Commissioner Mike Flynn, Department of Transportation: Good afternoon. Thank you all for joining us here in Flushing International High School for this really important and exciting announcement. Mayor Mamdani is leading the creation of a city that all families can afford. And hand in hand with that, we're creating a city where all families can thrive.
For DOT, a key piece of that goal is delivering aggressively on our Safe Streets Agenda to protect our children, our most vulnerable New Yorkers. We know when we design streets that are safe for children, they're safe for everyone, no matter their age or background. So, with that in mind, I would like to introduce the mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani: Thank you, everyone. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining me here at the home of Flushing International High School and J.H.S. 189 as we announce a major step to protect children across the five boroughs. I'm grateful to my partners in government, the dedicated advocates and the parents who have carried this effort forward. Those who have never stopped fighting for the safe streets that New Yorkers deserve.
I want to say thank you to our commissioner, Mike Flynn, who we just heard from. Thank you to a former colleague and now the Manhattan borough president, Brad Hoylman-Sigal, who was the senate sponsor of this legislation. A special shout-out to another former colleague who is doing the good work in Albany, Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, who carried it in the People's House. We have our public advocate here, Jumaane Williams, and we also have advocates here with us.
I want to acknowledge Fabiola Mendieta-Cuapio, from Families for Safe Streets. I want to acknowledge Sammy's cousin, Jeremy Freedman. I want to acknowledge Transportation Alternatives and Elizabeth Adams, who is here with us, as well as our hosts. We have our principal of Flushing International High School, Kevin Hesseltine, [whom] I just had the pleasure of meeting. Our J.H.S.189 principal that I also had the pleasure of meeting, Brian Bradley. We have Donald Nesbit from Local 372, and all of the students and the children and the families that are here with us, many of them holding the photos of those that they lost in years prior, whose memories and the pain of which has animated them as they fought for the safety of every single child across this city. I have had the pleasure of getting to know many of them, both as an Assembly member in Astoria in Long Island City, as well as someone who had the privilege of voting on this legislation in support of it when I was serving in Albany.
Now, 13 years ago, Sammy Cohen Eckstein was chasing a runaway ball when he was hit and killed by a van outside his home in Parks Slope. He was 12 years old. He was just a kid. His death should never have happened. And yet we know that Sammy's death is a tragedy familiar to too many New Yorkers. NYPD data shows us that speeding causes 25 percent of all traffic fatalities. It is one of the primary causes of pedestrian death in New York City. In the years since Sammy was killed, almost 2,900 New Yorkers have been killed by dangerous driving on our streets. More than 100 of them children.
Those here today know better than anyone else that these numbers are not just statistics. They represent families shattered, communities traumatized [and] lives cut short by crashes and accidents that could have been prevented. Children who should have been able to grow up and lead full lives, now memorialized as street names across our city. Amy Cohen, Sammy's mother, recognized an immediate need for change. Since Sammy died, she has fought tirelessly at Community Board meetings, in City Hall [and] in Albany to ensure that no child, no parent, no other family has to experience that kind of unimaginable loss.
It is thanks to her persistence and the persistence of so many others, some of whom, as I said, who are here with us today, that Sammy's Law was passed in 2024, affording City Hall the power to set our own speed limits on eligible roadways. I was proud, as I said, as an assembly member, to vote for Sammy's Law, when I served in the People's House. However, a law is only as effective as the will to implement it. We have seen the absence of that will reflected in the fact that only 100 locations across the city have seen their speed limits reduced in the months following the legislation's passage. I want to ensure that our City Hall is using every tool at our disposal to protect New Yorkers on our streets and our sidewalks.
That is why today I am proud to announce that we are going to reduce the speed limit to 15 MPH outside all eligible 2,300 school zones. This encompasses every one of the 3,200 schools citywide across the five boroughs. This year, speed limits will be lowered at an additional 800 locations, bringing the total number of school zones with a 15 MPH speed limit to 1,300 by the end of 2026. While reducing citywide speed limits in one fell swoop would require a local legislative change to the city's administrative code, we are utilizing every tool we have through this immediate and sweeping executive action.
In addition to speed limit reduction, our DOT is working to slow vehicles and improve pedestrian safety around the most dangerous locations near schools by upgrading intersection design and incorporating speed bumps so every child can get to class safely. No longer will the lives of pedestrians and children playing outside be treated as an afterthought. As we serve the people of this city, we will keep them safe by implementing the laws designed to protect them. That is the kind of city that Amy Cohen and so many others have fought for. It is the kind of city that Sammy deserved, and it is the New York City we are building for every child and family that calls it home.
And before I close, I just want to say thank you again to all of the family members of New Yorkers who have been stolen from us. I know the times that we have met have often been at the intersections where those children were stolen from you. I know that you have been forced to tell the stories of the worst days in your life again and again and again in the hopes that it could open the hearts and minds of those who had the power to change these laws. And I want you to know that you have.
It was because of your testimony, because of your work, [and] because of your willingness to share that pain with so many others that we not only voted on this legislation, but [also] that today we are able to implement this legislation. And what you have done and what you are doing is saving the lives of children whose names you will never even learn.
And it is thanks to your courage, your bravery, and your dedication to this city that so many more will be able to grow up with the childhoods that every single child deserves to have. So, thank you so much to the Families for Safe Streets and to everyone who is here with us. Thank you.
Commissioner Flynn: Thank you, mayor. Now I'd like to call up Fabiola Mendieta-Cuapio of Families for Safe Streets.
Fabiola Mendieta-Cuapio, Co-Chair, Families for Safe Street New York: Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Fabiola Mendieta-Cuapio. I'm the co-chair of Families for Safe Streets here in New York. And I'm here with [the] moms, advocates, fathers, cousins and brothers who lost their loved ones in the streets. But we're here today to celebrate - this is great - thank you so much. Thank you, former senator, for fighting for us in Albany. I remember those days. I just want to say that this is not about Bryan. This is not about my five-year-old who was killed many years ago. He was born in Queens, and his life got short, very short.
This is about every kid who tried to go to the park, who tried to go to the school, who tried to go to the city, to Times Square to view the big screens. This is about every single kid. This is not just about my child. This is not about our kids. This is also about your kids, your nephews [and] your grandkids. And I'm here today with my son. He got to go to Albany many times since he was little. He was four years old. And I want to say thank you.
Thank you also to Amy Cohen for [having] this view for [inaudible] every single time. And I just want to say something that we say in every press conference. We're not taking no for an answer. Okay? And the fight continues. Enough is enough. No more deaths. I want to bring someone really quick. Amy Tam. Because she lost - she's from Queens, from this area, and she lost her little girl. And I know how hard she has fought for this to be a reality. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Commissioner Flynn: Well, as a fellow parent, I want to extend my gratitude to all of you. Now I'd like to call up one of the sponsors of Sammy's Law, Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal: Thank you, commissioner. Thank you, Mr. Mayor, [I'm] Brad Hoylman-Sigal, [the] Manhattan borough president. We are in Murray Hill, but not Murray Hill, Manhattan - Murray Hill, Queens. And it's just such an honor to be here with so many parents and advocates and siblings and young people. I'll never forget when we brought forward the law to give New York City the power to lower its own speed limit, which seems common sense.
I called Sammy Cohen Eckstein's mom, Amy, and said, "What if we name this legislation after Sammy?" They had worked so hard to get this bill onto the floor of both the Assembly and the Senate. And she said, "That is really serendipitous that you're calling today because it was Sammy's birthday." And I didn't even know it. So, Sammy is with us today. I know Jeremy believes that. And Amy's work has developed into this incredible movement as part of Families for Safe Streets through Transportation Alternatives.
And I'm just so thankful for their advocacy, because the mayor knows without these voices in the halls of Albany, we'd still be unable to control our own streets. And thank you, Mr. Mayor, for unleashing the potential of Sammy's Law. I do appreciate Mayor Adams allowing 100 streets to be lowered, but now we've increased that by 1,200 locations. That's extraordinary, Mr. Mayor, and you deserve a round of applause. The bottom line is speed limits save lives, as we all know, and it's just common sense and, frankly, humane to lower speed limits outside of our schools.
And so, I, as a parent, commissioner, am going to benefit from peace of mind when my eight-year-old goes to school every day. And I want to thank the entire team at City Hall for this important initiative. Thank you very much.
Commissioner Flynn: Thank you, borough president. Next up is our public advocate, Jumaane Williams.
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams: Peace and blessings to everyone. Love and light to you all. Congratulations, mayor, and all the advocates who are here and everyone who pushed for this. I'm honored to be here - humbled by the work of the advocates who helped bring Sammy's Law across the finish line, and I'm always humbled by - in her daytime job, a team member of mine, Fabiola, who went on a hunger strike, and that should underline just how important this issue is.
Fabiola, I've heard your story so many times. You've helped shepherd me in the right direction, and I'm just so happy for you. And I gotta say, turning your pain into purpose is just amazing, and the fact of the knowledge that this is not going to bring your child back, but you still push forward to save another child's life - it is God's work. So, thank you so much for that. This is an issue that I can speak on with a little bit of experience, because I've experienced some growth, as I spoke about. Years ago, I received a share of my speeding tickets that the New York Post was very kind enough to make an article about.
But since then, I've changed my behavior. I've also been on the other end of this. I was hit by a car while I was riding my bicycle. It's all right to acknowledge when you've been doing something wrong and do your best to try to make it better. And that's what we're doing here today. We're lowering speed limits in school zones, and that will save lives. As was mentioned more than a decade ago, Amy Cohen Eckstein lost her son Sammy to traffic violence.
Today, thanks to Sammy's Law, our streets will be safer. The mayor is using the power that we gained through his vote to protect students and our then state senator, now our borough president. As a parent, I worry about sending my kid to school. I don't want to worry about my four-year-old. Every time she gets a little agitated around the sidewalk, I get nervous that she's going to jet into the streets. I'm sure that there will be drivers who are going to be upset about this announcement, and I want to say something to them.
And I represented a very car-heavy district, and I will say, honestly, this is probably the least favorite advocacy of my mom, who's also a driver. But I just want drivers to understand that we just have to drive slower, and that includes myself. And I am open to hearing all and any way we can do that, but we haven't been able to do it so far. And I don't say I agree with everything that I've ever heard, but lowering the speed limit in a school zone should be something that we can all agree on. Because kids, all they do is come to and from school, and we want them to be safe. And so, to drivers, we are the most protected on the road, and we cause the most damage and most hurt. So, we have to learn how to share the road more responsibly.
And from the communities that I've come from that I also know are upset, there are community members of yours who are here also advocating because their child was lost. And so, this thing is doesn't - it's not about race, color, socioeconomic. Everybody is being hurt by traffic violence, and we all have to do our part. And part of that is making sure in places where we know children are going to be, and we understand children's behavior, that we do whatever we can to protect them so that we don't add any more names to the families who are here.
So, what I know there's going to be some inconveniences. I think inconvenience is better than death, and that's just the avenue we have to continue to move on. And there's still more work that needs to be done. And I'm going to push now for signage because I know some places people say they don't know that they're in a school zone. So, we want to make sure that they know in the school zone, because this is not about gotcha.
This is about the folks that we lost, and making sure we don't lose any more. And as a parent myself, it terrifies me. And so I'm thankful for everyone who was there, but those of us behind the wheel, we have the most privilege on the road, and therefore we have to have the most responsibility, and that's what this is a part of. So, thank you so much. Peace and blessing.
Commissioner Flynn: Thank you, public advocate. And now, Elizabeth Adams, deputy director of Transportation Alternatives, please come up and say a few words.
Deputy Director Elizabeth Adams, Transportation Alternatives: Good afternoon, everyone. I'm Elizabeth Adams of Transportation Alternatives. I want to [say] thank you to the mayor and the commissioner for having us here today for this incredible announcement. And I want to note [that] the mayor, when he was in the Assembly as a former Assembly member, was an incredible champion for Sammy's Law to get the bill passed. Thank you. We remember it, families remember it, you were there with us continually. And thank you to the Borough president, who was in the Senate at the time, who really helped us get it through, and we wouldn't be here without you.
And I want to acknowledge that none of us would be here without Fabiola, Amy, Jeremy, Lizzie, Julianne, and Elizabeth and all the Families for Safe Streets members who have brought us here today. The entire FSS community, who have taught us what it means to fight for your family every day, and to never forget that this work is about people first and always. After years of hard work, today Sammy's Law is being implemented at schools across New York City. It is a critical step toward safety and a recognition that lower speed limits work and that they belong in every neighborhood of our city.
This announcement is the largest increase yet in the city's implementation of Sammy's Law, and we are proud to see it as an early priority of this mayor. Everywhere that has lowered speed limits has seen an increase in safety and a decrease in people being hit and killed. The facts are clear. Lower speed limits work, and they make our neighborhoods safer. It should be non-negotiable. In fact, just a five-mile-per-hour reduction makes drivers move at slower, safer speeds, they turn corners at slower rates, and even speeders speed at lower levels above the speed limit. All of this reduces harm, it changes driver behavior, and it makes the difference for so many people being able to get home safely and to their loved ones.
We have a number of parents here today who spoke about that. I am also a parent of a new child, she's just over one, she just started walking, and we are starting to have the conversations of when you get to the curb and look and stop - and it is my biggest fear in this city of my child crossing the street safely or being hit by a car or a car turning the corner and us not seeing it. This law and this change will save people's lives, and we will keep fighting at Transportation Alternatives for full neighborhood implementation of Sammy's Law and slow zones across our city to fight for the safe streets that every single New Yorker deserves. Whether you are eight years old or 80, you deserve to feel that our streets are safe for you and that our city is there for you. So, thank you, mayor, commissioner, to everyone here today. We look forward to keeping the fight going with you every step.
Question: Hi, Mr. Mayor. So, you know, you do have the power to do so much more than just this. Like close off school streets to traffic entirely, like in Paris - which is something you campaigned on - and use Sammy's Law to lower speed limits on larger swaths of the city. Some community districts have already requested that their entire community districts become 20 miles per hour slow zones. This doesn't really seem like it goes fully to your "envy of the world" position. Why are you starting so small, and can you give insight into your negotiations with the Council? Because when I ask them, they say, especially the [City Council] Speaker, they say it's on you actually, to use Sammy's Law to change it in the whole city, not the other way around.
Mayor Mamdani: So, I appreciate the question and also the emphasis on the urgency. I would say that today is a significant step forward in us ensuring that we are extending this safety to far more school children across our city, and that we will extend it to every single eligible school zone by the end of 2029. And we will do so in addition - in addressing [the] public advocate's comments - not just in terms of a policy change, but also in terms of the installation of signage to ensure that every single New Yorker knows about this. Because our intent in this is not an intent to collect more fines from New Yorkers, it's an intent to see more compliance from New Yorkers. The ultimate goal here is to keep New Yorkers safe.
Now, as I said in my remarks, it is from our Law Department's assessment that in order to change the citywide speed limit in one fell swoop, that requires a local administrative change to the city administrative code. And that is a change that I would support. It is, however, a change that goes beyond what City Hall can do in and of itself. And I will continue to hold firm to our vision of making our streetscape the envy of the world, and the ways that we start doing that is by first catching up to the rest of the world, and then starting to show what it is that can ensure that safety is no longer experienced in a hierarchy, depending on what mode of transit you use in this city. It is one that is a reality for each and every New Yorker.
And I think - just to go back to something that Fabiola had actually said earlier - this is about ensuring that children can play in this city. They can grow up in this city. They can be as children are and as children should be. Because right now, what we have is so many of our closest memories of childhood, of being able to wander with abandon, of being able to simply be, are in jeopardy by the reality of speeding across the city. I mean, I look here at - we just had a photo that was here of Jaden McLaurin. Jaden was an Astorian who was just biking home one night when he was hit by a car. These are the experiences of so many children. We're speaking about Sammy. Sammy was running after a runaway ball. This is what it should look like in a city where children can do that and be safe and never have to question that.
Question: Are you pushing her to do this citywide? If you say the [City] Council has to do it, kids don't just show up to school on the block that they're at school. They walk to school on every single street.
Mayor Mamdani: That's why we would support the [City] Council taking this action.
Question: Hi, Mr. Mayor. So, how many streets around a school can you do this on? Is it just the ones tangential to the school, or is there a radius around a school that you can do this? And also, how long will it take to get the 700 lowered? I know you have until 2029 for the rest, but the 700 initially, how long will that take?
Mayor Mamdani: So, it'll be 800 by the end of this year. In addition to the 500 we have, that'll bring us to 1,300 by the end of 2026 and then all eligible school zones by the end of 2029. And I just want to expand a little bit before passing it over to the commissioner. When I talk about eligibility, that is a reference to the fact that within Sammy's Law, as it was passed in the state legislature, there are exceptions for multi-lane travel ways outside of Manhattan.
So, DOT will have to now do an intensive research into every single school siting across the city to see where each of them line up, as well as the fact that there are a small number of schools that are located on private roads, where DOT does not have the capacity to set the speed limits of that. However, the overwhelming majority of schools across the city are within the frame of eligibility, and that is what we will be seeing over this year in the next few.
Commissioner Flynn: That's right. I would just add, in terms of which streets we can reduce the speed limits on, there's no restrictions - other than some of the requirements of the law. And we really have to look at each school in its own context. A school in Midtown Manhattan or on a quiet street in Staten Island, every school is a little bit different. So, our planners and engineers will give them each a close look and kind of figure out the best way to achieve the goals here.
Question: Hello, I have a question about the stop the super speeders bill that's on the table in Albany, if the commissioner could weigh in as well. If this legislation is passed, what is the realistic timeline? Is this something that you support in getting those speed limiters installed inside of cars that have countless violations for speeding in school zones? And I do have a second question as well.
Mayor Mamdani: I'll say that we support any measure that can reduce speeding across the city. And we support it because, as so many others have said, this is about people's lives. There should be nothing more important than keeping New Yorkers safe. And we know that lowering the speed limit is one critical tool, but there are other tools to utilize. And we support those efforts in Albany to actually implement them. I'll pass it to the commissioner.
Commissioner Flynn: We know the vast majority of New Yorkers drive responsibly, but we also know from the data that there is a relatively small subset who are really repeat offenders, whether it comes to speeding or running red lights. And sometimes [they] keep driving even if their license is revoked or things like that. So, intelligent speed assist can be a really important tool, as the mayor said, to bring speeds down. And we know that bringing speeds down is probably the single most impactful thing you can do to eliminate or reduce the severity of crashes.
Manhattan Borough President Hoylman-Sigal: I was just going to point out like how absurd it is that Albany controls our speed limits and issues like repeat offenders for driving infractions here in our own city. That's what Sammy's Law was about: to give New York City more authority because we know how unsafe our streets are. Folks in Binghamton or Buffalo may not, but New York City knows. And that's why I'm so grateful that City Hall and the mayor in particular are unleashing the power of Sammy's Law to make our streets safer and hopefully getting bills like the super speeders law across the finish line. Ultimately, though, home rule on all issues of traffic and transportation on our streets should be the goal in my mind.
Question: Mayor, I'm just a little confused. So, is it a goal of your administration to reduce the speeds on all city streets to 20 [miles per hour] or some other number? And are you going to ask Assemblymen or senators or whatever to carry those laws? And will you be lobbying for it in Albany?
Mayor Mamdani: It is a goal of our administration to lower the speed limit across the city to 20 miles an hour. That, however, is something that can only be done with a local law change to the City Administrative Code. And we do support the City Council taking those efforts.
Question: Just so I understand, you need a home rule message from the City Council and then you have to have Albany pass it? Or can you do it just by the City Council?
Mayor Mamdani: Just by the City Council is my understanding.
Question: Will you be asking the City Council to do that?
Mayor Mamdani: We do support that, yes.
Question: Mayor, we're about 21 hours away from the start of the St. Patrick's Day parade. Can you let us know: are you marching in the St. Patrick's Day parade? If so, are you marching alongside Police Commissioner Tisch? Or do you have another unique way of participating in the parade this year?
Mayor Mamdani: I am looking forward to not only our breakfast at Gracie Mansion for St. Patrick's Day, also attending mass, also marching in the parade [and] doing so alongside Commissioner Tisch. And really, it is a day that so many New Yorkers look forward to. And it is one that I share in that excitement because I know that it represents not just a celebration of the incredible contributions of Irish Americans to this city, but also one that celebrates so many of the different ethos that are core to the Irish spirit, including that of solidarity.
Question: Just a quick follow-up. Had you had to iron some things out? Were you hesitant to confirm this? And do you plan on greeting Archbishop Hicks outside of St. Pat's along the route?
Mayor Mamdani: There's nothing to iron out. This was one of the easiest decisions I've had to make as the mayor. It's something I'm really looking forward to. And I look forward to seeing the archbishop again.
Question: You're going to Rikers later. Can you say anything about your visit and maybe any updates on the jail czar? And then I have a follow-up relating to Ireland after that.
Mayor Mamdani: Yes, I'm going to Rikers Island this evening to break my fast alongside Department of Corrections staff, as well as incarcerated New Yorkers. This will be my first visit to Rikers Island as the mayor of our city. However, not my first visit as an elected official. When I was an Assembly member, I visited Rikers a few times. And the last time that I visited Rikers, it showed me, as well as many other elected officials, the level of despair that has become endemic to that island. There was an incarcerated New Yorker who attempted to take their own life in front of my former colleague, Assemblywoman Jessica González-Rojas. And we are committed as an administration to closing Rikers Island and part of that commitment is also illustrated in the hiring of a position that will be focused on ensuring that the city can actually start to live up to the construction of the four borough-based jails that allow for the closure of Rikers Island. And the way of living up to it is to not only ensure that it moves forward, but also does so on a timetable and on a budget that is actually in line with what the expectations are.
Question: On Ireland, you've talked about the importance of self-determination in international law. Do you support a united Ireland?
Mayor Mamdani: I've got to be honest, I haven't thought enough on that question. I have to say, though, that I am incredibly appreciative of the privilege to lead a city where Irish Americans have played such a critical role in the city. We know that when it comes to the building of this city, the skyscrapers that pierce the clouds, the tunnels that carve through bedrock, so much of that was built by Irish hands. And when we celebrate Irish Americans, we also celebrate the solidarity that they have brought as well as the people of Ireland have brought to the world. And it's a solidarity that means a lot to people in this city and I also know it means a lot to people across the world.
Question: I have two questions. The first is about jails. You argued that the city relies too heavily on incarceration, so what are your specific policies that you would push at the state level to reduce the jail population enough to actually make closing Rikers possible, which I know is the law, but right now the population makes it difficult. And then I have a second question.
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Question: What would you push at the state level to reduce the jail population enough to actually make it possible to close Rikers Island?
Mayor Mamdani: I think today shows that sometimes the issue isn't as much legislation as it is the will to implement that legislation. We are looking at every single tool we have to not only keep New Yorker safe, but also to extend dignity to each and every New Yorker. I had the privilege alongside our now borough president, Brad Hoylman-Sigal, of serving in Albany and there were a number of pieces of legislation that I continue to believe are critical. You know, Assembly Member Phara Souffrant Forrest carries legislation that was previously titled "Treatment Not Jails," which spoke about the importance of that kind of an approach when it comes to a number of different parts of our criminal legal system. I think that that is one part of what it can look like to ensure that we are closing Rikers Island, we are keeping New Yorker safe, and we are actually living up to the spirit of so much of what should animate our politics.
Question: Thank you. And the second question is about public bathrooms. I know the EDC put out an RFP to build more bathrooms across the city, yet at City Parks Department facilities, playgrounds and parks, 50 bathrooms are closed to the public due to repair issues. You have not committed to making 1 percent of the city's budget going to the Parks Department. And in fact, the Parks Department budget has been cut in your current budget. Why not just give more money to the Parks Department to fix these already existing bathrooms in places where people, families, children - whoever's in the parks - could actually use them?
Mayor Mamdani: We are going to be taking an all-of-the-above approach when it comes to not only fixing bathrooms, but also creating new public bathrooms in this city. And the budget that we have put forward is our preliminary budget. We will also be putting forward a executive budget and then finally an adopted budget in negotiations with the Council. And we know that parks play an incredible role in our city. We also know that New Yorkers very much need more public bathrooms. I can tell you the moment when I understood the need myself was when I was at Times Square and I didn't know that there was a public bathroom at the subway station and thank God that there was. And I think that many New Yorkers have found that same feeling.
Mayor Mamdani: Thank you guys. Okay, I'll just do one final question to Morgan.
Question: [Inaudible]
Mayor Mamdani: Yes, it is a meeting that we had set up weeks ago as part of a commitment that I made over the course of the campaign to meet with Orthodox leaders across our city. It's a meeting I'm looking forward to. It's a meeting where we will discuss a wide variety of issues including childcare, affordable housing, whatever is of concern. And it is part and parcel of leading a city of 8.5 million people and ensuring that we can move this city forward so that it's one that each and every New Yorker can afford. Thank you all so much.
