 Good morning, and it's a great morning for New Yorkers and a great morning to be in New York City I want to start first by thanking our members of the elected world that have joined us for today. That is Councilmember Shawn Abreu who sponsored much rat Legislation, thank you councilmember Councilmember Chi Jose councilmember Eric botcher and I believe we oh no, we don't have Manhattan borough president Levine, but he he wanted to be here. So thank you everybody for joining. I'm Mira Zoshi deputy mayor for operations and There are two undisputed truths about the Adams administration Mayor Eric Adams loves his mother Next month we'll be discussing that But this month we're going to discuss the other one Mayor Eric Adams hates rats All joking aside Rats are a quality of life issue They're plagued our city for generations and they're synonymous with chaos Uncleanliness and disorder they pose serious health risks for those who live Around them who work around them and they even destroy property Rats actually chew car wires to sharpen their teeth, which is pretty audacious For the last several months and together with my friend and deputy mayor Williams and will and Williams Isom We've resurrected and expanded the citywide rat task force That includes parks sanitation DOT schools the health department small business services and NYCHA many of the representatives and leadership that you see here behind me today and A few things became very very evident one We need lots of different kinds of exterminations to get rid of rats and you see over here a few different examples of those and On that subject. I'm pleased to announce that through the mayor's fund to advance New York City New York City received a generous gift from Scott's miracle grow company of a thousand rat Snap traps to help us fight rats. So thank you New Yorkers for stepping up What was also evidenced from the task force is that the city's work and the private citizens approach to trash Makes a real difference in rats ability to survive But I think the single most important thing is that real full-time focused leadership is necessary to get rats done So as many as you and many of you know we put out a job posting it was well written I'd say very very well written and within two weeks We had nine hundred applicants some of them were cats some of them were dogs the selection process was grueling follow-up questions writing samples hypotheticals multiple interviews on zoom in person and A grueling team of interviewers. Thank you. I want to call out Bonnie Tang who did an amazing job leading this effort our First deputy mayors team our chief of staffs team Chief advisor Ingrid Lewis Martin's team deputy mayors Williams and Williams Isom and Marietta or a springer and their teams our press office are now mayor's office of operations So I'm pleased today that all New Yorkers will get to meet who we chose a woman and that should not be a surprise Who can see around corners? has the fortitude and persistence necessary to battle rats and the character personality and Personality to keep New Yorkers informed and active in the fight against rats and most most importantly knows how to get stuff done and now I'd like to introduce our mayor the original rat hater mayor Eric Adams Thank you, thank you so much so much deputy mayor and the entire team in our council of persons That are here in Harlem Where we are rolling out a three point five million dollar initiative initiative on the rat mitigation zone To add with some of the other rat mitigation zones, and I remember two weeks ago I got a call from actually DOE employee David Who lives in in Green Point? She said, you know mayor You know, I really apologize for calling you on my on your cell phone I said don't feel special everybody calls me on my cell phone and she just started telling me the story She moves she was paying three thousand dollars a month a rent with her daughter and her ceiling collapsed Because downstairs in a bedroom there was rats that took over her bedroom and just started running around Downstairs and she was petrified, you know, and you know, I'm not gonna say who she is But these stories I hear all the time and I want all those who you know, we we joke about it But all of you to think about imagine coming home and opening your cabinet and having a rat come out Or like those mothers that said to me back when I was the bar president They came into my office with photos of bite marks on their children their babies in their carriages The rats were eating the dry food off their mouths Or just you know walking down a block and a rat runs across your your foot You are going to think about that all day long you're going to act like you aren't you know But in reality, I don't think there are too many things that could impact our feeling of being safe in our homes or In our community you start your car and all of a sudden you hear something under it You put up the hood you see three rats under there. You go put out your garbage And you see rats coming through the garbage bags or you're in your hallway your basement Rats impact how you feel about the city that you're in and that's why we taking this serious And so I'm I understand that some people who may not live in places with their rats They may say well, what's the whole big deal? But that is not many of us many of us live in communities where rats think they run the city and We are serious about this every day employees. I hear it all the time I'm on the trains and walking the streets people stop me and say, you know We're with you man. We hate those damn rats and you know memory Julia Remember when I came out that rat device, you know, I had a rat device be caught 96 rats around Brooklyn Borough Hall 96 rats and you know, there were people that were yelling, you know, oh you murderer you murder You know, we can't be philosophical about things that impact of the quality of life of New York is so we took this serious And the number of applicants That we were able to find that were also those 900 people Came forward with a real plan. They you know, they produced their best product We have others who are dealing with rats the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene I think that's their crew over there. Is that is that DOHM? I love you guys, you know DSNY, you know the we're not having what historically other Administrations did and we all foot this this is not new But it's a problem that no one wanted to put on the forefront. Everyone tried. I know Mayor de Blasio did the dry ice Mayor de bloom bloom bird. He did some things. So everyone tried and what we noticed when we got in office was that there was a disconnect and There were some clear indicators from all the experts. I can't even tell you how many Ted talks talks I saw in rats and how many readings, you know that I've done But they all come to the same thing got to get to the food source If you don't get to the food source, then you're not going to solve the problem And you have to get to where they live and they're we're still rolling out other items This is only one of the levels. We have several more levels of things. We are testing right now on how we could deal with this problem and then Commissioner Tish has been amazing our whole push towards putting our garbage in containers is going to be a huge pick pick up I will push to change the put out times of garbage People say well, that's not going to solve the problem. Listen, it's many rivers that feed to see a rats That's one of them, you know, this there's no instant Rat pellet that's going to solve this problem You have to build dams in every area and what the Commissioner of Department of Sanitation is doing with her team It's a significant part changing the hours putting garbage in containers really focusing on The areas that we consider to be these rat mitigation areas. So it's a combination But what we have saw I have witnessed with Deputy Mayor Mayor Josie saw is that it was disjointed So we needed someone that was that was going to put all the pieces together and all the players together to coordinate of this entire Symphony of fighters. We needed a maestro. We needed someone that understood at the track record Was focused on it a commitment We and we were fortunate that although we did a national search We were able to find someone right in our own backyard that was already having a working expertise of dealing with rat mitigation did it in the Department of Education Looked at some of the issues of rat mitigation in the Department of Education while babies are, you know There was a real rodent problem. She found success success there And so we're we're proud, you know, you know, we had her under wrapping keys She was like a witness protection because we don't want one of you to crack the story And you know start doing background checks seeing did she get any rat summons is on her block And you know what has she hasn't ever dated an exterminator, you know, so we say you know what keeper under wrap She was she was under Rap, you know had her own little undercover, you know, I'm amazed that they didn't break the story yet But you know, we we are just really happy today to say that we have found our rats are and she's focused Focus on improving the quality of life of New York is all of us Want to improve the quality it is expensive enough to live in the city with our families and children We don't need outside tenants like rats in our homes Terrorizing us every day. And so let me be the first to turn over to you Our new rats are Kathy come say a few words Thank you mayor for this incredible opportunity to make a real difference in people's lives When I first saw this job posting, I wasn't sure if it was real Bloodthirsty is not a word. You usually see in a job description. And it's certainly not a word. I usually describe myself But I have to say the rats are ad got my attention and My wife's grandmother called from North Carolina and asked if I was going to apply Well, obviously destiny was calling You see, I have a long history with rats my introduction to public service came when I was 10 years old Getting signatures on petitions for anti rat measures in my neighborhood and For three years I spearheaded the Department of Education's wrote reduction efforts During those years I spent a lot of time looking for signs of rats and Working to end the conditions that allow them to thrive Due to those efforts nearly 70% of schools with persistent rat issues reach their compliance goals This got me thinking thinking about ways We as a city could improve our approach to trash and rodents and ultimately make a better life for all New Yorkers Rat mitigation is more than a quality of life issue Rats are the symptom of systemic issues including sanitation health Housing and economic justice You can't just deal with one part of the problem and call it a day We need system-wide solutions Strong leadership and an engaged population to join the efforts That's where I come in as New York City's first director of rodent mitigation I will bring a science and systems-based approach to reducing New York City's rat population With a strong focus on cutting off the food water and shelter rats need to survive and Ensure every New Yorker is prepared to take up this mantle in this fight My background is in biology and urban sustainability But I'm also a former elementary school teacher who knows behavior change and culture shifts do not happen overnight We need to get the message out to New Yorkers This is going to take all of us fighting rats starts with fighting litter garbage and food waste and As anyone who's seen the movie Ratatouille knows rats love the same foods humans do That's why every anti-rat initiative starts with making sure food related waste Gets into bins that rats can't This means getting food scraps into DSM y-brown compost bins and litter into waste baskets in parks and on streets and if you see unsanitary conditions or a colony of rats also known as a mischief Call 311 and tell us where and when and we'll send people to check on it I'm looking forward to starting right here in Harlem Partnering with city agencies and the local community to ensure our streets parks and playgrounds are the best they can be You'll be seeing a lot of me and a lot less rats Pizza rat may like live in infamy But rats and the conditions that support their thriving will no longer be tolerated in New York City no more dirty curbs Unmanaged spaces or brazen burrowing There's a new sheriff in town And with your help we'll send those rats packing. Thank you Kathleen karate Kathleen with a K K a T H L E E N karate C O R R a D I Thank you and one person before we open up to two questions because I know you have many We want to one person who has talked about this over and over particularly in the parts of the Bronx in Harlem Has joined us. I'm glad he's here with us. He's with me yesterday But this has been a real focus of his own quality of life And so I just want to have our congressman say a few words congressman. Thank you. Thank you mayor boy Everybody's seen that rat with the pita, right? I sent council member Shawna Braille also a Social media take on on a rat bully in a cat into a corner But this those days are over and so we have a new rat czar in town and of course Let me give you some some numbers that my team gave me this morning and they just staggering mr. Mayor They live to be about two years, but mature within two months Mate within two seconds and rat can produce eight to ten babies after six times a year That's a hundred and twenty rats For each rat mother doing their lifetime That's a lot. I mean, this is an undertaking, right? And of course they migrate for a host of reasons. I know that uptown When they move the cobblestones from the streets on 10th Avenue They migrated right into my neighborhood and you know, we had to so like begin to take measures To stop them very systematic measures And time-consuming measures and so this is so important, right? He agrees And so But this is a great initiative because the quality of life in New York is important. I I had a recent meeting with all the night cheerleaders On the state office building just a few nights ago and one of the top concerns Was rats? I mean they were like really making a statement about how large they are how far they climb up where they get to and the kind of Peril that they put our families in and so I thank you mayor for Your commitment to eradicate rats I want to thank also my city council member one of my city council members shona Braille He is like you're Batman and he's Robin and so we thank you for For your efforts and I look forward to partnering with you to to take on the rats the days of the rats in New York City is A first is the coordination and We were really playing Whack-a-mole and There was you know as much work is Department of Health and Mental Hygiene What they have been doing we basically put it solely on them and so now this coordinated effort Through what Kathy is going to do is going to allow us to put everyone as part of the team So the Department of Sanitation the parks department Department of Health them into hygiene and then we want to look at new ways of how to fight the rats on the upper east side They started using this product that they were able to close 96% of their boroughs by using Some type of smoke that the they were it was older list They couldn't see it and is suffocated those who were inside the boroughs and so right now the For the chief of staff is monitoring with the first deputy mayor and deputy mayor of operation These we have we have several tests that are taking place right now as we speak We should have the outcome of those tests the end of April the end of May and then we're going to move it You know throughout the entire city rats are smart They're resilient as the congressman stated they populate as such an alarming rate That if you don't really cut off their food source and go after those who are already there Then you're not going to keep pace and split here for the first time. We're seeing a coordination We're going to have a person that's going to coordinate all the efforts Decilo, that's the trademark of this administration. We we are decilo in government if there were so many silos and The left hand didn't know what the right hand was doing and now we're making sure that we all communicate together We're going to Monitor, you know my belief you don't inspect what you expect. There's all suspect and we've been getting too many suspect outcomes And so Kathy has the important role of making sure we are moving towards our targets closing the rat Mitigation zones and make sure we target the rodents Yes Schools that you targeted and we're able to clean up the rat problem Okay, so first this is the project we're doing here. There's a real all our rat mitigation zones are being targeted and Here in Harlem, it's just being as recently added as a rat mitigation zone. This is one of many This is not the only resources we're using to fight this problem Kathleen is going to get in and now and do an analysis on you know Number one the new products that we're testing now She's going to take over that whole operation of looking at these new products. What are the outcomes? Which ones we're going to have city-wide and she's going to do an assessment of what she needs to do Her job and you may definitely may want to go over what you did in a DOE if you would like Thank you So when I was working on Department of Education's road and reduction efforts It was in the three existing previous road and mitigation zones bedstie Lower East side Chinatown and Grant concourse regions and in that work We had about 120 buildings where we deployed, you know Restricting access to food water and shelter to make sure we were targeting rat populations That was part of the last administration's funding where we really focused efforts on what worked well Some of those are still in play now the tilt trucks you see on School curbs are something that we deployed and really limited access to food If I might call you miss rats are You know Just wondering how are we gonna know whether or not things are working? Are you gonna be counting the number of rats that you kill? I mean how are we gonna know things are working because they hide So we know what rats need to survive right food water and shelter and our approach will be Targeting those three areas Department of Health is already doing great data collection And I encourage everyone to go to NYC gov slash rats to see the latest and greatest of the work They're capturing, you know our measure of success rats are tough, but New Yorkers are tougher So it's gonna take everyone involved to make sure this is successful Thank you Back on the funding issue. I'm just wondering Kathleen How much you're gonna be earning in your new post and then secondly mr. Mayor you mentioned de siloing government I know the Department of Health already has a director of pest control services What exactly are the difference between these two new jobs and why are they both? Okay, as in all salaries, you know, they listed online so you can finally have whatever you want, huh? Okay, you can listen online online, but a full transparency. She's making a hundred and fifty five thousand That's what a salary is going to be. I think fighting rats. That's not enough, but we were able to get a good call out the What I found Chris when I became mayor is that there was not enough communication and yes Department of Health and mental hygiene. They have been doing this heavy lift on their own as Kathleen pointed out that even what she did with the Department of Education of Limiting limiting limiting the food source and making sure garbage is picked up on time that is really the Department of Sanitation issue and I was out this Saturday with Commissioner Tish looking at some of the food bins I mean some of the garbage bins throughout the city on how we can start putting garbage in containers And so it's difficult for the Commissioner of DOHMH to now go over to Department of Sanitation and Implement an initiative canal you crossing over agencies. We need and our Administration has been operating off of this task force setting where we give representatives from each agencies But you need a person that's going to coordinate it and that is the role. She's going to play The mayor has made it very clear his stance on rats. He hates rats. I hate rats all New Yorkers hates rat. I hate rats I'm no stranger to rats From a child getting signatures on petitions to fight them in my neighborhood to leading the work at DOE For the rodent mitigation zones there. We saw significant drops in rat populations Now but think about it for a moment as a this is almost a job that's made for her as a child She was doing petitioning to get rats out of her community, you know So it just really to find your your calling I think it's the right time in New York is a happy that she's here. We had another question. Mr. Mayor. Yes, sir Your your rats are just said that the number one priority for dealing with rats is to make sure that trash is in containers Does that mean you're gonna reprioritize? Trash containerization across the city maybe allocate a little more money towards it bump it up towards the top of your priority list well first Like I stated I was out Saturday going around looking at places with their containers and meeting the Commissioner she was home and I said I wanted to see the containers that you're thinking about rolling out We're gonna do a looking to do a pilot and she came and met me at the garage I don't think you're going to find an administration that is more serious about Containers and put placing our garbage in containers like we are and people think that Okay, just drop containers all throughout the street. No, there is a process From making sure we have the right trucks to pick up the containers to make sure that we look at the design of the containers There is a process to get in this city to become the cleanest city in America which we're going to do and that includes of the Of the dining sheds don't partner with the city council on what's the new version of that? And so we're taking a holistic approach to this and containers are very much part of that plan But it's not a snap your fingers Hey, New York is put your garbage in a large containers We sent the team down to Greece to look at what they're doing. We're looking at what Israel is doing We sent a team of deputy mayor a mayor went down to Buenos Aires to see what they're doing We're watching what others are doing so we can get it right because these are taxpayers dollars. So we have to get it, right I know there are PSA's out that tell people to put their litter, you know in the basket Because there's so much food that sits around on the street. So How to be more proactive with that you can have boots on the ground For some level of enforcement or direction for people to like relearn that behavior. Yeah, no, so true You know when we were growing up. There was so many, you know, no stop later. There were so many ad campaigns I think this is the first time is I don't know if tissues here. Oh She she just really came into do SNY and did a complete analysis, you know on How we must communicate with everyday, New York is and she rolled out this amazing Ad campaign not only dealing with litter, which is I think is the first time and I don't know how many years But us how many 15 first time in 15 years But also to deal with those who are walking their dogs and just letting their dogs dump on everybody's yard You know, I mean, you know, you know pick up after your dog. And so to her very New York style campaigning and ad campaign is to do just that We have to remind people the connection, you know, on one breath. You're saying oh, there's too many rats here Yeah, but you just dropped your sandwich here And so we have to really have the connection our everyday behavior is Contributing to the problems that we dislike and that's what this the commission has been great at doing Yes, you did something new around it, why don't you talk about that? We don't enforce for the sake of enforcement, but this year our enforcement of cleanliness related violations are up 80% And after this press conference, we can get you the actual numbers But we've taken a very specific approach to enforcement where we're for focusing our resources on cleanliness related violations Directly, was there anything specifically that you saw on her that, you know made you want to hire her? I thought she was great for this position and to the rats are wondering the mayor did a thing with rat buckets a few years ago With the rats were drowning. He got criticized for being mean to rats not being remain I'm wondering if you're interested at all in like humane rat destruction, you know You know The the first part of your question was did I do the interview directly, you know I've been reading that book thinking fast thinking slow And so I tried out that first lesson in the book on Kathy when I interviewed her Sometimes we look at the tech technical aspects of a person skillset instead of finding who they are as a human being and When I interviewed her directly after we went through all the other candidates I came down to the last few and I interviewed her You just saw an emotionally intelligent Thinker that has been in several jobs Roots here in the city loved this city I was impressed that she did a petition as a child That just so showed a forward thinking of her and I just saw a Decent human being that is willing to solve a problem that impacts on far too many New Yorkers And so you can look at her biology degree you can look at all that other stuff But the question that I asked everyone and I remember My chief of staff for Sandy of the day, you know, I'd like to know who you are as a person Because who you are as a person is going to define who you will be as a professional and I like who she was as a person We are absolutely gonna explore all different rat mitigation techniques Measure quantify the data see what works best to scale across the city. These are taxpayer dollars We're spending so we want to make sure we're using the most efficient technique and part of that is determining which strategies are effective Great question. Great question Here's what we have done successful in this administration. That's going to be Really revealed when we in the museum of the city of New York. We've looked at pre-existing people and Utilize them to coordinate You know, it's not always about how many more people you add on what are you doing with the people you already have? We already have people in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene who are experts in this area We already have people in the Department of Sanitation We have people in the Department of Education all of these places we have people the question becomes What are we doing with the people we have these are taxpayers dollars? And it's my responsibility to make sure we during these tough budgetary Moments that we do the best with taxpayer dollars. So what we're going to do is coordinate the people we have She has an army and all of these agencies that's going to fall under her coordination and they ready They want the coordination you speak with some of these Employees who are on the ground every day. They don't like going through all of these walls and barriers They want to coordinate to get the results there. They're looking for okay And a few So yourself how you doing brother good to see you man Known pat for a long time He called me yesterday And said I Eric I wanted you To be the first to know before I make a public announcement And I want to share with you that I'm not going to run for reelection and if you would if you were to do an analysis of of the few years That pat and I have not always agreed on topics But we've never been disagreeable and Not only when He first ran I was in a 100 blacks in law enforcement who care and many times we were on opposite sides of issues But there was never a time that we could not pick up the phone and Speak he fought on behalf of his membership and I fought on behalf of the things that were important to me and You know, I think that he has been a a good public servant for his members of Even in those areas that we did not agree on we both agreed that we should support our law enforcement officers That we should Make sure our city is safe and someone's have someone must speak on behalf of innocent people that are the victims of crimes And that's what he that that's that is what he has done and you know, I think he's gonna go on I wish him, you know prosperity in the next line of work that he does He has he has more he has more miles on the tire I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Did you hear the question about the smoke shop the smoke The The I believe that shooter if we're talking about the same shooter I believe he was actually he did two shootings if we're talking about the same shooter he did two shooters and I think that you know when You've heard me over and over again extreme recidivism Us what we need to focus on if we want to continue to drive down crime, you know, the commissioner and her team They did an amazing job and they continue to do double-digit decrease in homicide double-digit decrease in shooters You know, we saw a record level of gun seizures over last year But you know these extreme recidivists their problem not only in shootings and homicide, but their problem also in The seven majors, you know, when you look at the recidivism around GLA's recidivism around burglaries around loss in the grand That's our focus and so right now Orban is deliberating. I've had some great conversations with the leaders up there And I believe that, you know, there seems to be an appetite to focus on this extreme recidivism He's a poster child of extreme recidivism and there's a lot of extreme recidivism that goes unnoticed because a lot of cases are Dismissed so they don't go part of the stats and you know, we just really need to look at those extreme recidivism Mr. Mayor? Yes, the city's applied for 650 million dollars from the federal government to Handle the migrant situation. I'm wondering if that covers it and have you made an estimate as to what the total is so far The city has expended and do you expect the 650 million? I mean, have you adequately justified it? First, this is a national problem and it should be Financed by the national government and I know I have to say it over and over again But can you imagine the national government is saying to our city? You are going to take 52,000 people and You're not going to receive any money. They can't work. They can't support themselves. That's all on your dime It's just unbelievable. And so The 800 million dollars that Senator Schumer, Congressman Jeffries and the New York Delegations and others were able to secure We're putting in 350 million dollars for it because that's the max But we're asking for an additional 300 million dollars to come to a total of 600 and 50 million dollars Because that's what we believe we spend based on the numbers that's coming from our budget Officers office. We should not have to pay for this and I'm really I had a conversation with the speaker Of the city council I really need my elected officials throughout the city to join us in this This is going to impact every service in the city And so we believe that a lot of people come through the border states, but they end up in New York We have the lion's share and we should get the lion's share of the money That's what the city has spent so hard. Yes Yes, you want to be nice to your colleagues you want to get everyone, you know, so don't don't hog up all the time, you know Kim Lee is sitting there getting a suntan, you know You know, we thought that We were in a good place because he was in Florida, you know, he didn't tie up our city now You know, he's going to be back here often and you know, we're going to be prepared We do what we do when we have large gatherings or someone coming to the city I think the district attorney is going to carry out his role as well So it's not not much my role in the police commission's role is to make sure that we have the city keep Moving without inconveniencing on New York is as much as possible Your thoughts on that and being are you planning to look for another big event? Every day all day. We love this is this is the big apple because we have big events every day we have everything from comic con to You know, we just had the Royal Dyslexia Summit that we were able to convince to come to New York last year. We asked them to come here They were really proud of the things we're doing So we're going to continue to roll out you put we did a great job We left everything on the floor and so we were excited about our presentation We had an opportunity to highlight New York and so, you know, congratulations to Mayor Lightfoot and the governor so but we you know the The president and his team made the decision that they want to look at where the swing states are So, you know, we're going to keep pulling out to these big events, you know We went to Super Bowl here. We went to all-star game here. We want everything here Yes, yes, Katie Thank you, Mr. Mayor wanted to ask about the Digi dog. Yes yesterday So some members of the council Including some that were just standing next to you And first of all criticized that and then secondly pointed to something called a post act that was passed in 2020 It requires the city to Provide Police surveillance technology 90 days before use it seems that wasn't applied in this instance before you announced it yesterday How are you able to do this without following the cost? Okay? Well a couple of things The move is these items to the items are Pilot projects to the items are pilot projects. The second is thank you Um, the second is that The Digi dog is already that dog is already using the fdn why? It's already using fdn fdn why and so I think there's a level of inaccuracy to what you what you're saying But we'll have the team follow up with you on the exact on process and how that term that terminology is used But the two items the RTD to That is affectionately called is is a pilot and the Tracker is a pilot as well, you know, so You know, I cannot say it enough, you know, and I wasn't a secret when I ran for office What's interesting about me? All you have to do is look at my campaign Comments and literature and see what I'm doing. It's the same thing. I This is what I said I was going to do and this is what I'm doing We always talking about people run for office and then don't do what they say they're going to do I said I was going to be scanning the globe for technology and use it and this is only the beginning It's only the beginning the stuff I have in a pipeline is game-changing around technology And we're going to follow all the rules on Implementing and using it But the city must become the leader in technology and keeping people safe And I'm not shying away from that. I've made that clear. I didn't I'm not gonna go into apologize to that All technology all technology we are we are Listen when you're when you're tasty they want to bite you to bees We are looking at the amount of technology that's going to come out of this administration Is going to shift how we do How we deliver goods and services in the city? I we have a Unit that's focused on just emerging markets and technology we're going to use technology to run our city better and It's going to help New Yorkers get a better return on their tax dollars And we're looking in every area just about every agency in the city is going to be impacted by technology in the city Because we have to produce a better product, and we're not Rookies are working hard, but we are not giving them the tools they need to do it And many many of our employees call me up and says Eric There's another way we can do this, but no one was listening to them, but I listened to them And we're going to move forward with it Yeah Congressman Jordan who's leading this, you know, I'm I really misunderstood this when I first heard about it I thought sure that they understood that in their congressional districts crime was going so high They wanted to come and meet with me alone and find out what we're doing so successful I'm a little disappointed that they're coming here complaining about crime here when per capita That crime is through the roof a lot of people don't realize crime in congressional and Republican areas Per capita is through the roof and they continue to talk about the overproliferation of guns Their guns are coming from the southern borders the southern states to our cities like New York and Chicago's and others You know, so if anything they should be her holding a hearing on Lessons learned on what Kishan is doing other than that this is just a an extension of Donald Trump campaign Campaigning and it really makes no sense, you know, we haven't been communicated to participate and You know, I don't even know what they're doing. They while they here. They should sit down with Kishan Okay