 Good morning, everyone. Thanks to all of you for being here with us. My name is Maria Torah Springer I'm the deputy mayor for housing economic development and workforce, and I'm so excited to be here with mayor Adams Commissioner Kevin Kim and so many extraordinary partners to share an update and to hand out a few checks So just wait a share an update on the small business Opportunity fund and really how it's making a difference for small businesses citywide I first want to acknowledge the amazing partners who were here with us today Whose commitment to New York City and our small businesses has made this day possible starting with a Sahi Pompei who's a president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation who will hear from in just a minute ginger seagull the North America small business lead for Mastercard and the leaders from the CDFI community that really did such extraordinary work to Support small businesses across the five boroughs. There are many many of them I will name them very quickly, but I want to name them specifically because of their extraordinary partnership a company capital Ascendus BOC capital Harlem entrepreneurial fund National Development Council pursuit Renaissance Economic Development Corp and true fund Please join me in giving a round of applause to our amazing amazing partner So we all know that in a city like New York small businesses don't just fuel our economy They anchor our communities Activate our commercial corridors and provide New Yorkers and tourists alike with the greatest that our city has to offer And so that's why from day one Mayor Adams has been clear that small businesses will be leading our economic recovery and over the last year They have done just that our small business community is roaring back One in nine businesses in our city opened over the course of the last 12 months and our work to continue to support every small business in the city has been very robust Led by our amazing commissioner Kevin Kim and his team at the Department of Small Business Services And that includes the fact that over six months ago We came together to announce the New York City small business opportunity fund It's a 75 million dollar public private fund really the largest of its kind in city history designed specifically for small businesses and Today we're pleased to share that the opportunity fund has served over 600 businesses and distributed over 50 million and low interest loans We can clap And that is millions of dollars going to hiring and training more local workers Upgrading equipment expanding your customer base even paying down existing high-interest loans But it was important for us to do this work not just to finance business growth But really to tackle some underlying inequities and how small business have been financed previously And that's why through this fund We did away with certain aspects that really represent those types of inequities like application fees Credit minima and we were also were very focused on supporting very small startup businesses and as a result three-quarters of the businesses that have received loans are Minority and women-owned businesses and close to 60% are low and moderate income Communities at this point I would like to really just acknowledge the commissioner and the entire SPS team Who really went above and beyond to make sure that all communities were aware of this opportunity They went door-to-door With the entire team at SPS getting the word out and close to two dozen languages and really working with our partners To make sure that we left no stone unturned in every neighborhood of our city And that is because he took a page from the playbook of the next person I am about to introduce The our mayor of New York City Eric Adams Thank you so much Thanks so much deputy mayor and just this entire team, you know We are really sometimes engulfed in a day-to-day crisis that we are facing You know if it's assignment seekers if it's a fire in Canada that's finding his smoke here in our city if it's dealing With public safety some of the economic challenges But the city still has to function and we cannot exist in the body of the crisis have to see ourselves beyond that and Make sure that we look after those things that we pointed out while we were running for office And I talked about the CDF eyes over and over again because of what I was hearing on the ground access to capital Understanding how to develop small businesses these amazing organizations. They were getting it right over and over again But no one was listening to them and I stated on the campaign trail My promise was to change that direction and partner with some of our large lending Institutions to come up with some real solutions 75 million dollars is a is a real way of Addressing some of the crises that our small businesses were dealing with with access to capital of how did you how do you keep the doors open? When you match that access to capital with what the deputy mayor did around making sure our agencies were more Business-friendly. This is the Empire State We should be building empires and not getting away of those empires Evolving over and over again and you look at how our agencies now have a different approach to department of building a department of finance All of our agencies are taking a new approach to be a business-friendly city And so while we deal with the uncertainty of smoke and smog We know we have to deal with the certainty that once things clear up This city must be effective and must move forward and before I get into my exact words on This great opportunity here. I just want to give a brief update on what's happening With the smog and the smoke that we experienced is coming from Canada Our team has been on the front line organizing and coordinating the efforts We continue to receive to see as you know to reduce visibility across the city The large plumb we saw yesterday has been pushed through the city and we are expecting gradual improvement Through the early afternoon today, but a sea breeze this afternoon could push smoke back over The city it would be great to see the sun again But the wind is going to determine that and we want to continue to encourage people if you must go outdoors Please put on a mask in 95 masks as we have recommended I spent some time yesterday in the night your development and in our masks We're going to attempt to do so today as well Conditions along the immediate coast and southern boroughs would likely be worse than in the north northern parts of The city we may see continued improvements Later tonight and overnight as the wind becomes light and Northerly as of right now The smoke models are not indicating another large plum over the city So there's a chance for significant improvement by tomorrow morning and throughout the day tomorrow We will keep New York is updated on any changes and as we use on the Department of Health to mental Hygiene a site as well as our site to do so and in any important notifications We're we will again do an emergency brief it New York should take precautions to protect their health and the health of others Stay indoors stay safe and mask up if you are outside of We clearly understand that these Crises that we are facing around our health is something we want to have to deal with Climate change is real and we must be prepared as we are dealing with the issues that come from climate change And that is exactly why We want to continue to doctor Fassan and his team will be available later if anyone you have any topics on this it on this issue Get back to the topic of what we hear You know the American dream is rooted in small businesses We are clear on that that is where the dream starts and When we give support to small businesses from our local bodegas To mom-and-pop stores to retail and neighborhood bars and restaurant our small businesses are driving Our economic comeback. They are the backbone of the city We hear it over and over again But we want to give that backbone the support that it deserved and Commissioner Kim and His team over a small business team is doing the small business opportunity for and bringing it together I don't know if you folks have Witness the level of energy and excitement the team that he has put together over there Coming into government first Korean Commissioner to be in charge of small business services brought a different dynamic of different vision and a level of excitement as we continue to Really encourage our small businesses to operate here in the city since January this year We have helped more than 600 small businesses through this fund 600 small businesses this Deputy mayor was correct This is the largest public private loan fund directed to small business in our city's history The fund has done more than just put money in the pockets of small businesses It has done something I heard over and over on the campaign trail We've cut that dawn red tape and eliminated the barriers that are constantly in place You should not have to have an expediter to navigate Businesses we are the expeditors. We must make sure that government is not in the way of hurting our business We have no business being in your business. We have the business of helping your business You should not get Angela when a city agency walks in your business You should feel as though the Calvary is here to help you keep your doors open and people in your business And help us more business pay off the extremely high interest loans and so many other items Took out during the pandemic is a way to survive and we are Continuing to move forward and lift and burdens of hard-working New York is so they can't get businesses up and running and keep their doors open and this year as it was alluded to 75 percent of Businesses that received help through the fund have been minority and women owned businesses Because we know that our immigrant communities our black and brown communities and our women help keep our city strong and During the pandemic many women and minority owned businesses did not close. They stayed open I saw them out there delivering food making sure we were prepared retrofitting some of their places for PP A's doing the right thing to keep our city going and we're going to be there for them because they have been here For us, but you know, we cannot thank our partners. They did not sit on the sideline and state That of let the sport small businesses survive on their own They stepped up and that's what's amazing about this city and the development of our relationship with our large corporations in the city Goldman Sachs, you know, thank you so much, you know for being a partner mastercard Center for inclusive growth, you know mastercard don't leave home without it and local community development financial Institution these amazing CDF eyes, you know for what you guys and ladies are doing and continue to do year after year This is what private public and private partnership looks like coming together to invest in our people because working New York New York's deserve a fair share and we're putting money back into their pockets Supporting our small businesses our commercial corridors and key initiatives in my economic blueprint Which we released earlier last released last year New York City is not coming back folks New York City is back and we see an everyday from the decreases the major crimes in the city to the recovery of 99.7% of our pre-pandemic jobs to tourists If you haven't been on Broadway lately, you have to go see the excitement that's there our hotel Accommodations and most small businesses are open And so we want to say to New York City small businesses that we are here for you because you were here for us And we're gonna continue to create this partnership to keep the city humming thriving and growing. Thank you. Thank you the entire team Thank you mayor the mayor mentioned that so much of this of course is built on the foundation of partnership With the business community both large businesses and of course small businesses And one of our partners are who really helped step up and I hope will continue to Be externally supportive to our business community into the city of new york Is goldman sacks and so I'd love to invite a sahi pampay who is the global head of corporate engagement and president of the golden sacks foundation Thank you everyone. Thank you mayor adams. Good morning. I good. Thank you I am grateful that we could all be gathered here today to mark A historic milestone for small businesses for our economy and for our communities Goldman sacks is proud to stand together with mayor adams deputy mayor torris springer and commissioner kim and all of our cdfi and other partners here today To acknowledge the resounding impact Of the opportunity fund over the last five months Now in january, I stood here and I told you that our motivation is straightforward We take our responsibility to help to build and sustain the economic strength of new york city seriously Today we stand on that conviction and it is as strong as ever We are humbled that the role that the opportunity fund has played in providing the exact type of sustained And inclusive growth that we like to see in our city As a firm we understand that to serve small business. You've got to listen to small business, right? So over the last three years Goldman sacks has conducted 17 surveys of small businesses across the united states So what are they telling us now? I have to admit? I am a numbers nerd of goldman sacks. So I will drop some numbers here, but bear with me because they're important 71 percent of small businesses say that inflationary pressures have increased over the last three months Most shockingly 77 percent of small businesses say that they're concerned about their ability to access capital Now that is a marked reversal from a year ago where 77 percent said they were confident in their ability to access capital So in a plan in a span of 12 months small businesses have gone from confident to concerned So in short small businesses are still on the road to recovery and finding flexible sources of capital is critical That's where the opportunity fund comes in It's in direct response to that persistent Challenge and the impact of that affordable capital as the mayor and deputy mayor of underscored has already been felt by over 600 businesses But why I want to talk broader than that It's those 600 businesses, but it's also the ripple effect, right on their families on their employees on our communities so We said that number 600, but who are these small businesses? Who are they and what impact is the loan fund having? I'm going to give you two small two brief examples One entrepreneur in the Bronx owns a cleaning company It means finally having the working capital to be able to go out there and try to win those government and city contracts mayor Adams It will allow them to expand their teams Another business owner is from Staten Island. She owns a wellness center This loan means the ability for her To look into the eyes of her staff and say I am confident that we are on strong financial footing in her two-year old business As a firm we are committed to the economic empowerment of all small businesses And that's why we're particularly heartened about the number of BIPOC and women led businesses that this fund has already helped In addition to mayor Adams and his administration and all of the cdfi partners have been critical to driving this all forward So I want to say thank you um to all of our partners Goldman Sachs is honored to stand alongside you all We know that small businesses are the heartbeat of this resilient resilient city And we're proud to partner with the mayor and deputy mayor commissioner kim. Thank you so much Thank you so much asahi Now you're going to hear from a couple of the business owners Who have been able to take advantage of this opportunity and it's been You'll hear from them and I'm sure it is a store set of stories that will resonate because When opportunity knocked for these business owners, they opened the door they worked with us very very quickly to fill out the application and I for one am just really excited to hear their stories about how their businesses are going to grow and thrive Because of this fund. So let me briefly introduce them then I will call them up Um first we have dr. Chi Gibson who is the owner of chi aesthetics the wellness spa in san island that asahi mentioned After a long career in the military She took a very brave step to chase her dream and launch her business in february of 2022 And she received a 100 000 loan through the new york city opportunity fund And second we have laura heart who has worked in educational technology In new york city for over 35 years as a teacher and administrator and for the past two decades She has run her company robo fund which helps children and teachers use technology So please join me in welcoming dr. Gibson and miss laura heart Yes I want to thank the mayor and everyone involved in this especially andreus and jose from ascendus They were amazing to work with My company is 25 years old I help children love to learn by making things such as this little robot that travels around It has not been easy to survive in a service-based company through a pandemic This loan allowed me to move my location To a storefront on 65th and west end avenue and helped me pay for the construction costs I'm extremely grateful and believe that small business is the life blood of our city And access to capital is absolutely crucial to keep us strong and thriving Thank you very much Thank you you can Hello everybody, thank you for this opportunity. I am so excited to be here. I didn't know what to expect. This is my first time in The city hall Thank you mayor adams. Thank you everybody that made this opportunity possible I am that person that was just talked about earlier I own a medical spa that I opened two years ago in staten island new york So all my all my life since I was 21 years old I knew this is what I wanted to do to make people look and feel beautiful So we are a full service med spa in staten island new york um This loan I don't even know where to start to start with the day that I received the email that I was approved I was screaming like I was crazy Because I was at my end. I didn't know I wasn't sure what was going to happen To my business We didn't have any working capital. We had everything we need. We had the equipments. We had the loans We had everything but the ability to have the fund to run the day to day And make sure that I pay my staff and stay open was like nowhere Until I got that loan. It was the happiest day of our lives. I was screaming my staff were jumping with me Even though they didn't know why I just told them I looked them in the eyes And I said, yes, we're gonna be okay Thanks to pursuit loan pursuit bank. I worked with liozang who was an amazing Amazing person. He was phenomenal. He helped me every step of the way. I made everything just go seamlessly And here we are today. I just can't be happier to know that I'm okay And my business is here to stay. Thank you to the city of new york. Thank you. Thank you The mayor and thank you everybody that made this possible. Thank you again. I appreciate everyone Thank you so much now. I think we're gonna hand out some checks But before that I do want to acknowledge our amazing Council member and chair of the small business committee julie menon who is here with us today really We've been partnering on so much In support of our small businesses and so thank you for your continued leadership and support all right, so Commissioner and mayor take your positions. All right So I will I will just name companies and if the owner representative could just join the mayor and the commissioner First robo fund Second and I love this name chic treats And then of course chi aesthetics med spa and wellness center One more finally kid moto technologies But I think that before we hop into that I just believe, you know, your story is just a powerful one And it's the american dream, you know to come here with a vision Get the support from the country And you know, this is what I live for You know, this you know people think that You know, don't get it mixed up. I'm an adrenaline junkie And I wake up every day saying thank god I'm the mayor to solve these big problems and these small problems I am just so fit for this moment With this city going through these crises and you know This is this is what it is all about. This is what a chief executive is supposed to do Not only solve those major problems, but allow your doors to stay open Find the right team to put it together And come up with these real solution and real leadership to make it happen and real partnerships With the councilwoman that fully understand the importance of business. This is what we were this is what I ran for This is what I was elected for this is what I Protected the city for for this moment right now And we are so prepared for the moment and so all of that Conversation about our inability to serve we are serving and we're doing it every day History is going to be kind to this administration because of our capabilities I know that and many of you that cover us you will impress also. You just don't want to acknowledge it, Michael So come away get a few questions And that I'm extending to you because 1010 wins does a small business challenge And uh, we would like you to attend that we have Entrepreneurs who are contestants I love that for a monetary price. So we'd like to invite you to the next one. What date is it? It'll be we just had one last week. So it'll be next in the fall in the fall. Okay And totally shameless plug All right, I I will love to try to be there If I say 100 I'll be there and I'm not dead in New York Times will write about me. So I would try to be there No, we're gonna we come back to you Michael I know it ranged the average is about 84,000 and so depending on The need of the small business The loan was sized according to those needs, but the average is about 84,000 I I'm just trying to get the other person in my friend. He's a projector. Yeah, it's headset. It's a housing. Yeah, they're building something. Yeah, I'm gonna show them how it looks like. That's the what? The thing? The screen. Yeah. The screen. That's the only show I'm out on. Yeah. We're here for our check, sir. Just bring us up to speed with the thank you. Yep, absolutely. So the numbers, the first off, the forecasting is very, very hard to do. If you look at the forecast from earlier this week, they've been off by hundreds of points. So things are progressing in the right direction. Today we're looking in the mid to high hundreds, low 200s across the city. As the mayor did say earlier, we are looking to see some wind coming from offshore that should move smoke back into the city sometime this afternoon. But then over the next few days, things will progressively continue to get better. Through Tuesday when we have a front moving through that should push everything out. But again, smoke modeling and pollution modeling is very, very hard to do. And generally there's only a 24 hour forecast that comes out once a day for the following day. Well, first of all, I just really want to thank Senator Schumer and Congressman Jefferies. I spoke with them after the first allocation of dollars and I really told them that we have a disproportionate number of asylum seekers. And we need more. Senator Schumer and Congressman Jefferies said they were going to fight hard for us. And this next round, I believe we got $100 million. The closest to us was nowhere near that. And it's a real identification on the part of, I believe the White House and the Washington that, hey, New York City has an issue here. We're hoping that now we continue to move in the direction that New York City received the resources they deserve. $100 million, that's an important question. $100 million is the beginning of the acknowledgement of the problem. But this is a $4.3 billion problem. And so we are pleased with the acknowledgement that New York City should receive the proportionate share of it. But we still have to deal with this long term issue. This is not sustainable. We're still getting hundreds of people in that are coming each day. We need to allow people to work. We need to deal with immigration reform, that's important. And we need to tell those municipalities that are receiving money. The money you're getting is not to use for busing to New York City. That just makes no sense to me. Thanks, Andrew. I think your question says it all. It's a little bit unpredictable. So right now the health guidance hasn't changed. Stay indoors. It's the best way to protect yourself from exposure, particularly as we're seeing changes in the numbers, changes in the levels of pollution. If you can't stay indoors and you have to be outside, wear a high quality mask like the one you have around your neck. And avoid outdoor gatherings, avoid outdoor events. If organizers of events can move those events indoors or postpone those events, that remains our recommendation. That guidance hasn't changed. Okay, hold on. We're going to be as lean as possible. There's a lot of questions out there and we want to end some of the uncertainty. So we're not going to be the normal, hard nose that we are not pressed. Because we understand there's a lot of questions. We're going to be as lean as possible. But when it's time for me to bounce, I'm going to bounce. Go ahead, Andrew. On the mask distribution, does any part of you think we've got all these two days later protected? Could that have been an experiment? No, I think that, first of all, I'm extremely impressed. And I said this during COVID, we have the best mobilization deployment tool that was underutilizing COVID. That's our police pre-sense and our firehouses. They are experts at deployment and execution. We are immediately kicked in gear with a plan. Our first deputy mayor, the police commissioner. This team has been behind the scenes, getting those thousands of masks into our pre-sense, letting people know where they're located to pick up. Even the fact that going on the ground in those night shift facilities, knocking on doors. No, this team is humming. And so people, when you are in the stands, it's easy to say what the quarterback should have done. But try getting sacked by a 300-pound lineman and then get up and call the next play and score a touchdown. That's the real skill. And so we're doing it. And I know we're doing it. I know how to deploy, how to execute, how to mobilize. This is what I spent my life doing, and this team did it the right way. Mayor, this weekend, we got Envision issuing some sort of recommendation to change those plans. Do you envision the city with this situation possibly getting better, changing the recommendations for people to stay inside and encourage them to go outside? Well, I know, our Puerto Rican event was here tonight, right? Reception. Okay, we were doing our Puerto Rican day reception at Borough City Hall at Gracie Mansion, but it was going to be outdoors, so we postponed it. We're going to practice what we preach, as Dr. Fassan said, our directions have not changed. And there's a reason the term game time decision is introducing to sports. Some of this stuff is just so unpredictable. Mother nature is going to do what mother nature desires to do. And so those who are hosting these events, we're going to give our recommendations. We haven't reached to the point of mandating, but it is going to come down to the organizers. The doctor was clear on what our recommendations are. We don't know what's going to happen over the weekend. I'm looking forward if the weather permits to march into the parade. But this stuff is a game time decision based on both the doctor and the commissioner is going to continue to advise people on. Hi, Mayor Adams, I wanted to ask you about two stories from my colleague, go alone and the first, your share of hand, the new Miranda was involved in a shady COVID scam that told people they can prevent getting COVID. Maybe Dr. Versailles was trying to by wearing a badge. I wanted to ask also some of the people involved with if it raises any concerns for you about his judgment, the sheriff, the second story is about your sister, Law Sharon Adams, who has appointed a special initiative job at the DOE. I'm curious, was that job on the open market? How did she get that job? I know there's some concerns about obviously Coy become the diventress, but if you think there's any concern for the general public that there is a sort of appointment of perhaps questionable people in the term of chef, Miranda's position and then your sister, Law getting a hundred and fifty thousand dollar job, your job at the DOE. OK, first with Anthony Miranda, I don't know about the shady aspect of it. I got to, I got to read and maybe Dr. Versailles can chime in. No, I think that I want to look at this story. Look at exactly what the allegations are. And I don't know we still try to figure out COVID. So I really don't know. And I don't know exactly what was the heart of that. Let me look through and I could make a make a better assessment of it. The DOE will answer your sister in law. I intentionally have a firewall behind what happens in the DOE and what happens here city hall. I do know this Sharon is an educator, well qualified many years. I know she applied and she was going to come to the DOE years ago long before I became mayor and I know that there are some very clear rules that the city has in place on if someone is going to be employed. If the mayor of the city of New York is related to that person, we comply with those rules. Now, one could look and say, well, I wish something could be done this way that way. No, there are rules, there are rules, there are guidelines, we comply with the rules and guidelines. That's why we create these rules and guidelines. And I know she's a great educator and I'm excited about anyone that wants to go into our Department of Education and help our children. Like, remember, remember Tracy? Tracy's been a principal. She's been an administrator. She's an excellent educator. She turned around schools. Should she leave the DOE because her boo became mayor? I don't think so. Come on. Let's stop this. Make sure you get Dana, because she had an interesting story to Dana Tykes. This is I think I read the story in one of the papers, and I believe that officer stated he gave those courtesy cards to his loved ones and family members, you know? Is that the same story? It's the same story. I mean, people give me discounts and restaurants. It's the same stack. OK, but he did give cards to his family members. He did. OK, that's interesting. You know, I don't know what happened there. I know police officers, they use a discretion when necessary. When I was a cop, I would use a discretion based on someone did something that I have the power of discretion. We don't want heavy handed policing. We don't want anyone using any devices to, you know, any way, getting away of proper police practices. And from what I know, the those PBA cars, those courtesy cars were used correctly and not in an abusive way. And so, you know, I think this is in the court. Let the court decide how it's going to be played out. Hey, Dana, how are you? Good, good, good. Zach, you are not answering that. Let me be let me be very clear. Climate change is creating unpredictable. Weather patterns. This administration and the previous administration, let me be very clear, under de Blasio and the Bloomberg, probably those are the three mayors that really had to deal with this Bloomberg, de Blasio and Eric all had to deal with this. They're going to be uncertainties. We're going to try to figure it out. We're going to respond as they come. So if someone wants to be built into, you didn't figure out every type of climate catastrophe. Hey, the meteor fell to the planet Earth. Y'all didn't have a plan for that. We're not living that way. We know where our hearts are. We know how well we do our job. We know how well we execute and we're going to continue to do that. So if you want to play, why don't you know every problem that this is going to create? That's up to you. You know, I know how well this team responded. I know with Zach and his team has done over there and during these emergencies, the deployment and the execution. And we're going to continue to do that. And as these new parts of climate change is going to hit our city and country, we're going to be the leaders in that. And that's what Zach and his team is doing. Tell me about that, because you've got a good idea. I would like to know about it. Usually in the AR and in just AMCIP. Since you always have some great suggestions, you and Kate, you know, we will have you connect with that. We're hiring too. And we are hiring. We have better, better benefits than Tintin. April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April. So a lot of months to see this for a long time. I'm happy that they did. I'm glad that the speaker brought a delegation down. This has been a real feeling, as though this is something that only we saw. This is the number one crisis in our city right now. Number one crisis. Every representative should be talking about this issue. And so the speaker is going to brief me. I spoke with her yesterday. She's going to brief me on the trip, but we all need to be advocating on behalf of New York right now on this crisis. And we're looking forward to getting everyone, everyone should go down. By the way, did Brad go down? He did. I'm sorry to hear you. What? Brad Lander, the loudest person in the city, has yet to go to Washington to deal with the number one issue that this city faces. Think about that for a moment. The loudest, I think Eric should. The loudest person in the city has yet to go to Washington, DC. How many times? But think about it, think about it. Do I have to ask the controller that must have our financial stability? Should I be asking the controller that determines our financial stability that, hey, Brad, how about going to Washington and tell them we should get out? Share the loudest person we have not seen him in Washington, DC. I mean, y'all don't find that strange? You got to find it strange. The loudest person, I want to say this again. The loudest person who is in charge of our finances, he's called controller Brad Lander. He has not gone to Washington, DC and fought on behalf of New Yorkers to get their fair share. He has not gone to Washington, DC. Stop trying to be the shadow mayor and be the controller and go to Washington, DC, Brad, and get us our fair share. I'm sorry. Right the shelter. We have more New Yorkers on the street with the air quality situation. Just your comments on their statement and it has that been an issue with this air quality situation. Well, I'm not understanding this statement. What they said, people should stay on the streets. They're being sought with it that more people will be on the street for an air quality situation like this. Has that been a problem? No, next question. Twice now, very diplomatically resisted calls to to force the cancellation of big events that are coming up. But I acknowledge you say this is very unpredictable. The Yankee game is in four hours, though, sir. We seem to have some sense of what four hours will look like. Why are you not pushing that one to shut down based on what your own health experts are saying? No, we have not been diplomatic. I think Dr. Fassan has been clear is our recommendations. You know, we are not at the point where we are mandating to shut down. We're giving very clear sound recommendation. I thought Dr. Fassan was very clear. Now, each entity must make the determination of how they're going to use our recommendation. We have to recommendation phase. Sorry, sir, are you not worried about the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who will who will go? I paid a few hundred bucks for this, you know, whether be damn, I got to go. I think we've been very clear with our recommendations. Now, each venue will make the determination based on those recommendations. If we ever reach a point as we have we have shown, if we reach a point where you have to shut down things, we're willing to do so. The precedent is already there. We're not at that point. We're at the point where each entity will make their determination based on the sound recommendation by the Department of Health and Humanities. Which one? It's your deal on housing. Yes, yes, you know, I think that housing crisis is real. And every survey you saw, people talk about public safety and housing. And the reason we have a housing crisis is the inventories. Everyone knows that. We have Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer and our chief housing officer. We had a 500,000 ambitious moonshot plan to build more houses. We need to convert the millions of square feet of commercial real estate. We can convert it into housing. We need to raise the FAR. We need a stimulus with, you know, we call it 421A, but it's a tax incentive. We need to build more housing. If we don't come out of Albany with a housing plan and put those bills on the floor, then we're not going to have housing in the pipeline. And we had certain units that would have been built with the tax incentive. But because of COVID, they had to hit pause. So we should at least say, OK, let's go to those buildings that would have been built if we didn't have COVID. We knew it was an emergency. And so if we leave Albany without a housing plan, then all that advocacy that people are saying that we need to have more housing, more housing, more housing and we're not doing what's needed to build that housing. That's a travesty. And I'm hoping that, you know, cooler heads prevail. I've had conversations with the leaders up there and they've been very cooperative with some major victories. We are going to walk away this term. We're really pleased with what we have been able to accomplish. But housing is one of our top issues and we need to we need to come out of Albany. I'm hoping the next couple of days we come out of Albany with a housing plan. Tomorrow, Mayor Adams, I know elementary school students. Lincoln wrestler is asking why you didn't order a code red. Did you order a code red?