NEWYORK: New York city Mayor Eric Adams said that their core mission is clear which are public safety, rebuilding our economy and livability.
“We say it over and over again. One of the clearest ways we’re protecting public safety, those pesty, illegal, dangerous bikes, scooters,” Mayor Adams said while talking with the media.
“We, at every town hall, people talk about these menaces to our city. They have just basically taken many of our streets and turned them into unsafe places. We are zeroing in on that. Hats off to the NYPD. They’re not only being used to menace everyday pedestrians, but they are part of a real robbery pattern. When you hear of a robbery pattern, 79 robbery patterns using illegal mopeds and bikes, nearly eight times as many as the same time in 2022,” he said.
“A pattern is not one issue. It’s a series of issues. These patterns that you are seeing is over 400 complaints, almost 10 times the amount from two years ago. That is why we’re cracking down on them. One of the illegal mopeds, it was used in the actions of a shooting of two police officers, a total disregard for public safety,” he said.
Mayor Adams said that NYPD have removed more than 13,000 of these illegal vehicles from our streets this year alone. “Year to date, over 42,000 since we took office. As you saw, we crushed a large number of them because we don’t want them recycled back in our community,” he said.
“Economy, over and over again, we have revitalized our economy. Largest number of small businesses have opened. Largest number of jobs in the history of the city. Rebuilding our economy requires us to have a 21st century mindset, particularly around green collar jobs, Mayor Adams said.
“Yesterday we broke ground on what, Ingrid we worked on this in Borough Hall, about a real green economy, offshore wind port of South Brooklyn, the largest in the country. Hats off to Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, Andrew Kimball, for the entire team.”
“73 acres in Sunset Park will serve as a hub for Empire Wind One, an offshore wind project that could power 400,000 homes while simultaneously creating thousands of jobs, good jobs right in that community. Then the byproduct of those jobs, people going to the local bodegas, the stores, the shops. This is a real win. Governor Hochul, the EDC, SBMT, Equinor, just real partners to make this happen. We’re really excited about it,” he said.
Mayor Adams said that after decades of intention, we also move our city zoning code into the 21st century. “Dan Garodnick did a great job in the City of Yes for Economic Opportunity. This is a transformative moment for small businesses and entrepreneurs that is going to fill vacant storefronts and create greater opportunities for all New Yorkers, not only to start businesses, but to see them flourish and grow in the Empire State. I want to really thank the speaker and Councilperson Riley and Salamanca. I’ll call them today, Tiffany, to thank them who have delivered this landmark win for all New Yorkers.”
“Finally, livability, DOB, no penalty inspection program. We knew from the beginning, DM Maria Torres-Springer really leaned into this. We should be letting people know ahead of time of what are the violations and not play. “I got ya.” We should be saying, “I got you, I’m here to make sure that you are able to not have money come out of your pockets and pay fines. How do we help you?” This is a great program.”
To a question about congestion pricing, Mayor Adams said that he know it’s hard for people to fully imagine the fact that everything that happens in the country, Mayor Adams and the mayor of the City of New York is not in control of. “I don’t control the MTA. I don’t control how many migrants can come into our city. I don’t control laws that are passed in various forms of government.”
“I was clear we had to get it right. We could not balance it on the backs of working class people. We could not displace the environmental issues, as Ingrid has talked about so many times, we could not displace it throughout the entire city. We got to get this right. This is a major shift in how we are going to move traffic, how are we going to charge, what is the amount? I made it clear we have to get it right. The state made the determination that the MTA and MTA board is going to make the decisions around that.”
“I was very clear from the start. We have to get it right. I’m still with that. We’ve got to deal with congestion. We have to deal with environmental issues, but we should deliberate and make sure we get it right.”
Regarding the legal defense fund, Mayor Adams said that We’re going to follow all legal rules. “We follow whatever the rules are. It’s very stringent, very clear what rules could be used with the legal funds.”
To a question about one or two areas which are driving some voters towards Trump, Mayor Adams said that some voters are one issue voters, because I’ve had voters who adored me but as soon as we had 200,000 migrants and asylum seekers hit the city and not realizing that, we’re not in control of that until we went to town halls.
“We walked into town halls where people was, hands crossed, looking at me, saying we’re ready to boo you. Then once we were able to explain to people, we walked out with, lines of let’s take a selfie with this guy. This is a working class guy.
“Misinformation, the lack of information will cause people to have this level of anger. People are angry right now. That is just the reality of, you’re looking at the cost of living in the country, you’re looking at things that feels like it’s beyond your control and that anger comes out in many ways. I’m just hoping New Yorkers make the right decisions as we move forward.”
