 Eric Adams before the mayor speaks and the grand marshal and myself would like to present the mayor with a sash and mayor of New York City which he can wear proudly tomorrow and Dolores I need your help and assistance we're also going to give him the program for tomorrow and again it has our logo which is full of symbolism of the Irish here in the United States and of course in Ireland and we're also going to present him with a 2023 parade pin so the mayor of New York City thank you thank you and you know being oh Adams there is a real feeling that I come from Irish ancestry how about that you know I think nothing is more important even as people land stand on his line coming from different parts of the globe to come experience and watch what we do here in our city but to have an immigrant of Mexican descent come and acknowledge the rich heritage of the Irish heritage in this country is a real signal of who and what we believe and how we know that we uplift each other because our journeys are the same if when I was in Ireland a few years ago I talked about meeting of those who were there and talked about the richness and importance of the families and what it means and the family name and that is who in what we are as a country and so I'm proud that we raised the flag here on bowling green last year the first time it was ever raised but also know the rich history of the Irish community and building the Brooklyn Bridge our subway system joining our police forces and other civil servants going through some of the difficult challenges have come and being a new arrival here in America like so many other ethnic groups but what makes us great is that dash that sits between our names that state hold on to your heritage in your culture and come and embrace this beautiful place we call America when we raise this flag we also raise our spirits and our understanding that no matter how difficult it is that we are resilient and we're resilient not because of our builders not because of our parades not because of our Broadway we're resilient because we are Americans and we are made up of the best stuff on earth and that's America's in Irish Americans is very much part of that so I'm happy to be here to raise the flag again and as long as I'm the mayor of the city of New York I'm going to be here to raise and celebrate the greatness of the Irish community and all of our community thank you so much have a great safe St. Patrick Day see you at the parade tomorrow Mr. Mayer we got a official we're going to have as we raise the flag the Kathy McGuire sing the Irish and United States anthems God hey thank you all see you all at the parade