 First, I'd like to recognize a few individuals. The first individual is Anna Bermudez. She was assigned or appointed to the Department of Labor Basin as a commissioner in 2014, and she was retained by Mayor Ed Adams in this administration. Under her leadership, the agency continued to progress and meet the needs and challenges of its clients. When she retired, she left some big shoes to fill. Fortunately, there are people in this administration who have big shoes. The void was filled temporarily by Michael Forte, who's the deputy commissioner for administration. He's been with the agency for 12 years, and he's a 28-year veteran of the city government, and I want to personally thank you, Michael, for you stepped in and all you've done. And right now, I'd like to turn over to the mayor of the city of New York who will announce our new probation commission. It's going to be an interesting conference. Dana's here from the time. How are you? Before we go into the good news, we have, I want to really, I say over and over again, my little slogans that I state, what's important for our city, public safety is a prerequisite to prosperity. Public safety is the prerequisite to prosperity. And we're seeing, as we announced, the direction we're taking New Yorkers in public safety, decreasing our major crimes. We started out in the new year with decrease in shootings and homicides. Now we're seeing a decrease in our seven majors. Now one year, the one year anniversary of our announcement of our economic blueprint, we're seeing new numbers that show that we are doing to boost our economy, and it is working. Started being safe, and we're seeing a prosperity of that. Just released data from the state labor department shows that New York City has recovered 99% of the job loss during the pandemic. That's prosperity in the city that we're talking about. We're not done yet, but it's clear that New York City is back, and you're seeing a reflection of that every day. And they're going to be more good numbers that are coming out to talk about the issue on hand. It's my honor to announce the appointment of Anita Holmes as a commissioner for the New York City Department of Probation. She's the right leader, and for the right time, over 30 years of distinguished service rising through the ranks in the New York City Police Department. And I believe when you look at my overall approach to public safety, it is unique. There's never been a mayor that has had the depth of understanding of public safety. And what we did by bringing on Phil Banks to be the Deputy Mayor of Public Safety, we knew that we had to have one apparatus that was combined with all of our public safety apparatuses that were historically disjointed, our probation, Department of Correction, FDNY, the hospital police, all of these agencies were disjointed. It was our vision to have one focus on dealing with public safety, and this aspect of it in the Department of Probation is a unique approach. Under the amazing work of Commissioner Bermudez, she did not treat the Department of Probation as just a reactionary tool. She had great programs that would ensure people who were involved in the criminal justice system would not be abandoned, and would not be part of the revolving door system. And we want to continue to build on that. But Chief Holmes brings another dynamic. We saw what she did with blue chips, building a relationship with the police in the law enforcement community. When girls talk, we just recently having Cardi B, the only disappointing aspect of you having Cardi B that I wasn't invited. That you weren't invited. I apologize for this. You know, and there are those who critique, why would you bring Cardi B because she was arrested? The same reason you brought Cardi B is why people voted for me because I was arrested. You don't discard people. This is an administration that believed perfectly and perfect people can show from their lessons to help people as they move forward in life. It was a brilliant idea to do so. And we're hoping Chief Commissioner Holmes will bring that same level of creativity, boldness and unafraid to lean into areas where people historically were afraid to do so. She understands that we don't give up on people. And nowhere we understand that better than the Department of Probation. Commissioner Holmes is going to play a key role and ensure that New York City remains the safest big city in America. Her distinguished career as a public servant, most recently as the chief of the NYPD Training, the first uniformed black woman to hold that position. And as Chief of Patrol, she created the Girl Talk Mentorship program, as I stated in several other programs. She did this on her own time, went beyond the call of duty of performance. And that's the type of energy we are going to need in the Department of Probation as we continue the good work that the agency has already put in place. Now she would take that same attitude, never giving up on anyone, her unique skill set, her leadership to the Department of Probation, where she can further move it forward. And she comes from a distinguished family that they have contributed their lives. And from the Department of Correction to the police department, her sister, Janet Holmes, who's part of our terrorist fighting apparatus. And her entire family, from detectives to supervisors, have been committed to law enforcement. And this is a law enforcement family, and we should be proud that she would take upon this awesome responsibility. It's going to help New Yorkers exit the criminal justice system and find a better path. And I am proud that as the commissioner, she's going to bring that energy that she has brought for over 30 years in the New York City Police Department. And so commissioner, I want to give you your new shield and thank tell you congratulations, and thank you so much for your contributions and what you want to continue to do. Good morning, everyone. I first want to thank the mayor and Deputy Mayor Philip Banks for this tremendous opportunity. Also, I'd like to recognize Michael Forte for his position in being Acting Probation Commissioner. This is a tremendous opportunity for me. 36 years in New York City Police Department in New York City, and the assignments that I've had wasn't behind a desk. So as a result of such, I have always been involved with children. Nothing more precious to me. Children don't have the opportunity to choose their parents, to choose where they live or the economic income that's brought into their household. So as a result of such, I really feel my years of experience, as well as my experience with children, mentorship groups, youth programs, really, really qualifies me for this position, but more so because I'm passionate about it. I've always been an advocate for anyone that's touched the criminal justice system. How do we do better? How do they access not just knowledge about services and resource, but the access, right? A lot of times people just don't have access. So I want to say thank you, Deputy Mayor, and thank you, Mayor, for this tremendous position. Thank you so much. Thank you. I have a few questions. Mr. Mayor, can you explain why Chief Holmes is the right person for the probation's department and why make the switch now in light of all the stories about the conflict between the police commissioner over the training and the qualifications needed to become an officer? Well, you've been coming for a little while, Nolan. I don't listen to the noise. I had a vacancy. We looked at other candidates. And I know the skill set that Commissioner Holmes bring to this, as she stated, she has a real passion. And I think that sometimes we don't fully understand those in law enforcement what they bring in their volunteer state. So here it is. We are trying to change the aspect of probation to continue what the former commissioner has done. And this is the best fit of someone that understands that you don't throw people away. And I think it was reflected in what she did with Cardi B. Many people would have been afraid to embrace Cardi B. But the number of people she has embraced, it just shows me the quality that she brings. She's the right person for the right job, for the right time, with the right Mayor. More detail about why you did requirements. It's been reported that it was to help recruit more women and just wondering what that differentiation is. Who was the first person? The one and a half mile training requirement that was dropped. I was just wondering if you could speak more on that. Just kind of your decision behind that and why now? She's now the commissioner of probation. If you have conversations about the 1.5 miles, we have a commissioner of the police department. She will handle questions on the department of probation. The commissioner or I will answer questions on the run. She has a new job and a new role. She's not going to be giving her advice on things that impact NYPD. Jeff, I'll talk about probation. This year, what role does probation play in that? I mean, Rikers Island's population is up as well. I know a lot of Rikers Island trainees are there because of probation violations. Is there a stricter hand in probation? Great question. This is an extremely unique day that you asked me a great question. So I want to make sure you have a response. What has happened? And this is why I need commissioner homes. We don't want people being violated for mining fractions being brought back on Rikers Island. If there are legitimate reasons to do so, then we need to do so. But we want to ensure that we allow people to stay with their families, continue employment. And that is where Commissioner Bermudez has done and will continue to do and under the leadership that we currently have. The goal is to find how do we keep people from going back into the system? That is the goal. And that is what I need to commissioner to continue to do what the former commissioner has done and to bring her flair in doing so. And the goal is, you've heard me say this over and over again, we have extreme recidivism. We need to find ways to make sure people who are committing crimes and not continue to commit crimes and stop the disjointedness of ensuring they're in the right programs with like block power. We spent millions of dollars to train people on green jobs. I need the commissioner to be directing them in that direction. We want to stop the recidivism that we're seeing. Which might, oh my God. You might. Thank you. If you could tell me how the car you beat decision happened without commissioner's tools and put that's my understanding of how that happened. And how the decision on the fitness test happened. Basically the old road to stop the commissioner's tools. Right. I think she had a question. The Cardi B is a continuation of what this commissioner has done. This is her style of what Girl Talks was about. This was not the first program. I don't know if you guys, what you should really be doing is a profile on what she has been doing with Girl Talks. You know, what has she, you know, this has been a couple of years now as she has been going into communities where girls were not having a voice for years, not this week, not last week, for years. On her time, this was not the police department style. On her time, she were bringing in young girls to sit down and empower her, empower them. That's the real story here. And so if we want to focus on Cardi B and the fact that I didn't get invited, you could do that, you know. But the reality is, for years, she has been volunteering her time to help empower girls. We made it. Oh, you did it? Yeah, morning. Okay, how are you? Great. I want to see you continue recidivism. So what for? No, and I want to be clear. So I don't want to be, I don't want Nolan to, you know, misquote me. I want to be clear. People who commit serious violations should be held accountable. These extreme recidivists are really destroying our city because of their violent behavior. But if you are out of your residence, for example, and there may be a legitimate reason, you know, and Commissioner Bermudez has been really helping to deal with those overly use of violation. We want to really wait a situation and determine, is it better for this person to stay with his family? Is it better for this person to take corrective actions or do we want to violate them? And then is there a pattern to this person? Is this person having some other experiences that's preventing them from doing their obligation? That's the creativity that I need coming from the Commissioner. That's what she's going to go in and look at. She don't have the job. She just has her first day. She will go in and look at that and she'll come back and give you a thorough report and do an interview on 10, 10 live in the morning. Explain it. How are you? Great question. And you always have great questions. You know, that is what I need. I need for, there's a real concern in the Department of Probation. And I spoke with the head of the union. I know Deputy Mayor Banks, he has also been speaking with them as well. We want to make sure that those men and women receive the level of respect that they deserve. And the Commissioner Holmes has the real ability of examining how do we bring up the morale in these agencies. And so I'm looking forward for her to come with some real recommendations to me and Deputy Mayor Banks. Do you worry about the impression that broke the chain of command? Since I'm not rewarding anyone that broke the chain of command, I don't have any worries. The chief is, she was the chief and now as the commissioner, she respects the chain of command. So I don't have any worries because no one is being rewarded that's broke the chain of command. Okay, a few, a topic. Good luck to you. Reach this decision that they approve the Medicare Advantage plan that you're pushing. But it's already been reported that it's likely to face legal challenges. Are you concerned about those legal challenges? What do you think of their decision overall? Well, you know, I often tell people that I'm a retired member. So the health care plans that people are fighting for is what I fight for. You know, eventually I'm gonna be riding off to the sunset and be retired. I think this is a great plan. I'm glad that the MLC voted in the right way. And I wanna take my hat off to those who wanted to make sure that our retirees receive the adequate health care. This is a good plan. This is a good plan. And I can't predict what's going to happen in any form of lawsuit if there will be one. But I'm glad they made the right decision to the right vote. I cannot tell you. I think the commissioner made the right decision of appointing Chief Madri as chief of the department. His years of experience. People just adored him in Brooklyn North. Like Commissioner Holmes, the amount of time Chief Madri participates in volunteerism around holiday times, around so many other things of, you know, listen, he's just an excellent law enforcement person. We see shooters are down, homicide are down. Seven majors are down. We're catching bad guys. And so I think he handled it appropriately and there's internal reviews that are done to make the determination. I have the utmost confidence in Chief Madri. Kate, I didn't do the review of their internal mechanism to do those reviews. I allow those reviews to take its course. But again, I have the utmost respect, with confidence on Chief Madri. And I'm excited that he's leading my patrol force. I'm excited about it. Tommy, what did you do with it? No, the campaign finance board, they do a great job and they review all of our records. Trust me, you know, the number of records you need is just astronomical. And where there are moments that they've filled as though you owe money, we have to pay it. And so Tommy was a former vice principal at a school. He volunteered his time again with Little League, I mean, with his baseball team. He was loved. He was beloved in that community. And so if he owes the money, he has to pay it. All of us got to pay what we owe. I'm going to release my taxes in a little while. I got a lot to pay. So he'll pay his fine if there's a fine that he has to pay.