 Anthony Causey had platinum level people skills. I've never seen a journalist who was more comfortable, more natural among elite athletes. Last year Anthony and I went to Mariano Rivera's house in Westchester to do a story on his upcoming Hall of Fame induction and while we were there you could see the enormous amount of respect that not only Mariano but also his wife Clara had for Anthony. Mariano did whatever Anthony asked him to do. There are two things that I'll always remember about Anthony. First, athletes and celebrities who have a general mistrust of the media always trusted Anthony implicitly because they knew that he would honor them with his photographs, he would never embarrass them and would always present them in the greatest possible light. But the other thing that will always stay with me is that there are literally thousands of pictures captured in frames on refrigerators and scrapbooks all across New York of families who Anthony would stop at ballparks and the arena is all across New York knowing it was a family's first trip to Yankee Stadium or their first trip to the garden, take their picture and then send it to them and the reaction these families always had, those smiles will always stay with me. Late in the season 2006 Yankees were headed to the playoffs and we got a request from the sports editor to get a picture of Mariano coming in from the bullpen during the game against the Red Sox. The game was closed so he said, I'll go out there and you stay at first in case something happens and he ends up with this iconic photo. Somehow getting through security, getting into the bullpen and walking onto the field in the middle of a Red Sox game late in the season. Just incredible. He was an amazing man. In spring training 2019 three of my oldest friends came down to visit me at Mets Camp and during one game we were in the center field grassy area just chatting and all of a sudden I felt my phone ring from a buzz for a text and I took a look at it. It was a picture from Anthony of me and my friends and he made us come down and while he was working he shot pictures. He said, you guys will want to remember that you were together here. He took a bunch of these pictures and the pictures were always meaningful to me because it's friends I've been with for over 40 years and now it's even more meaningful because it's just another touch of how thoughtful and kind Anthony was. Two years ago my wife Pamela and I took two of our friends from St. Kitts to their first game. I happened to bump into Anthony outside Yankee Stadium. After I introduced them and explained that it was their first game Anthony insisted on taking pictures of us. He unloaded all of his equipment, left it lying on the sidewalk and ushered us over to the front of the stadium so he could get the perfect picture for us. He treated that photo session as if he was taking pictures of the core four. Anthony didn't have to do that but he did. That's who he was, a loving and giving person. A few years back Anthony stopped me in the hallway at Yankee Stadium with a smirk on his face. He said, Mayor, you have a big fan. I asked him who and he said my dad with a smile. We took a quick selfie and sent it to his dad something we'd continue to do over the years. That was always the theme with Anthony. Family first, sports second and while he'll be remembered by many for the countless iconic shots he's taken over the years I'll also remember his kindness, generosity, his willingness to go the extra mile for people he didn't even know and of course that great big smile. Anthony just exuded this positive energy. He had this gregarious nature that people gravitated towards and it was just so apparent that he loved what he was doing when he was at a sporting event and you know he's hustling from one photo pit to the to the other and he's got cameras strapped to his shoulders and he's hustling, he's grinding, he's working but he's got this effervescent smile on his face. It made you believe that Anthony was exactly where he should be.