Denial’s never stopped me, I’m not distracted, I’m grinding.

Why Brooklyn? Because Brooklyn is the place I was born … it was the place that shaped and made me.

It made me the mayor that I am today.

We’ve witnessed the lowest number of shootings and victims of shootings in the last seven months, and the recorded history of this city.

In the first six months of this year, we we witnessed the lowest number of homicides in the recorded history of this city.

A small number of people are repeat criminal offenders and carry out dangerous acts, so we want to thank this office for bringing this indictment and bringing these criminals to justice.

While this incident will forever be a stain on our city, it happened against the backdrop of a larger, more hopeful picture — one where the brave men and women of the NYPD continue to drive down crime.

You should lift up officers when you’re not running for mayor.

And now we’re coming to the largest borough and making sure we continue the success of our Q-team.

We know that people were not feeling safe. And that is why the commissioner put this quality of life initiative, the Q-team, throughout our entire city.

Not one time has [Mamdani] said something in response to a police officer who’s been shot or killed.