 Thank you. Thank you. Today I'm holding hearings and doing two bill signings for bills that represent a positive step in our work to tackle the affordable housing crisis by bringing relief to New Yorkers with rent stabilized apartments and transparency to a critical rental assistance and eviction prevention program. And we all know that right now home owners are suffering, renters are suffering. We are experiencing a very difficult time and COVID has only aggravated some of the trauma that people experience every day. Working people have lost wages, lost jobs, small property owners have had a difficult time holding on to their properties and too many are worried whether they can stay in their apartments or not. The average New York City household would need to double their income to afford the average apartment in the city. And I know that worry and I fear all too well growing up as a child on the verge of homelessness. This is something that's real to our administration. While we were successful in pushing down the rent guideline boards increases, you heard at the beginning of the year there were talks of 9%. We were able to use our voice and advocacy to bring down those numbers. But we still know that even with the slightest increase it impacts homeowners. But it also has been a system that has pitted small property owners against tenants year after year. The system is broken and we need Albany help to fix it and move in the right direction. We want New Yorkers to know that the city has your back. And that is why we are extending rent stabilization. Intro 5588-A extends the expiration date of rent stabilization laws from July 1st, 2022 to April 1st, 2024. Insurance tenants remain protected. And we're not going to just stop there with intro 303. We are now going to track and share more data. Transparency is important to build back to trust that we have lost in the city. The data will be released regarding an essential eviction protection program that helps our most vulnerable New Yorkers. This will help increase the transparency around the city thefts rent to assistant program, giving us better a better picture of who is in need and how we're using the services. I want to thank the speaker who has been a partner, Speaker Adrian Adams, and Council Member Purina Sanchez, the committee chair of Housing and Building for Sponsored Interal 558-A. And Council Member Avelis, Sponsored Interal 303 of that bill is these bills are two important bills. Before we go to answer to the public, I want to turn it over to Councilwoman Farrius to say a few words. He's taller than I am. Good afternoon, everyone. I'm Council Member Amanda Farrius. I represent District 18. As local leaders, it is our responsibility to protect everyone in this city and improve all of our daily lives. This is why I stand proudly today with Mayor Eric Adams and my colleagues to sign these important pieces of legislation into law. I'm proud to be a co-sponsor of both of the bills being signed in today as they take momentous steps forward in the fight against the growing housing crisis in New York City. This data reporting requirements in intro 303a will increase accountability and transparency within our city agencies. By signing these bills into law, we are setting our agencies in the future of our city up for success by guaranteeing that we are collecting data so we can all properly evaluate what is and is not working for years to come. I co-prime sponsored intro 558 which extends rent stabilization so that our law reflects the fact that we are still in a dire housing crisis in the city. It is essential that we have the protections in place so that our neighbors are able to raise their families under a stable roof and not forced out of the communities they know and love. These pieces of legislation show that this mayor and city council are making the housing crisis a top priority. Thank you Mayor Eric Adams and my colleagues in the council especially Councilmember Sanchez and Aviles and Speaker Adrian Adams for your leadership. We have a lot more work to do when it comes to housing affordability and rental assistance but I believe that these are great long-term precedents to set for our agencies. Thank you. Thank you so much. We're going to open it to the public at this time. Just just say your name for the record please. Mr. Adams, I'm Tawaki Kamatsu. We previously met on November 16th last year during a public resource fair in Brooklyn. You're running the show now. You told me back then you didn't. So the point is this public hearing is about rent stabilization just like you just stated transparency. So with regards to FEPPS vouchers you just talked about. About six years ago I was issued a FEPPS voucher by HRA. HRA illegally changed my lease agreement. They changed the rental subsidy. So the question is as New York City's mayor exactly what are you going to do about it? The slumlord that was involved in that scheme, Urban Pathways. Frederick Shack is the CEO of Urban Pathways. He was part of your transition committee. So was George Silver. George Silver. Point is I've got litigation. HRA won't give me the discovery material. You had a public hearing with Norman Siegel. I think it was. You talked about transparency then. HRA still won't play ball. So the point is Urban Pathways is filing numerous furloughs lawsuits against me only after it and HRA jointly and criminally changed my lease agreement. So as New York City's mayor exactly what about what will you do about that and when? I have confirmation I can give to one of your deputies to confirm that HRA did in fact change my lease. Okay I'm not really clear of your case because you laid out a lot of things but I would like to if you could give me something to write in I would personally look at it and okay let me let me finish okay I will personally look at it and communicate with you directly because no one should use any fraudulent means to change your lease or do anything that's improper and so if you turn over the information you give my your number to my staff give me an opportunity to dig into it and I will personally get back to you okay okay thank you okay thank you thank you all