 Good morning everyone. Back again. I'm Brennan McGuire, chief counsel to the mayor and city hall. Mayor Adams has said since day one that public safety is a major priority of this administration and Public safety requires investing in the men and women who keep us safe every day in all of our uniformed agencies And that's why we're so excited today to announce the tentative contract agreement For more on that I'll turn it over to our mayor Eric Adams Thanks so much Brennan and really Thank you to the men and women who are here part of our public safety team If it's on the supervisory roles in the police department if it's the men and women who protect us in our jail system we are really pleased with the series of Contract negotiations and that fulfilling the promise that we are not going to ignore Those who are providing the services to the city of when in February and I think that people need to be clear on this in February We're 96% of our contracts of that were expired going back years and unable to come to the table to come To a clear agreement, but I'm pretty sure many of the presidents of the union stated to themselves We have a blue collar mayor coming in so we're going to get a blue collar agreement and finally our guys and ladies are going to get The contract they deserve of we have now completed 75% of The union contracts and we're going to continue until we complete them all this administration will always stand up For broken people and those who serve this city and today I'm proud to announce that the city of New York has reached a five-year tentative contract agreement with the uniform offices coalition The coalition of 11 uniform unions represented more than 32,000 city employees including the NYPD FDNY DSNY and the Department of Corrections The agreement includes wage wages increases ranging from three point two five percent and Two four percent over the contract period is fully covered by the fund is set aside by our amazing budget team and our Labor of Renee and her crew over there They've been able to come up with a fair deal that's good for the members and good for taxpayers We set aside money in our labor reserve For fiscal year 2024 and we are in alignment with that a reach in both those goals and This agreement underscores how important our uniform offices are to our city's success They are the this bedrock that this city is built on that we must be safe The prerequisite to our prosperity. I said over and over again. It's public safety and justice of today's settlement As I indicated 75 percent of the city workforce is now under contract And I want to say that again 75% of city's workforce is now under contract And not only are we supported the broken people who keep our city safe and clean but we're also providing them with the resources they need to support themselves and Their families for far too long that has not been the match that these leaders union leaders have had With these contract negotiations, but they have it now This is a great deal for rocus and fair to city taxpayers And it wouldn't have happened without the hard-working partnership of all of these 11 union leaders their boards the presidents and all those who are affiliate affiliated I want to thank the commissioner office of labor relations of Renee get no sleep campion Job jihad of Brendan McGuire and our entire contract Negotiation team and I want to really thank the good faith and support from these leaders of the unions and Our entire city workforce across this entire city They went through a lot over the last few years And we want to make sure that we are there for them and state that we support them and continue to stop the hemorrhaging of City employees and show the attractiveness of working in city government I want to thank Commissioner Sue who's represented today by deputy commissioner Caban commissioner Kavanaugh sanitation commissioner Tish and correction correction commissioner Molina for helping to get this done and for their continued support As I always say as a former member of the New York City police department will be tired. I know how dedicated city First line workers are and we want to continue to give them the support they deserve Congratulations to all that are involved. We're looking forward to the other final 25 percent of our union representation And we know we're going to get that done and get the ratifications that we need and now the leadership Will put forward this to their membership. Thank you very much. Good job folks Thank you mayor and now for more detail on the agreement. I'll introduce our labor commissioner Renee campion Thank You Brendan I'm very pleased and proud to have reached this agreement It's very significant It is of course pattern conforming and all of the 11 union presidents are here today worked extremely hard with me and my team To get this done. I want to thank the mayor, of course I also want to thank the four commissioners of the uniformed agencies Commissioner Sewell commissioner Kavanaugh commissioner Tish and Commissioner Molina for their everlasting support along with their teams during these negotiations I also want to just thank the entire city hall leadership team first deputy mayor right Deputy mayor Phil banks chief advisor Ingrid Lewis Martin Brendan and chief of staff Camille Varlac Also like to thank OMB director Jack Jihad and his team who are always standing with me side by side during all of these bargainings I want to thank each of the 11 union presidents Paul de Jacomo president of the detectives endowment Association Vinnie Var along president of the sergeants Benevolent Association Lou Turco presidents of the lieutenants Benevolent Association Chris Monahan of the captains the police captains endowment Association Andy Ansbrough president of the uniformed firefighters Association Jim McCarthy Uniformed fire officers Association Benny Basio president of the correction officers Patrick Furriolo president of the correction captains Joe Russo president of the assistant deputy wardens deputy wardens Joe Manion president of sanitation officers and Last but not least Iggy Azara President of the sanitation chiefs I just want to thank them all personally for all the work that they did in put getting to this agreement together this is the second uniform coalition deal that I've negotiated as commissioner and This agreement that involves 11 unions is the largest Coalition that the city of New York has settled Send in the in over 20 years We've always had frank and honest talks and I appreciate each of them for all of that. I Also want to finally thank my negotiating team my first deputy Dan Pollock and my legal and research teams as well The settlement as I said is pattern conforming It is the pattern conforming with the deal that we reached with the PBA over two months ago Let me outline the terms on the first day of the first year of each of the respective 11 contracts There will be a 3.25 percent general wage increase on the first day of the second year of the respective contracts 3.25 percent general wage increase that is compounded first day of the third year of the respective contracts 3.50 percent first day of the fourth year 3.50 percent and the first day of the fifth year of the contract four percent I note that all the agreements have different terms Some going back as far as August of 2020 others have expired in throughout 21 22 and Some up to expire in 23 In addition finally, there's a point two one percent Economic benefit that is in all of these contracts that we are going to use to spend to address recruitment and retention issues That will be negotiated separately with each individual union as well as their individual unit terms We've reached another milestone today, and I look forward to as the mayor said reaching agreements with the other 25 percent of our union workforce thank you Renee as The mayor and Renee have indicated today's agreement involves 11 11 separate unions And while we would love to hear from the heads of each of the 11 in the spirit of agreement today They have agreed to have one of their one of the 11 leaders speak on their behalf And so with that I'll introduce president Lou Turco of the Lieutenant Benevolence Association. Good morning. Unfortunately. I was picked to do this No seriously I Wanted to take a moment and and we have to acknowledge and thank some some people behind the scenes with this So the first day the 10 groups behind me the 10 other union presidents. We got together Like like Commissioner Campion said, this is the largest the coalition that we had together put together And we work together as a group. We all had our different views we all talked about it respectfully and came to a point that we were able to go forward and discuss a Future with the contract in during this round. This is my third coalition As the union president of the LBA and like like Commissioner Campion said, this is the second between us two I Really have to take a moment to thank her and her team. I don't know how she does it She has three she's juggling eight balls in the air and has to keep them all up at the air at the same time And every time you call she answers the phone she gets back to you her team gets you like listen We don't always agree and that's fine, but it's respectful We get back and the one thing that in our business that's really important is is truth and honesty And she always kept to a word and that's all we're asking for and she's always done that and her team I really appreciate Renee everything you've done for us and this doesn't get done without the leadership from City Hall and the mayor we sat down like I said, it's my third coalition and When you sit down it reflects what City Hall feels about your unions and what you do for living And it was clear right from the beginning that this was going to be a respectful thoughtful contract To to acknowledge the men and women that stand behind us, you know We're coming out of covert getting back to normal what normal is in this world today We no one knows but we're getting back to some normalcy, but during the covert times Which isn't that long ago? The men and women we represent behind us had to come to work every day Every day they had to come to work. I was a lieutenant during 9-eleven and I had to go home at the end of the day But I've never worried about my family getting sick from the dust that I was breathing in I just left my clothes in the driveway and that was the end of it when these men and women went home from work With Colvin the invisible virus you had to worry about your family your wife your husband your kids your grandparents And they went to work every day. We don't have the option to work from home Sanitation has to go to work every day and clean the streets plow the streets fire has to go to work every day They have to go to that burning building get people out and put the fire out Corrections has to go work every day into the correctional facilities and and keep some very dangerous people inside So they don't go out and hurt New Yorkers and then the NYPD has to go out every day And deal with you know people that are running around with guns and knives and people that are having emotional distress getting into the hospital We don't have the option to work from home And we're in a unique position today to have a mayor of the city of New York that has done this before So when he says he understands he truly does understand because he wore the badge He wore the bulletproof vest. He understands so again This is a big moment for us, but this doesn't happen without the gardens from City Hall in the mayor So I really want to appreciate it may and we all do back here understand where this comes from and we thank you for this Thank you If you on on topic into some of the topic Outside to 12 hours in Renee, I don't even touch on that, but I think you know the president of the LBA said it best They can't do this remotely You can't put out a fire from home. You can't Get a gun off the street from home. That's uniqueness about the men and women that they represent This is not a remote profession This profession ensures that other people can do things remotely because they're there making sure the city is safe clean and Free from destruction So Renee is there any flexibility you want to talk about? Sure, so just to sort of clarify. This is the uniform coalition agreement for the economics for the economic term each union will now come back to my office and Negotiate their separate unit agreements that will include my working with each of the uniformed agencies in talking about different non-economic discussions and also how How they if they at any point want to move around any of the money that's already Invited in the contract, but the economic terms are set So regarding the SBA contract to former president No, in that case is going through the system You know, I think that's that has no indication of the great Leadership that the SBA has and the men and women who wear that sergeant shell When you talk about front line of those men and women are on the front line other front line Being our front line supervision. And so I think when the individual does something wrong I should not tarnish those who are carrying out their job every day and in no way Was that part of the contractual negotiations? Did the controller did the controller perform an audit on this? Of of who? Of the SBA His name is brad lander I think you gotta you gotta reach out to him And find out what actions he took Was commissioner sol involved in these negotiations and was she an important part of it? And if so, why isn't she here today? All of our commissioners have feedback and input In these negotiations of commissioners who this is her final two weeks She has a lot to do and you know, we had a great conversation this morning As she continues to complete two weeks and do the briefing that I need of what's going on But she's represented to represent it here today by the first deputy commissioner so The cost of the contract is already in part it already in the budget And the total cost is four billion dollars So we haven't started bargaining yet with the ems locals they are a local two locals actually Under dc-37 The contract that we settled in february for them did not actually directly Impact them Except to the extent of course it it does set the pattern But the uh, we will be bargaining with them And I look forward to those conversations No, you know you guys know I don't talk about private conversations Um, so now the city has now negotiated several expensive contracts with unions several expensive contracts with unions Are there cuts expected to the city budget? Of these are fair contracts And I think far too long We've asked the men and women to make sure our families are safe Without realizing that they have families too Of these husbands and wives and sons and daughters and caregivers of you know, we just have really not understood that of you know public protection Is the foundation of our city and you know, I ran on that I made it clear that safety is everything And I'm not going to just talk to talk of any new yorker that states They don't want to make sure a correction officer is paid a good salary to keep some of the dangerous people From harming themselves and others or the 10,000 guns that were removed off the streets of the city of new york Or how the cities continue to get cleaner and cleaner This is how we enjoy the fabric of our city. So this is not an expensive contract This is an investment in the infrastructure of our city This is the backbone of our city right here that's standing with me and whatever we have to do To keep them happy Is what we need to do because I want to be happy and our citizens want to be happy. So this is not expensive This is a great investment Okay, let's do a few off topic. Thanks. Thanks folks. Thanks Michael, I'm sorry. Jonah got Jonah gets the cord Jonah Jonah must call you now that you're wearing a tie Two questions. Are you or is anyone in the administration Making kind of a behind the scenes push to keep her on as commissioner First, I did a I did a lengthy On topic off topic the other day talking about the commissioner As of that day That book is closed There's no more conversations. I'm having on that I've answered all the questions. I'm going to answer. I have a city to run I was blessed to have a great commissioner Who assisted in bringing down crime and we're looking forward to the next chapter In the NYPD's very rich history, but I have no more questions on commissioner sue that I'm going to answer And there were some kind of legal issues to get hashed out Do you have any clarity on what those issues are how they can be kind of addressed? I think that leading this challenge of the migrant problem is both substantive and symbolic And I as I always say the good generals leave from the front They don't send their troops into battle and ask how was the war They lead them into battle. And so the symbolism of saying, hey, I'm willing to Put a homeless family And Gracie is that symbolism there seems to be some legal issues with that the law department looked at it And we're never going to break the law. And so, uh, we'll be able to know what we can do and what we can do as a symbolism I'm saying I'm willing to open up the people's house to the people of this city Hi mayor Adam He made an accusation that um, I guess it was, uh, he said he'd get the broomstick which had echoes of the Apriolina case just a moment. Uh, your take on him and read the story if you've talked about it I might have just been some rumors that he could replace, I won't mention the school, but I don't want to get your take on that story and some perhaps some concerns I'm not familiar with that with that case Uh, I know that commissioner caban Is a Is a professional he Served in some extremely difficult assignments in brookly north during some very difficult periods of time His long rich history in the department his family members Is his dad was a transit cop, you know during the time Of when, you know, it was hard being a transit cop And I think that he is a an optimum professional and so I don't know the rumors that are flying around room nine Okay, the chat I don't know what's what they're saying what they're saying But you know for the next few days we have a commissioner and when it's time to announce any new commissioner We make sure that we give you the scoop You know after we tell the whole press corps, you know But uh, you know, I'm not familiar with that ccrb and I don't know when it happened How long ago it happened, but you know, it's imperative that we always are professional when we out when we out there Your government What I discovered, you know And I want to go back to what I keep saying over and over again that I don't think it has really resonated with a lot of people I am one of the few mayors if any that Has actually been in city agencies And the biggest challenge in city agencies Is the fact that there are too many silos So we have a public safety apparatus parks police department of correction nypd Uh Homeland service police Hospital police we have all of these pieces That when we have major incidents We're unable to mobilize a full complement of public safety So I wanted a deputy mayor of public safety that would look at all of those entities And we need be to make sure that we are in alignment With the day-to-day plan and execution It's a great idea. I had a former chief of department who understood law enforcement Uh, and he came in and he did he's doing an amazing job And you know, there's so many things that happened behind the scene That's crucial for the functionality of how we use our public safety apparatus and it has worked well for the city You know crime is down New technology has been introduced the partnerships We're having with corporate america to come in and assist us in public safety When you start looking at some of the things that we are doing because we have that deputy mayor of public safety It is just really commendable. It was a it was a brilliant brilliant idea on the person who thought about it Oh, that was me, you know, you know, so it was just a real win Case Tuesday that is somewhat similar to the gordon nealy annual penny case A man on the subway Stabbed another Possibly emotionally disturbed man who was harassing passengers getting violent with passengers. He was immediately Arrested his lawyer is claiming Possible racism or a double standard because he is saying well, why aren't the police investigating more before arresting his client? meanwhile Daniel penny was out almost two weeks before he was arrested. Can you comment on that? Do you have any thoughts on that? Do you think there was a double standard or race at play this man who was arrested and who is now claiming self-defense is black versus Daniel penny who was white? uh The wheels are just as grind slowly but exceedingly fine as dr. King once said in some way or another That process is behind my control. We have a criminal justice system I really respect our criminal justice system It doesn't always get the results that I want personally But uh, it is a system and that system is going to run its course And it is very challenging to look at case a and say why did this happen here in case b? Why didn't happen here? That is extremely challenging to do and From a distance that is how people respond and understand. I understand that but if our criminal justice system operated on that That would be that would be frightening for me Yes To spend the 90 day rule for executive action Um, and then also thinking about vetoing the package from council bills to expand city feps Are those two things that you're considering doing? We um, we did not put out a an advisory that of doing either of those items Of the amazing kind hearted gentle loving care and fabian leavey will let you know When we go when we're going to make any announcement until we So Once we make that decision we'll we'll let you know how we're going to flow Everything is on the table. We've had multiple conversations of wherever we can get space We are looking at but again, I want to emphasize this is not sustainable This can't be a game of let's see if we can find space this week Of this problem must be resolved We must have federal intervention real immigration reforms from the from congress We need to allow the migrant asylum seekers to work, which is just beyond Comprehension while we're not doing this now, but any plan that is hey, let's cross our fingers and hope we can find space Is a floored plan, but we do want the state to do their share We saw that in white planes in albany two different groups of governance one is those two Locals are saying let's step up. Let's do our part while at the same time. We have other municipalities That benefit from new york city is trying to find creative ways to be discriminatory But this is a state and federal problem. It's not a new york city only problem We ask for every space that's possible