We will continue to welcome people from all over the world.

There are channels through which you can do it. We will continue to welcome people from all over the world.

Here, at City Hall, as I sit behind George Washington's desk, I cannot see all of America. But like so many who came before, I can see New York City.

Of course, it will be horrible that you send back people to a condition that doesn't safeguard their lives.

“There’s a valid discussion here about when it comes to the volume of an absence, what is our responsibility to our constituents in communicating around that?”

We will find fraud. We will stop it. We will recover taxpayer dollars whenever the law permits, and we will restore integrity to the programs that millions of Americans rely on for their care.

This smart investment will strengthen a vital corridor for everyone — from businesses and SUNY Sullivan students to the many families who travel here each year for summer camp, community and time together in the Catskills.

While fireworks are a beautiful part of celebrating Independence Day and our nation's 250th, safety must come first.

America, if you ask them, becomes less the more people it welcomes.

It is precisely because we love this nation that we will not leave it.

You each hold a special power, the power to determine what America means.

We see the wealthiest country in the history of the world, one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more.

We see a nation whose immense wealth has been built by those with calloused, dirt-streaked hands, those who toil on factory floors and chisel into stone.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged New Yorkers in a social media post this week to set their air conditioners at 78 degrees Fahrenheit to alleviate pressure on the power grid.

What power each of us holds to bring America ever closer to the greatness so many have seen when they looked upon these shores.

We are excited to welcome the tens of thousands of people who will be visiting our state to celebrate this momentous occasion with us, and we look forward to writing the next chapter of our history together.

The frontier may be closed, we may have walked on the moon, but the work of fulfilling the values first enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, that work endures, and it belongs to us all.

New York is investing in vital infrastructure projects that strengthen our transportation system, support local communities and drive economic growth.