 Good morning I'm Dawn Pinnock, and I proudly serve as the commissioner Good morning, good morning No worries Good morning I'm Dawn Pinnock, and I proudly serve as the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services Commissioner And I'm so delighted to join you all this morning for a very special announcement We're extremely proud of the work we are doing to make our fleet safer more efficient and environmentally sound and today We're proudly sharing that through the US Department of Transportation's Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program also known as CMAC the city of New York has received $10.1 million in grant funding to replace over 900 fossil fuel powered vehicles with electric vehicles This funding brings us one step closer to reaching our goal of achieving an all-electric fleet It's a significant environment to win for our city, but before I continue I would like to start by thanking Mayor Eric Adams for his unwavering leadership and support Our sister agencies the New York City Department of Transportation led by my partner Commissioner Idanis Rodriguez. We appreciate your advocacy and partnership to secure this funding The New York City Department of Sanitation for hosting us today Julie Tai executive director New York League of Conservation Voters and Last but certainly not least. I want to thank my entire DCAST fleet management team That's led by Deputy Commissioner Keith Kerman who has really served as a visionary in the area of fleet management and innovation Our city's fleet is critical to the work we do in service of all New Yorkers It's how we move people, supplies and resources. It's how we keep our city safe and thriving But we also know that chief among our responsibilities to the people of New York is our role in ensuring the city's government and all of its functions operate effectively efficiently and in a sustainable manner Thanks to the US DOT and our very own Department of Transportation We're moving closer to reimagining a city that runs on electric powered vehicles that will protect the quality of life of millions of New Yorkers Today with this $10 million investment We are reaffirming our commitment to electrify our city's fleet ahead of schedule Because we understand that our climate our city and our people do not have a second to waste in our fight against Emissions and its harmful effects on climate change In September we proudly announced that we had made more we had more than 4,000 electric vehicles as part of our fleet a Feet we achieved three years ahead of schedule and now we are transitioning even more But it's more than just adding electric vehicles We also are building out our charging infrastructure to support the increase in electric vehicles Using these funds. We are expanding our charging network to include more than 315 new electric chargers Currently we operate the largest electric charging network in New York State with more than 1,360 charging ports and boasting 120 fast chargers. We also have 106 free-standing solar car ports the largest operating network in the nation In fact our newest solar car ports are right here behind us It's just one of the many ways we are implementing new features and capabilities to reimagine the city's fleet and protect all New Yorkers a Future where fleet operators fortify their position as standard bearers and set the tone for safe driving for this great city With our defensive driving courses Telematics surround and dash cameras vehicle safety systems and the successful pilot implementation of intelligent speed assistance We're making strides and building a safer future New York City continues to be a pioneer in municipal fleet management and we're only poised to get stronger greener and greater and With that, please join me in offering a warm welcome to someone who is setting the tone for innovation in city government Our fearless leader mayor Eric Adams Thank you so much commissioner, and you know as we Sit here today, and I'm sure that we are all Just nodding at how different the weather is and it's it's a moment of Enjoying myth, but at the same time it's a moment of concern Winters are supposed to be winters summers are supposed to be summers falls are supposed to be falls but it's clear that our environment is changing and our Contribution to the destruction of our environment is real You know how we say we have two mothers one would gave birth to us the other Sustains us and we have been abusive to mother earth for far too long and we have to do our part and I'll share and It's about a real partnership in some of the agencies that the commissioner mentioned and will also include The amazing team at DSNY The commissioner there commissioner tish is really taking the approach to cleaning our environment recycling our Queens Recycling program is just really Exceeding our expectations But also by using green vehicles. That's as we clean the streets and we have to get it right It's going to be a balance. It's not Going to be perfect all the time, but it's about leaning into the challenges and moving forward with that again Electric vehicles They are clearly the future and New York's New York is see cars trucks and vans when they see them and if it has our logo on it Trust me it is contributing to the service of our city But it's also contributing to cleaning our environment and they could rest assured those vehicles are contributing To a greener a city last fall as was mentioned. We announced that New York City met our 2025 gold in New York City clean fleet plan three years early We're moving at the right pace And New York is a noun served by fleet of a 4,000 electric vehicle something that Commissioner penok has mentioned and she has been on the forefront of making sure that those old vehicles are being brought in Really want to commend her for the consistency of carrying out that that role and we experience Experiencing the benefits cleaner air for your greenhouse emission and course savings and fuels fuels So there's a real win-win here. Not only are we Assuring that we're cleaning our economy and having a greener future, but we're saving the green dollars That New York is deserve us to do and do it in an efficient way and we're bringing in the green Commission a great job 10.1 million dollar grant from the United States Department of Transportation And it's really the cross collaboration from all of our agencies that we are laser Focus on the initiatives that we have in front of us and the investment will allow us to get a thousand fossil-fueled vehicles off our roads That's a real win and a real W for us and it's the first ever purchase of all electric pickup trucks and vans and The number and type of vehicles the commissioner mentioned But it is really reinforcing our vehicle fleet to make sure That we are successful and so so much before you even ask the question Is this added on to our fleet? No, it is not it is not We're not adding new vehicles vehicles on our fleet I was committed to decreasing our fleet size And we're going to continue to move in a pathway to do so We are also working to electrify DS and NY's fleet with 25 plug-in hybrid street sweepers And we're not stopping there We're also installing 315 new electric charges to power our growing fleet because we have to build out the Infrastructure as we build out the vehicles And so there's a combination and there's a sweet spot of making sure that we can have enough charging stations To fit this requirement This is part of our ambitions plan to tackle the threat on climate control climate our climate problem Head on and meet our goal of decarbonizing Buildings and transportation sectors to reach out goal of carbon neutral by 2050 All of these initiatives initiatives include building the city's resiliency to protect our coastal and inland Neighborhoods storm after storm. We're a constant reminder of that We must be vigilant of addressing these coastal challenges. We have we are coastal city. We're surrounded by water We need to be clear on that and our pursuit of protecting our close coastal areas is important But we also know it's not only the coastal areas We saw what happened last year even inland we saw areas that were flooded that I'd never witnessed before I'm still amazed that we had to close the Brooklyn Bridge because of flooding something that my entire lifetime I'd have not experienced reducing our reliance on fossil fuels would expand a Renewable energy assets and will push us in the right direction. We're really excited about what's happening at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal is going to turn into one of the largest offshore Wind port facilities in the nation not only how we're going to get the power But it's also going to include green jobs We're going to be hiring people to build out of the entire wind farm in that area We're building more bike lanes and public transportation infrastructure to reduce our emission Something that I'm really proud of what Commissioner. You don't as Rodriguez is doing in DOT. It's about investing not only in vehicles that we use for Government to travel but also Electrifying our school buses. These are vehicles. We use all the time We're being creative to make sure we electrify them to carry out the gold. That's in front of us so all of our partners US DOT New York City DOT Dcast DSNY and Particularly Julie the president of New York League of Conservation Voters They have been real partners on this initiative and we're going to continue to move forward as we put New Yorkers in a Driver's seat of dealing with the environmental challenges that are in front of us. So congratulations We want to thank the federal government and federal agencies for this 10.1 million dollars in allocation We hoping that this money matches the dollars that they bring in to deal with these asylum seekers also So, you know, we ask them for everything in our city. Thank you. Thank you Thank you so much. Mr. Mayor at this time. I'd like to welcome Julie tie executive director of the New York League of Conservation Voters Thank you mayor. It's so nice to be here on this Unusually warm day and you're right. We are seeing climate change front and center right here before us I'm Julie tie. I'm president of the New York League of Conservation Voters voters We're a statewide environmental advocacy organization that fights for clean water clean air clean transportation and open space through political action We're so excited to be here with you mayor today The announcement of $10 million in federal funds to help New York City go electric It was just over two months ago I joined you when we were announcing that 51 new electric school buses are coming to New York City with the help of funding from EPA And we're sure to see a lot more money as we get more money for Infrastructure and for electrification of our fleets from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and from the IRA The transportation sector is a leading contributor of greenhouse gas emissions in New York Controlling nearly 30% of our emissions and fossil fuel burning vehicles cause air pollution, which cause harms public health It contributes to harmful respiratory conditions like asthma rates of which have tripled in recent decades in underserved communities Asthma rates are as much as 25% higher So it is also a matter of environmental justice and keeping our commitment to prioritizing communities that have been for too long Disproportionately impacted by pollution and the impacts of climate change and we have to accelerate our way Our transition away from fossil fuels towards zero emission vehicles and this announcement Replacing all these vehicles will help us to do that when we're getting rid of our gas guzzlers including our street sweepers and all these medium vehicles With clean energy vehicles We're making a huge step forward and Congratulations to Dcast for all the work that you're doing to get to those goals in in in advance of your schedule We encourage you to keep doing that keep keep the the pedal to the metal so to speak although we have to stop talking about accelerators Yeah, no more gas pedals, right? But we can't only transition our fleets We have to make it easier for New Yorkers to electrify their rides with the 350 new EV chargers coming the message to residents is clear Replace your fossil fuel powered vehicle with one that's battery powered and the city is going to make sure you have the resources to power up So Mayor Adams, we thank you for your commitment to the environment for putting the metal to the put pedals to the metal in the climate crisis Because we know whether it's the vehicle fleet the clean buses expanding the e-scooter pilot more city bike locations More robust EV charging network safer infrastructure safer intersections So really grateful for you've been working to really get stuff done to clean up our transportation sector And I want to thank Dcast commissioner don't Pinnock and commissioner Donis Rodriguez for making sure that you're prioritizing the environment and advocating to get those funds here When New Yorkers are going to breathe a little bit easier because of all the work that you're doing so thank you Thank you so much Julie next I'd like to invite either on is Rodriguez commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation Thank You commissioner in Mr. Mayor adding as my daughter turns 16 yesterday my little one being nine whatever we do in today's not for us It's for that generation. Can we save the planet? That's a question Can we handle another Sandy Maria Castrina snowstorm flowing going everywhere, you know The stone that can hit California can also hit New York City in the near future. So I feel that you know We have leave all those, you know natural disaster and the question is what is a responsibility? So no doubt I may you add and the leader note in our city by showing all the municipality across the nation How we can make our city more sustainable and of course in the name of more than five thousand many women a Do I was so we also want to say thank you Because you put in the resources to our agency to make the city more sustainable to make the city more predation Exactly friendly Today announcement is a major step in the city's effort to urgently address the climate crisis each year Motor vehicles are account for almost 30 percent of the city carbon emissions That's why the DOT is working so hard every day to support sustainable modes Cycling mass transit in public adoption or electric or electrical vehicles But we must also do our part as in as a agency as a city to reduce emissions From our fleet or city vehicles and that's what may you add as a commissioner because he's doing today Together with us the OT sanitations and all the agency We're thrilled to work with our sister agency the SNY and decad to allocate 10 million in federal funding to help replace nearly 925 fossil fuel burning vehicles with electric Alternatives these funds come from the DOT's allocation congestion mitigation and air quality funds from the federal government and will help the city reduce the Environmental impact of our vehicles being able to shift this allocation to our system agency Highlight how we are working as one city on the Mayo add-in to get stop dumps And we're working to improve New Yorkers access to electric vehicle charging as well as part of our curbside level 2 charging pilot DOT has installed 130 level 2 charging port across the city with a focus on installation in the out-of-world areas Our goal is to install 1000 curbside charger by 2025 and 10,000 charging station by 2030 and under this administration led by me you add-ins We will be working hard to reach that goal Together these efforts to help us build a greener future for New York City For the future generation and for more than 48 visitors that have come here to New York City I'd like to thank the Mayo add-ins the US Department of Transportation Decad's Commissioner Don Pinnock and DSNY Commissioner Jessica teach for the collaboration I also like to thank the talented DOT staff who have played an important role in this effort Including Susan McSherry Mark Simon and Renee Peters me. Thank you Oh, yeah, we're saki. I'm the ammo important. They're on the Alcalde Eric Addins Bajo su liderazco está tomando toda la medida necesaria para que más vehículo eléctrico estén en la calle de Nueva York para cel de Nueva York una ciudad que Ten to me my responsibility para crear condiciones para que los New Yorkinos lo visitante Puedan seguir visitando de una forma de nosotros protegemo esta ciudad del cambio del medio ambiente Thank you. Thank you so much. So that concludes our formal remarks. And so thank you so much for joining us today Absolutely, we set a very aggressive target and we are exactly where we want to be We've identified all the vehicles and we're currently auctioning off the remaining vehicles that we've identified Cheaper batteries catch fire Yeah, and we we want to really look into The the cheaper brand and I have been communicating with some of my lawmakers We have to stop the source. They should not be sold in our city And our focus is to really look at it. There have been a number of cases of fires Of where people have been Seriously injured or in some cases They lost their lives and so we're focusing on that. We haven't figured it all out yet This is really new when you start to think about it, but it is definitely on our radar Same to you Want to see if you had some more details on those, uh, what was it nearly 1000 electric vehicles, right? Which agencies will get them how many Are allotted for certain agency and so on and so forth. I'm just off the top of my head. Are there any eds for my pd? I'll turn it over to my colleague Keith Kerman for the exact allocation However, to your question regarding the nypd. Yes, they were actually one of the first agencies to partner with us to have Some of their vehicles switched out for makis So yes, um, electric vehicles are in use at the nypd today Yes patrol cars I thank you commissioner. Uh, Keith kerman chief fleet officer. So just on the numbers 360 of the e-transit vans and those are right behind us 150 of the e-lightening pickup trucks And that's our first big order of medium-duty trucks And so to give a reference 25 of the city on road fleet 6000 vehicles are pickups and vans. So this is a really big move for us 382 gm GM bolts and we operate over 800 of the bolts is our kind of core, you know get around passenger car Then seven sanitation trucks and 25 of the electric sweepers And so that's the break up of what we're getting We just reached 4,000 electric vehicles earlier or late last year and this will get us to 5,000 as these all start coming in this year And we'll give you a breakdown of what agency is going to get what okay Uh for the mayor, when do you intend to start using electric vehicles for your personally for your official use? We never the nypd they determined, you know, what type of security that I had what type of vehicles So I'm open. I'm so low maintenance, man, you know, you know, whatever they determined. It's fine with me I get up. I was on the train today. I had an electric vehicle today the train car I was on the train today, you know riding the trains. I think we have the best public Transportation system on the globe. Some people think otherwise But uh, I was on the electric car today, um the four train Ready to rock and roll We'll do this quick photo out So happy new year. Happy new years to you So today a video has surfaced of an nypd police officer using hammer punches to attack some teenagers in statin island I have two questions. Number one What's your reaction when you see a police officer being so brutal with somebody that they're trying to arrest and secondly Does that kind of video make it more difficult for you to convince new yorkers to trust the nypd? Uh, uh, first the first part, um, I was not happy what I saw in the video. I spoke with the commissioner last night Uh, communicated with the chancellor. This was an incident That happened off school grounds. A young girl was being jumped by two other Children and the police Intervened it was nypd not school safety Agents and so we are going to look at the body Cam of the police officers. That's why body cams are good. Uh, we're going to use a video that was posted on instagram That's when it first came to my attention and of my understanding the police commissioner swiftly suspended the officer Uh, that was involved and now the internal affairs bureau is doing a thorough investigation to determine Exactly what happened. Uh, I was not pleased with what I saw on the uh on the uh video And to answer your question about uh having new yorkers trusted police department, they do You know, I I hear all the time when I was on the subway system today People were saying they just feel good that they're saying more and more police officers That uniform presence. I don't care who you are. You could be the staunchest critic of the police officer But uh, you know three numbers in the city nine one one and you're happy when they pull up You are happy to see them late at night. You're happy if your child is out somewhere knowing that they're on the on the street The people of this city Trust their police. They're happy to see their police. They feel comfortable at January 1st at the ball drop even when someone attacked three police officers The thousand that were there protecting new yorkers And so these incidents are not going to erode the relationship that the people of this city have with them The men and women of the new york city police department New yorkers see something like that. It gives them pause and makes them wonder about the training and why some of why a police officer would think It's okay to hammer punch a young kid. No, I think to the contrary. Um, I think that uh when A teacher watched one of their colleagues being arrested for abusing a child. They know that's not them They know that the overwhelming number of teachers are doing a job when a Sanitation employee watch a member of their agency do something wrong. They know it's not the agency I hope that we get away from the place that the numerical minority that does something incorrect Is the reflection of the professionals in the city and people know The countless number of police officers run towards danger not away from danger and we should be proud of having a police department with the level restraint that they showed The the incident lasts on new year's day. We really need to understand what happened there Thousands of new yorkers were on the street A person took a machete Attacked three officers those officers discharged one round Concerned about the safety of everyone that was there. They immediately terminated the threat One round and then went back to protecting the people of of of the city. That's the training. I'm talking about that rookie I was just at his graduation And all the training he had he didn't know what was going to happen in a split second Right there on patrol. He responded. That's the type of training that I know and I know that training is some of the best training because I have that training You said yesterday there was no more room in the inn. What did you mean by that and do you understand why some people struck them as callous? Where as callous That like not compassionate towards the migrants who could still be arriving. Okay. Well, you know 8.9 million new yorkers 36 million opinions I have to navigate the challenges of telling every day new york is that we're watching a nice national crisis That's playing out on the stage of our city At one time we had to deal with Republican governors sending migrants to new york now we're dealing with democratic governors Sending migrants to new york. This is just unfair. It's unfair to el paso It's unfair to chicago houston Washington new york city. This is unacceptable. What's happening and we opened Close to 60 something emergency shelters Something of 60 something emergency shelters And we're not only Having to make sure that they have a place to sleep which we are doing But we also having to overcrowd our schools feed clothes healthcare And we're not receiving any money from anyone And so no one is sleeping on our streets because they can't find a place to sleep like others are doing We are showing the compassion And if anyone is stating because i'm saying to the federal government and everyone else That new york has done to share That's not callous. What's callous is how we have been ignored as a city And now I have to make tough decisions on the resources of new york is that cycled out of covet New york is a cycling out of covet and they're dealing with this crisis and we have over 30 000 people showed up at our doorstep And we open our doors to them. It is time for the federal government to step up And that is my message of no room at the end to the federal government We will continue to do what we have been doing and even when Uh, they closed the borders. We were still getting in hundreds of people That were coming every day We don't have any more room And even without that room We're going to find a way to fulfill our obligations How are you happy new years for you? I wanted to I'm sorry Do you agree with those remarks and I was wondering what your message to president Okay, so the first let me peel back number one. Her remarks who I agree with them. You're damn right You're damn right. I do for The mayor for the governor for the governor Of colorado to Say that i'm going to push the problem to the city and didn't even notify us You know Everyone knows what we're going through And for that for that governor to do that I spoke with the mayor last week This is just unacceptable and I and I and I think I have been extremely reserved On what has been happened. I don't know if we really understand the magnitude Of dropping 30 000 people in the city that's already going through a crisis And this is though people just, you know, okay, what new york handled it and we have We have handled it and then to match what the federal government is doing We have all of these people who are talking about what we're not doing But they're not even writing one letter to tell the federal government to give us the resources we need But they waking up every day Saying well, why aren't you doing this? Why don't you do that? No, why don't you tell the federal government to fix this mess that they created? This is unacceptable and i'm not going to sit back and allow new yorkers to carry the burden Of the man-made crisis This must be fixed. This has to be fixed And I don't know what's going to happen when title 42 is is lifted You know, so I think the chicago may is right when I spoke to her yesterday. She says eric You know, we have been a little too patient. You know, we can't do anything to embarrass our families But it's about time we start to do that This is this is inhumane Of what's happening and i'm just blown away that many people are critiquing us No, could take the people who messed this made this mess that are placing people in this environment To follow up on those two questions the city put out an RFP for her I'm wondering why put out an RFP and not just take the other route that the city has made to just turn a hotel Into a humanitarian emergency relief center. I'm not understanding. You lost me. Break that down for me again Yesterday put out a request for proposal for a new humanitarian emergency relief center I want to know why the city is taking the route of putting out a request for proposal this time around instead of just Turning a hotel as the city has done previously turning that into a humanitarian emergency A couple a couple of things We open I think I think we have to total of 63 hertz emergency hotels 63 These are real dollar amounts That's attached to this this this is an expensive endeavor that we are in and we have to find ways of carrying out this task Without bankrupting this city and so of my team at the budget office My team deputy mayor william isam of they are meeting continuously to pivot shift and figure out how to solve this crisis That that was dropped on us. It may be you know, I think a lot of people think that You know, well, there's no real urgency here because we're doing the job So we almost a victim of our success of doing the job, but go look at what happened. What's happening in El Paso people are sleeping on the streets Go look at what's happening in other places You know, so we're doing our job and I think because of that people are Thinking that there's no no crisis. No, there is a crisis and we have to figure out every day. We start our day Moving around the chess pieces to solve this crisis that we did not create That's that's real We should be looking at the federal government's role in this situation Are you talking about his president biden to blame for the other states like colorado continuing to send migrants here and overwhelm our resources You know, you must not read your paper Because they answered that for me when I did my favorite talk show Uh, the other day would said Listen We have to solve the migrant Immigrant issue. So it's easy to point to whomever is in the white house at the time Those are band-aids. We have a problem at our borders and El Paso shouldn't be going through this and no other city should be going through this And so when I say the federal government, I'm talking about congress and the executive branch Resolving this issue of our migrants. That's what I'm talking about And we're not going to try to simplify this to say well, you know, should it be just uh, Washington? No, we have an immigrant crisis that we can't continue to ignore How are you doing? Yes Today Well, first of all, um, I hope you leave some of the cats on the block because whatever it takes I would rather see a cat than a rat any day Uh, second, this is not a new summons Uh, the summons was issued When I went to uh speak about to get the old summons, uh dismiss That summons was issued Uh the day after I went to testify so I went to like every new yorker I'm going to go back to course show all my evidence. Um, I spent seven thousand dollars To do rat mitigation. You have to be really scared of rats to spend seven thousand dollars Seven thousand dollars and still spending money to do so. We have a rat problem in the city I mean, it's no, we're we kidding and we're going to continue. We have a couple of um, great programs We're doing that. We will be rolling out. We're testing them now My mission as jessica tish states rats don't run the city And so I'm gonna go fight the summons bring my evidence, you know as any new yorkers I encourage any new york who believe uh, they will unjustly issue the summons to do so You know, I have a I have a um A video, uh, I have a camera at the house and I look back on that date. My yard is clean My garbage is in containers of you know Go there sweep up my place is clean I know I contribute to making sure we deal with the rat issue and I encourage any new yorker You get a summons you feel it was done unjustly going fighting. That's what I'm going to do. I'm gonna follow the process Yeah, I have I have a couple of exhibits I'm looking forward to be the chocolate parry mason when I go into court To have to give plea my case, you know I think I have some good evidence that I'm going to put in front of the court and and show that I do I do a good job. I know my place has to be clean because people are always out there snooping My my yard is clean the garbage is supposed to be I have containers You know, so, you know, I'll I'll I'll go present the case and let the uh, let the judge decide Continuing on on rats. Yes I heard us was saying earlier That um, he can be your rats are for free So I'm wondering if you're gonna take him up on that offer and then secondly if you can just elaborate a little bit On what you just said, um, to the previous question about the summons your yard is clean The trash is in bins the inspector said that's not accurate So do you think someone at the department of health is like messing with you issuing summons that have already been cleared? Like what do you think's going on? Well first Curtis? Yes, I will take him up on his offer You know, uh, if he says he would be my rat is all for free Uh, I'm going to call him and I would like for him to come on board to do it Don't put it out there if you're not willing to Live up to if you're going to write a check make sure you can Cash it. So yes, tell Curtis come To be my rat's are okay, and he's going to realize this is not a Tom and Jerry playful commercial here This is real stuff. And so yes, I look forward to him. I would make sure a dawn Can we bring him on board? He could be part of our internship program because I know he's probably be looking for a job Since he lost the job that he was trying to get So yes, thank you very much for giving me that information Um, and no, I don't think someone from DOHMH is targeting me. I don't I don't think that at all Anytime a new yorker believes They are issued a summons that they feel was incorrectly issued. They have a right to do so My yard is clean and the beauty is as it alluded to You know, I'm fortunate enough to have a camera That I can show the picture of that date of what was in my yard and My recyclables were in they were in a bag like they're supposed to be not at the curb, but in a bag In a plastic see-through bag And my trash was in a bin My house is is well kept. I'm a neat freak. I'm a Virgo. We like neat things Okay, thank you What is the status negotiations with the union and new nyc waterways had to operate two trips on new year's eve So how often does the city expect to be doing that and when can stand out and respect the resolutions as a problem? I know the department of labor is still in conversations and we want to come to a resolution with those men and women who are doing a great job Uh, and whatever we need to do to accomplish the task if we need to use waterway, we're going to use it We're going to get people to and from stan island. They are not the Forgotten borough in this administration. I've been on stan island probably more than any other modern-day mayor in a short period of time So i'm looking forward, but no, hold on for a minute. There is one more thing I did want to do. I want to go off record for a moment Sometimes you get your best stories when I go off message. I would say listen I am so tired of the previous administration and their antics Marsha, we've been in office for one year And I am here in the previous administration Attack us on rikers. They wanted to see rikers closed down that they failed at They attack us on the department of health and what we did around cove it. They were constantly We were months into office must be two months into office and they were criticizing everything we did We kept the schools closed. We should have closed them. We kept the man They wanted a mass mandate. We said no, we want to get our economy open everything we do The previous administration. I don't remember administration in history That says we want a full front to assault in the first year of an administration like the previous administration I called bill the other day. I said bill what's going on? What's going on and then The bill's comms guy Who's probably the worst comms guy in the history of communication? He's an expert on everything now Get this chris. I want to make sure you get this The guy's an expert on everything No matter what we do all of a sudden y'all say, okay Let me let me find someone to critique Eric Adams. You talk to everybody and everybody says no We think every did the right thing. Oh, let's just find someone from the previous administration and this guy I'm gonna attack Eric for everything and you guys act like this guy is credible. Who cares what he thinks? I mean, Marsha Let us do our job They had eight years to do their job eight years to fix rikers eight years to deal with crime Eight years to do with education eight years to do do Early childhood education for children with disabilities eight years to fix night shit. They had all the time To do their job No No, but they are now Once they're gone their experts want everything And when you look through the last 12 months And you see how many times They have interfered It's just not acceptable But when I go to and look at the history and maybe you could tell me you tell me when there has been a time That a previous administration Has attacked another administration in the first year bloom birds Has been nothing but helpful How could we help Eric? Everyone Those from catch administration calls us. How could we help? bloom birds administration calls us. How can we help? Dinkins administration calls us. How can we help juliani's administration? Calls us. How can we help every other administration calls us. How can we help? But we have the previous administration that just left the house They just have they left the house in total disarray and then they come and say Look at the mess that you create you you fix you created Eric. No, it's a mess we inherited So All i'm saying Let us do our job the way you had an eight-year opportunity to do your job And that's all of them So don't start your blogs talking about critiquing nature Don't every time we do something run to the press so you can all of a sudden act like you the greatest calm director They ever was we don't want to hear your advice on department of health and mental hygiene I have a department of health and mental hygiene commissioner that got us out of cove it correctly And monkey parks and polio and many other issues It's enough How about saying Our city is in a crisis And we want we want to come and help The way bloom bird has been doing the way other administration personnel has been doing They all come together all these other administrations have come together and say we want to help the city we love And that was my message To the former mayor I deserve better from a former administration I deserve better and my commissioners deserve better because if you were The mayor and the commissioner Of this city You know how challenging it is to run this city every day every hour. There's another crisis So respect the people who are doing the job that you just left You are not going to hear from me when i'm done I'm sitting under the sun You are not going to hear from me complaining about those who are on the front line of running a city as complex As this city now to the mayor de blasio's credit He has been extremely helpful He has called he said how can I help? Here's what I went through Here's what I think as advice when I reached out to him He has been there. This is directed to those who are intended on one thing Is to see us fail And i'm gonna say this again I'm the pilot I'm the pilot Everyone else is a passenger So those people who are praying for the plane to crash You want to plane You want to plane You should be we should all be praying Eric land this thing Let's land this thing Tell them that We're gonna land this thing