""The charges... were flimsy,""
""The mayor has an opportunity to prove that notion false. He can put this to rest with his actions," de Blasio said."
""I've had my differences with Eric Adams, but I've known him a long time. He was a police officer for 20 years. He understands the law," de Blasio said."
"I actually think the charges were not strong enough. They were affecting the democratic process in New York City."
"But we should not fall into that trap of stereotyping this whole city of hard-working good people who actually over years and years made this the safest big city in America."
"We got to deal with this nationally on one level, but we don’t have any illusions about legislation anytime soon in the Congress, so it really comes down to going back to the local level recognizing t..."
"There is a horrible tendency. When something goes wrong for people in certain quarters, when maybe it’s commentators, maybe it’s politicians, to suggest that we’ve gone back to the 1970s, when it’s an..."
"I think we have to look at this first to the prism of COVID because go back to when you and I were last together, in this city, certainly we improve in crime went down with fewer arrests, less incarce..."
"It’s going to be outdoors vaccination only mass required, socially distance. But we want to show that we’re moving forward and we want to show the world that New York City is fighting our way through ..."
"$100.00 incentive for any city resident who goes and gets a COVID booster dose from a city-run vaccination site."
"This is a whole new animal, and we've got to be honest about the fact that it's moving very fast and we have to move faster."