 Welcome everyone, is everyone in the room? Good morning, good morning everyone. My name is Manuel Castro, I am the Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, and we just finalized a tour of our Immigrant or Salem Seeker Resource Navigation Center. This is one of many places the Salem Seekers are receiving assistance upon arrival to New York City. In a moment I will introduce Mayor Eric Adams, but first I'd like to thank everyone involved in pulling this effort together. There are so many thank yous to go around, but I especially want to thank Deputy Mayor Ann Williams Isom, who under her leadership we managed to put this together in record time, so thank you Deputy Mayor. Of course I'd like to thank Mary Barnaby from the Red Cross, who has been an incredible partner in making sure we have this wonderful space. We not only have this floor, but we are about to expand to a second floor as we think through the various needs that asylum seekers need in our city. Of course my fellow commissioners, Commissioner Sack Isle from the Office of Emergency Management, who has been leading this work in setting up the center, Chancellor Banks and his team who has been here from the beginning to make sure that those children arriving are enrolled in schools and receive the services that they need, and Commissioner Gary Jenkins from the Department of Social Services, who I work closely with to make sure that those people in our shelter system are connected to services here and elsewhere. And lastly, everyone in the administration has really pulled together to make sure from day one asylum seekers are receiving support, not just in our shelters, but everywhere else in the city with our nonprofit providers, and nowhere in the nation this is happening. The moment asylum seekers began to arrive at Port Authority, we were there to welcome families. And then the next day that we expected buses, Mayor Adams came with me to greet families, and you all know that the mayor didn't have to do that immediately. He could have waited weeks, months, but he was there because of his commitment to the families and the innocent children that are arriving and to make sure that we set an example for this country as to how we welcome newly arrived immigrants. Thank you to Catholic charities, of course, our partner in this effort, Monsignor Sullivan, who is here with us today. He gave mass this morning. And all of our nonprofit providers who you saw in our nonprofit resource hallway, you'll get to speak to all of them after this, but now I give you Mayor Eric Adams to share a few words. Good job. Good job. It's so imperative to have a former dreamer is at the helm of this issue, why people are seeking the American dream. Having this commissioner who understands what it is to find their way into this country and navigate the complexities and now is able to be here this time to help the countless number of people who are seeking the American dream. And we are not going to be like those municipalities and states where we fly people to Martha's venue, where we put people on buses and have them fail to get the basic items they need. This is a crisis. And during crises, there are two types of New Yorkers. There are those who play I got you and stay on the outside and complain. And then there are those who roll up their sleeves and just get stuff done. That's who we are. And anyone who states that this administration does not have a handle on this crisis, they must have been sleeping under a rock. This coordination from local nonprofits, elected officials, all of my team from education, all the human services coming together. Because the reason we're doing this is because we're all immigrants. The ball came from somewhere. We all know this narrative and story and it's crucial for us to make sure as you have walked through here, we provide those services that are needed. So it doesn't matter if you came here on a Mayflower or on a bus at the Port Authority, you deserve the dignity and respect that this city continues to show. We're going to show the compassion, the commitment, the understanding and the helping hand. I too want to add my voice and thank Deputy Mayor William Issa. During the midst of this crisis, while addressing COVID, monkeypox, addressing polio, addressing our own housing issues that's on our streets, mental health crises, ACS, while addressing all these things, she was able to put together this location to help our new arrivals. It shows that we're going to provide services to those who are new and those who have been here for many, many years. The Navigation Center will allow newly arrived asylum seekers to access the services and support they need, including legal services, school enrollment and healthcare, foundational items to help families move forward. With the help of all our agencies and our nonprofits, including Red Cross, we want to thank Red Cross for the coordination of this space. In just the last few months, in unprecedented number of new arrivals into this city, over 11,000, over 8,000 are currently in our shelter system. That 11,000 does not include those who are living with family members and loved ones in this city. We will continue to welcome asylum seekers with open arms and provide them the services they need. And we are seeking to get additional resources. We are communicating with the federal, state, city lawmakers. We communicated with the White House two days ago to talk about the things that we need here. And we're going to continue to pursue the additional funding. This country was built on immigrants and by immigrants, and we're going to honor the tradition born here in New York City, we are going to have open doors to them, not close the doors in their faces like we're seeing in other parts of this country. A lot of American dreams are going to start right here at this center. And we cannot thank all those who are here, particularly my elected officials that are here, because they are going to have to make the challenging and difficult decisions of helping us navigate how we move forward in this, in this city. These are difficult times, but we, as we always do, we're rising up to the difficulties that we are facing. I'm going to turn it back over to our commissioner, but I also want to let you know at nine o'clock we open doors. 850, the press has to bounce, because we have to make sure that the people who walk in here won't become part of any form of media, any form of their pictures being taken. So all that you want to ask, let's do it by 850. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And now I'd like to invite up Assembly member Jennifer Rashkumar to share a few words. Thank you. Thank you so much. I'm so proud to stand here this morning at the opening of this navigation center. This means a lot to me. My parents immigrated to this country with $300 and a suitcase. My mom was born in a mud hut in India. And what I know is that with just a little guidance, immigrants can do so much. And what I know is that everyone on American soil deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. And today, our mayor affirms that principle with the opening of this center. And I couldn't be more proud. And I would also like to share with you something very fascinating. If we increase the refugee intake by just 10 percent, our economy grows by $1.4 billion. So giving immigrants this kind of guidance, it's good for all of us. So I want to thank the entire team that came together to get this done. Can we all give the Mayor a round of applause? Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you, Assembly member. And now I'd like to invite up Senator Luisa Pulbida. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Good morning. So we all know, if one of the yes. We all know that New York City, the immigrant community, has been the spinal cord of the city since its inception. We all know that this city has built on the backs of immigrants. And while other states like Texas are using asylum seekers and immigrants as political pawns, New York City and Mayor Adam are demonstrating again that this city treats everyone with respect, with dignity, and will open its arms to everyone. The immigrant stories in this city are well known. We have two elected officials here who are immigrants, undocumented immigrants, who are now caring for their communities in the legislature. We have Congressman Adelano Spayotte and Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz. These are undocumented immigrants who are now representing their communities. And so we have to do everything we can to help these immigrants that are coming here, looking for a better life, trying to protect their families. That's all that they're seeking so that they can have a success story. La Ciudad de Nueva York y el Alcalde de la Ciudad de Nueva York demuestran de nuevo que esta ciudad apriesa la comunidad inmigrante y va a hacer todo lo posible para ayudar. Así que quiero dar las gracias al Alcalde, a su equipo, y dejar de saber que los cursos aquí pueden ayudar a muchos de las personas que son inmigrantes, especialmente los que están buscando asilo. Muchas gracias, Alcalde. Thank you all very much. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Yes, thank you. Thank you, sir. Yes, State Senator Brad Owenn proudly represent this neighborhood on the west side. And thank you, Deputy Mayor and Mayor and Commissioner. This is so essential here on the west side to have this structure. It's really heartening to see all the city agencies working in partnership with non-profit agencies and getting this up and running so fast. I can't help but think who is going to be walking through these doors, future Nobel Prize winners, professional athletes, social media influencers, members of the press corps. This is the American dream and you are setting it on course. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. Thank you. And we can't, before we open the questions, we can't be in Manhattan without Manhattan BP. We BP's got to stick together. I am so proud of New York City right now. I am so proud of the example that we are setting for the nation. These are the best of American values to welcome people who are seeking refuge here. These are families who are fleeing horrific conditions who have been through absolute hell in many cases in the journeys to get here. And we need to welcome them with compassion and we're doing it here. This is the example that the country needs. I also want to be clear that New York City needs help. We need the federal government to help. We need reimbursement from FEMA under the emergency food and shelter program. Texas has been getting it. New York City needs it. We need work permits for these migrants to be expedited. Mayor, you spoke very powerfully about that yesterday. If you meet and speak with any of these families within one minute, the topic of working will come up. These are people who want to work. They want permits. And it just makes no sense that we'd wait six months. And we need federal coordination as well. We need leadership to make sure this country organizes in a compassionate and sensible way to welcome people who are coming here for asylum. In the meantime, what you're seeing here this morning represents our city's commitment to do right no matter what by these migrants. And I'm incredibly proud of that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And if you don't take away anything else, let's take away the fact as the commissioner stated, this is being done nowhere else in the country what we're doing. What's happening, Katie? What we, we just learned yesterday about what has unfolded at Martha's Vineyard. We have not received any communications thus far that individuals are landing at Kennedy Airport or LaGuardia Airport. And if that happens, we will pivot and shift to that location. The Republican Party, they have created a blueprint that all of them are starting to follow. It's inhumane for the governor to send immigrants to Martha's Vineyard without any coordination. It's just creating a real crisis. And that is the problem that we shared to our lawmakers in Washington, that this is a blueprint that you're going to see start unfolding. Well, you know, anytime when you talk about legal issues, you need to have your attorney speak. And so, I brought my attorney. Good morning. If you read what we said, we did not say that we're reassessing the right to shelter. What we said was that we're reassessing the city's practices with respect to the right to shelter. No administration, no team has done more to guarantee the right to shelter than this team. Faced with over 11,000 asylum seekers since May, they've safely and efficiently provided them not just shelter, but all the related services that the consent decree upon which the right to shelter is based guarantees. There is no ambiguity in this administration about what the law says and what the right to shelter says. What we are doing, because this is an unprecedented development, as the mayor said, and a reality that nobody who has been litigating these cases or who has been considering the right to shelter over the last 40 years in the city, a reality that nobody could have foreseen, it is important because we don't exist in a vacuum to reconsider the practices that the city developed that flow from the right to shelter. So it is those practices that we are reassessing so that we can achieve, so there are operational practices, there are communication practices, there are various practices that have arisen with respect to the right to shelter over these decades relating to homegrown, the homegrown unhoused population here in New York. Obviously, none of those practices developed with anyone contemplating that there were going to be over 10,000 individuals bused into New York with no connection to New York from overseas. And so we have to reassess all of the ways in which those practices have developed to determine whether we are making these decisions as efficiently as possible and obviously always in accord with the right to shelter. There is no ambiguity there, so it is an important distinction. We are not reassessing the right to shelter. We are reassessing the city's practices that have developed around the right to shelter. We are continuing to expand. If it comes down to emergency hotels, emergency shelters, we open 23 thus far. We are going to continue to meet our obligation, but it should be also clear that we are required to write to shelter. This goes beyond that. What you are seeing here today, we are not stopping at the bare minimum of right to shelter. We are going beyond that to make sure people have the right to have a decent life here in our city. And so we are going to meet our challenge. If it means open up more emergency shelters, if it means looking at different locations, we are going to use every tool in our toolbox to solve this issue. As every asylum seeker that comes to New York will have shelter by law, we are required and we are going to do that. We sent the team down to Texas and looked at the various buses that are coming. Some are Governor Abbott's buses, some are coming from other cities in Texas. And so there is a combination. We know that we could document that we had over 11,000 that enter our shelter system. 8,500 are still there. And we know that a few days ago we received, I believe, eight buses came in to the Port Authority and we could only make sure that we monitor what we have so we could give you accurate numbers. But again, not everyone is coming into our shelter system. Yep, got to get other folks, other folks, other folks. Go ahead. Yes. We have, I think when I'm in the streets, when I'm hearing from New Yorkers is, thank you, Eric, for what you're doing with over 11,000 people. I'm not hearing from New Yorkers that we felt families that are needed, we're supposed to provide right to shelter. We have. When I had a press conference on this issue a couple of months ago, I stated to all those who wanted to speak, pick up the phone and call us. We called everyone to inform them our call turned into a press release to meet a scotcher. And that is not how we communicate to resolve this problem. We need everyone to be aligned like these organizations are to get our federal government, our state government to give us the resources. We need people to use their legal minds to see how do we challenge this behavior from these rogue governors? We need people to do something simple, come volunteer. We need, we got a lot of work we have to do. So instead of looking at this administration that is going beyond the call of duty and opening sites like this, come volunteer. That's what we do. We need help. We have not been ashamed to say that we need help. And all those who think we're not getting it right, they should come and show us how to get it right. Because we believe we are getting it right. Well, we are. What's changed is that now we're seeing between four and six buses arrive per day. In fact, I'm going there after this to make sure that we welcome asylum seekers as they afford. But we've had to scale our operations. The New York City Office of Emergency Management has taken a lead to make sure that people have the support they need and transportation to our local shelters. So I just want to highlight the work. Okay, that's that's a wrap. Any other question you have to reach out to Fabian? Yes. In Spanish, in Spanish, today we are inaugurating the center of I would love to to go to the tip to when there is a port authority offloading of