug contraband this year And we're going to be rolling out more initiatives to even clamp down more on drugs on rikers island We're also addressing staff shortages. Remember the staff shortage issue You know, I don't know how many articles you wrote on that You know, you haven't wrote one yet showing how good commission of molina has done So hopefully this year you'll turn over a new leave because sent to know who's naughty and who's nice Due to commission of molina's action of absentee Have been reduced by 65 percent 65 reduction With all of these numbers reflect Just the beginning of what the turnaround needs to be in rikers decades of ignoring rikers island Not bold enough to give the support to the boulders to do their job But as I say over and over again There are many rivers that feed to sea of violence and we need to look upstream to dam those rivers And that's what we're doing not just about intervention what we do every day, but what are we doing with prevention? We must continue to address the prevention safety as 18 mentioned will say just as we do precision policing We need to do precision resources and that's what we have done with this administration Including connection connecting those at risk of gun violence with job training placement through organizations like block power We must continue to build out everything from education to summer employment Close to a hundred thousand summer youth were employed this year never be done number be done before in history Doing what we've done on fair futures What we're doing about investing in education With our young people in foster care Young people at risk must have a chance to get on the right path. And that's what we're going to continue to do This is a fundamental aspect of our public safety So just to round up while 22 so many gains as public safety There are areas where things have not improved as much as we wanted Such as the number of hate crimes in this city And there are many rivers again that feeds the hate crime particularly anti-semitism attacks on our lgb lgbtq plus brothers and sisters our muslim community our a Pi community and all of our communities are experienced this hate that has become pervasive across our entire nation And while they're up upward trends throughout the nation We're saying in new york hate is not going to live here and in 2023 we'll have a comprehensive approach building on our building building Building bridges initiative Uh and dinners around the city Building bonds through dinners of having people interact with each other our public education system with chancellor bank And making sure we mobilize our city agencies to fight hate crime And we're not going to try To cover up those actions by not reporting them correctly. I thank the commissioner for putting placing new leadership Over at the hate crime unit to send the right message of what our focus would be And so as a man or former police officer, I know how devastated hate crimes could be and a number that was brought to my attention today One of our numbers that's significant one person has committed 35 hate crimes We have to stop the plea bargaining of those who commit hate crimes That's the message we need to send and so go for going forward in 2023 We will build out What is working and continue to innovate that includes next phase of our neighborhood safety teams These officers are doing an excellent job because of their Ability to operate stealth like we saw what happened with the arrest of the burglar with robin deniro's home Look at the record of the person who was arrested anytime people say why am I talking about recidivism Look at the record of the person who was burglarizing the home of robin deniro while he was home with his family Look at her record. This is what we are talking about We want also, uh, I want to thank the police commissioner and her commsat community forums Uh, something that she is putting in place. This is going to identify collaborative solutions to keep our community safe It's a smart idea and it engages our community And so you're going to hear more about what we're doing during our state of the city address Next month and we're going to continue to engage new yorkers at every level On the issue of public safety. We believe it's important and over the past year We have seen an unprecedented level of coordination and community input You see it when our mental On our monthly meetings with our five district attorneys the summits we've had on public safety How we brought in elected officials community and faith leaders together With local state and federal law enforcement these summits have gone Well, and we want to continue to do them Our round tables allowing people to have a seat and a voice at the table and so My message today is to every worker every employee every person I use our subway system Uh, to every correction officer working a double shift to support his or her family I'm saying I hear you Uh, to the first responders putting their lives on the line I hear you to the families of those lost to gun violence that I met with Last week. I hear you the victims who seek justice. I hear you the lawyers and judges work So hard to deliver justice I hear you and to the young person in need of second chance a second chance A new life. I hear you because I was you And that is why as the mayor I'm saying to you I see you I see all of you and this team behind me Is committed to make 2023 An important year. You heard me say before I believe strongly. This is my Aaron judge year And so I'm going to do everything possible to continue to bring home the victories for new york city We're open to any questions at this time In and of itself It's a it's a first of all the first one that's open. I think it's the joint Uh, we we thank you very much. It's emotional intelligence. Maybe we saw it out with that You know that You're such a kind and generous person DJ, thank you, DJ We think that's the perfect balance a lot of people don't realize the illegal Smoke shops are drivers of crime also We've had a series of people who have been targeting these illegal smoke shops that are sprouting up all over our city And we think the legal cannabis industry is going to balance out The illegal and then our coordination. We're going to zero in on them to make sure they don't sprout up all over the city Turn over to the commissioner, but let's be clear that what we have done historically that was wrong When we thought of public safety, we only thought of the nypd And we placed everything on nypd a cat up the tree caller cops Um, i'm going through a divorce caller cops. That's all we did was call the cops caller cops caller cops That's why we brought on board A person that is going to tell every other law enforcement entity in the city You're all part of the game so that we can allow the commissioner to do the focus that she's doing But this is a team effort everyone that's behind me is part of team public safety commissioner So thank you for that question So when we began last year the mayor made it clear that our initial focus was public safety And we tackled that head on we realized we had to deal with the crime that was happening in our streets And the fear in our communities and we set forward to put a plan in place The trends that we're seeing are not happenstance. They're a result of deployment strategy And the fine work of the women and men of the nypd We expect those trends to continue, but there's a lot more work to do in the nypd. We're not spiking any balls here We recognize that there's some work we want to do inside the nypd Some strategies we want to implement some restructuring of the police department as well We want to continue to reach out to our communities and as the mayor stated This is a holistic approach to public safety. We work in conjunction with our partners in government and our community partners as well So, uh, as we all know, we've lost some talent in the nypd, but there's a tremendous amount of talent as well in the nypd So we're going to Continue to increase our recruitment efforts and make the nypd bigger and better Certainly we've talked about this a number of times over the course of the year and it results, uh, the results of our review For civilianization and being able to identify efficiencies within the police department and eliminate redundancies Looks like The phase two We're going to be rolling out phase two of the neighborhood safety teams. Yes. Yes. We're going to do it now state of the city State of the city. We're going to roll it out. And then secondly, what progress have you made on the change for involuntary hospitalization of homeless folks? Yeah, and you know, i'm gonna do this every time someone asks me that question Uh, I think you guys and ladies falsely reported our story and gave the impression to new yorkers that whoever's dealing with a mental health illness They're going to be rounded up and placed in a mental institution. That is not what we said We were very clear The small body of people who have reached a point that they cannot take care of basic needs And they are endangered to themselves. That's a small pocket of people And we're going to get it right the first phase is to make sure we train all the personnel of giving them clarity We wanted to give them clarity, but we didn't start doing that the neighborhood the police department our outreach workers They were all doing this already But while we were out there because this is an on the ground team We noticed that there was a lack of clarity We cleared up that lack of clarity and right now we are still out there doing that job every day But we are going to make sure that people have the clarity to zero in like the ones I saw in the subway system The other day on those who we should be engaging more and if they are endangered to themselves They should receive the assistance that they need and we're finishing up the training We want to make sure people are well trained any questions that they have so we can execute this correctly What's the training in? Uh, we'll let you know when it is I think what uh, Commissioner Molina stated Which I really commend them on because oftentimes people are trying to be politically correct instead of just saying the honest truth The numbers now are too high the criminal justice system is too bottleneck and if we're stating that We're going to follow the law, you know a law that we didn't create A law that did not have a plan b And if we're stating that right now the prison population is already at a certain level That's beyond what it can hold We're saying hey city council you guys and ladies need to go back and look at this. What do we do if we reach We close right is spend 10 billion dollars And we still don't have the population down To where it's supposed to be. What do we do? You can't say okay. You committed a homicide. No vacancy in our jails So we are concerned What happens with the next level of this? Well, we are we're looking at any way to keep our city safe and to make sure dangerous people don't remain on the street And we're going to engage with everyone that's uh in play Of the vision of closing rikers is an admirable vision Uh, to get it right Is a safety vision and I have to get it right Mr. Mayor, so last week you had a summit with the da's and other individuals representatives of the retail Um industry and you talked about a citywide strategic prevention plan What what's the latest with that plan and also political reported that you met with governor kathy opal last week To talk about for strategy for legislative sessions when it comes to combating crime or citizen, etc Did you talk about a plan to combat retail theft with kathy opal? um deputy mayor banks and uh Brendan mcguire the council they Looked over that that entire summit, which was a brilliant idea. We brought in uh retails the enforcement the whole team of Aged Leticia james all of our da's of Bless you All of the team came together and I thought it was really commendable that they realized important to do so and so Uh, deputy mayor banks can go through it. Um, my conversation with kathy, you know You ladies and gentlemen know my rules my private conversations of private conversations But we are both in alignment with the recidivism issue that we are facing The mayor directed this summit he uh, like he made it very clear He wanted his administration to be there. He wanted elected officials to be there He wanted representatives from the retail theft and he certainly wanted representatives from the social agencies that could give help We talk about retail theft. We talked about the person who is the substance abuser Uh, who may be stealing out of some form of chemical dependency or need and then organize stuff where people are going in to steal So we all sat there at breakout tables and we all came up with ideas and suggestions creative solutions And we're going to be in the process of taking that together So this is going to be a plan that is not one a new york city strictly administrative plan This is a plan that everybody's going to have a part in crafting the solutions We're compiling it now. It's going to go out to the principles. We're going to finalize it And then we're going to have a creative strategy to make an indent into Is there any way you could quantify how much the, um Newly reconstituted anti-gun unit earlier this year Contributed to the reductions you guys had and shootings and murders. I like how much Did they contribute? Can you put a number to that? So I can tell you how many gun arrests they've made I can tell you how many weapons that they have seized but we can't quantify what they have prevented Their work is extraordinary. We have about 200 members in the neighborhood safety teams They're out there in a modified uniform Pretty much stopping vehicles actually dealing with the worst of the worst So while they've taken almost 500 guns off the street, they've made probably about 1800 arrests I think their contribution is significant and we're looking forward to continuing that program Well, it's a combination, uh, even when I was in the senate, this this is not a new conversation for me About going after reckless drivers if you look at when I was in the senate Introduced a legislation around hitting runs, you know people First of all, we were improperly investigating hitting runs and then when someone Carries out a hit and run they make a judgment call. Do I stay here because it's only a a minor infraction? Or do I stay and you know fill out a report see the the case of this person? And so we need to look at those repeated reckless drivers those individuals who call who who create a A homicide or vehicle assault we want to look at all the things that are making it Are not a deterrent to drive recklessly to drive under the influence and create the havoc that we're seeing on our street Particularly those who are habitual speeders. That is what we're seeing a problem on our highways habitual speeders reckless drivers I'm not sure people realize it But we have a fiscal crisis You know and every agency is important There's not one agency that you can point to and say is not important It was a difficult job for my deputy mayors who have to go to their agencies and said we have to do another peg But we were hit with a serious crisis not only the pandemic but the influx of migrants And we're not fiscally Responsible we're not going to have the resources we need to run the city and we're going to be smart We're going to do an examination. We're going to make some difficult calls There's some places we're going to say let's think differently about that's what the team is going to do There's not a one-size-fits All but we have a real economic crisis and I have to I have to Navigate us through that crisis without team and it's not pretty navigating through a crisis Where you're dealing with an economic challenge of disproportion, but we're going we're going to do it and we'll be finding the process Yes So I think we are trending in the right direction and they're rolling seven days and they weren't rolling 28 days We're actually down in every major crime category except for grand larceny auto and we think we're going to finish up Actually, I know we're going to finish up the fourth quarter strong And you can't overemphasize, you know, that's why the commissioner did that press conference a few months months ago We can't overemphasize the repeated offenders There's just a small number of people around 1694 people Who are just wreaking havoc on our city and they are over and over again the person that broke into Robert De Niro's house That's just one of many they are just they're out there grand larcenies is what's really killing us And these folks are just saying we're going to keep doing grand larceny They you know, they believe our criminal justice system is a joke And they just repeatedly Are committing the crimes going to court getting released on their way home from court. They're doing another grand larceny You know this is you have to be frustrated if you're a law enforcement officer And you see the person you just locked up and you lock them up again for grand larceny Grand larceny look at the numbers grand larcenies are killing our stats in the city We are not looking to do anything that's going to impact Those new yorkers who are in need our budgetary decisions was taken to account Those new yorkers who are struggling right now. That's why we fought and got to earn income tax credit increase. That's why we we got to child care Monies and dollars put in place, you know, when you look at our Direction and administration is focusing on new yorkers who are in need and we're not going to do going to do anything That's going to impact them Please stay to help me with the rest of them I'm here. What's the other thing? Good to see you. Um, when is y'all Christmas party? Our Christmas pastor, right? You missed it. Yeah, I'll let you know next year You may know that speaker Adams is not entirely happy with you. We just heard from her that she's upset that it seems like Uh, you're negotiating the budget through the post editorial board She says any cuts to council members discretionary funds would be very detrimental to the health and safety of new yorkers What's your response to to that? Uh, I was asked a question that I answered and it's not negotiating the budget I'm pretty sure they're asked questions and they answered We have two days of hearings for uh, asylum seekers two days of hearings the council to me had they have made it clear that This is the top priority in the city And i'm hearing people are saying give free Telephones free metro card Free this free this free this free this Every day new yorkers don't have free telephones. Every day new yorkers don't have free metro cars Every day new yorkers are not given free places to live So when the council stated and some of the members some of the members are stating that we need to give everything free I'm saying you guys have a half a billion dollars in discretionary dollars If you really feel as though we should be given free Then can you voluntarily? Give us 50 percent of what you're doing so we can do this together. That's my statement to them So it's not negotiating the budget. It is stating that i'm hearing from my council persons all the time That we need to give more free stuff away this stuff costs money And i am not going to take away from taxpayers To go beyond what we have been doing and we have been doing a lot Related topic real quick. You had the covid press conference yesterday saying winter is going to be challenging Then we heard from do we saying that the uh covid situation room will be closing parents will no longer be notified of a positive case How do you reconcile those two things? I think it's extremely impressive what we did during covid a lot of you know, a lot of people I think we should go back and look at those stories, but a lot of people don't realize How much went into the planning of making sure that we had to take home tests? I think we uh, We had an average of five million take home tests went to parents so they could test their children ahead of time Our notifications were excellent and so that team That orchestrated our success of keeping our schools open against everyone who was telling us to close the schools Uh, we knew that was the safest place for our children That team made a decision that they no longer need that room as part of their apparatus and it goes with How we're better notifying people how we're better communicating But if it needs to be reopened we'll reopen we'll we'll make sure that it's done, but they made that decision I respect that decision This morning you gave yourself a v-plus in your first year and it made me think you know, you've talked about how you're a mentor to many Bishop whitehead the petro sands. I think i'm pronouncing right As mentees, what kind of grade do you give bishop whitehead in light of the uh, federal case against him? Well, listen, um, first of all, I think that when you look at my work around Uh mentoring and helping people it's a fairly impressive one Many of these young people have gone on to do some good things with their lives And i'm going to continue to do it This is what I do and i'm not going to stop doing that matter of fact I was criticized for sitting down with gang members when I was running for office to find out how to take guns off the street This is what I do and so rating him Uh, as you stated, I rated myself If you want he should rate himself That's not my job to do to judge others especially since i'm perfectly in person Let me tell you something is one thing I learned in the area of investigations Allow the investigations to do what they have to do Stay out of it. I have no comments on a federal investigation. They're doing their job I'm doing my job as mayor any question can go to the federal investigators Yeah, at first I didn't know and I'm not sure if that's legal You know, this is the first time I heard about it and I don't know if our team is aware of it But I'm not sure if that action is a legal action and we're going to explore that I have been speaking with the mayor of Chicago The mayor of houston and we have been collaborating on what our actions are going to be Of and listen, I said this before and I'll say it again No city should have to experience this El Paso should not be should not have to go through this Houston, Washington, Chicago, New York This should be a national response to this problem We are communicating with everyone. I have been spoke. I have I have not communicated with him Recently, but again, no city should be going through this Okay, the commissioner could give her her response You know a lot of these are big classes of my understanding second this false story That people don't want to be police officers. It's just not true Uh, and I want to thank commissioner on how she looked at she pinpoint. Why are we not getting classes larger? And she saw that it had a lot to do with the examination Decast not having the space to do so. She came up with a solution for that people want to be cops And they're going to continue to come on our goal is to increase the classes to match those who are leaving But commission if you want to So we'll be graduating a class of almost 600. Hopefully by the end of this month And I plan on swearing in another 600 beginning in january. So while we do have some retirees We are encouraged by the numbers that we're getting while we're ramping up post-covid for recruitment efforts Mr. Mayor You you had said the name of the police officer his last name who was shot in the foot What is his full name first and last commission we give it to you I gave you his his last name and they want to do their preliminary to make sure they notify Who they need to notify. Um, so I follow hardly you don't How long to stay on title 42 Will you tell me about your outreach to the white house soon as you and president bidener very much? Yeah, and and listen, I think the president has he has a Good understanding of how this is a real issue And I want I want to take my hat off to senator schumer who I spoke with yesterday Minority leader uh jeffries And how they dug in and we were able to get this omnibus Bill have the it has the money in it that we need some of the money that we need of This is a national issue and that's my conversation with the president's Team that we need a national solution because it's not about just you know paying for what's here now But how do we prevent as uh, bernard that just stated Uh, you know, they're gonna stay sending more buses. You know, we are at capacity We have the highest number in our shelters in the history of that we recorded of We have we had in the last I think four days. We had 800 You know, we're averaging, you know Almost 150 to 200 a day these numbers are alarming And we have to continue to do what is right and we're hoping the white in the white house hears us and we get this done Okay