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>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE
THIS MORNING.
IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO WELCOME
MARC MOLINARO, THE REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF OUR
STATE TO HEAR ABOUT HIS VISION.
I WOULD LIKE TO START BY ASKING
FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN
MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE
ATTACK OF THE TREE OF LIFE
SYNAGOGUE IN PITTSBURGH.
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE
WITH THEM AND THE HOPE THAT
OUR NATION CAN HEAL.
ABNY AND OUR GUEST HAVE
SOMETHING IN COMMON.
ONE OF THE ICONIC IMAGES OF ABNY
IS OF OUR FOUNDER LEWIS RUDIN
AND OTHER BUSINESS LEADERS,
SWEEPING THE
STREETS OF THE WEST SIDE OF
MANHATTAN AS PART OF OPERATION
CLEAN SWEEP.
MARC MOLINARO, WHO WAS ELECTED
TO THE TWILIO BORAD OF TRUSTEES
AT THE AGE OF 18, AND WHO
BECAME THE YOUNGEST MAYOR IN
OUR COUNTRY AT THE AGE OF 19 IS
REMEMBERED IN HIS HOMETOWN.
RESIDENTS CAN RECALL THE TEENAGE
MAYOR GATHERING PEOPLE TO HELP
SWEEP THE STREETS AFTER STORMS.
GESTURES MATTER.
THIS ONE MATTERS A LOT WHEN YOU
THINK OF ALL THE THINGS A
TEENAGER COULD BE DOING WITH
THEIR LIFE.
THERE HE WAS.
THE YOUNGEST MAYOR SWEEPING THE
STREETS TO HELP HIS NEIGHBORS
AND THAT IS CONSTITUENT
SERVICES.
PART OF HIS CHARM IS IF YOU ASK
HIM WHY HE GOT INTO POLITICS, HE
WILL CORRECT YOU.
HE WILL REMIND YOU THAT
HE IS IN THE BUSINESS OF PUBLIC
SERVICE.
HE HAS BEEN SERVING THE PUBLIC
FOR OVER 24 YEARS.
FIRST ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,
THEN AS MAYOR,
THEN IN THE DUTCHESS COUNTY
LEGISLATURE, THEN THE NEW YORK
STATE ASSEMBLY AND NOW AS THE
DUTCHESS COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
HE WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER
WHO WAS ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
HE PERSEVERED HE CAN BOAST
ABOUT A CAREER FULL OF
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
IN RECENT YEARS, HE HAS
IMPLEMENTED A COMPREHENSIVE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY,
PRESERVED FARMLAND AND PROTECTED
OPEN SPACES, SAVED TAXPAYERS
MILLIONS BY CONSOLIDATING COUNTY
SERVICES, AND IN A PROJECT NEAR
TO HIS HEART, HE LAUNCHED THINK
DIFFERENTLY: AN INITIATIVE ON
HOW WE RELATE TO OUR NEIGHBORS
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
THIS PROGRAM ENSURES EQUAL
ACCESS TO THOSE LIVING WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS AND DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES.
THIS INITIATIVE CAUGHT THE
ATTENTION OF COMMUNITIES WHO ARE
ADOPTING THE SAME PRINCIPLES.
HE IS HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT
WHAT HE HOPES TO ACCOMPLISH FOR
NEW YORK.
JOIN ME IN A WARM WELCOME.
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>> GOOD MORNING.
I APPRECIATE THAT INTRODUCTION.
I HAVE ENJOYED WHEN I AM
INTRODUCED AS THE YOUNGEST
MAYOR.
I HAPPEN TO BE THE YOUNGEST
EXECUTIVE IN DUTCHESS COUNTY
HISTORY, WHICH REMINDS ME I HAVE
HAD A LONG HISTORY OF BEING
YOUNG.
I WILL NOT BE THE YOUNGEST
GOVERNOR IN NEW YORK STATE
HISTORY.
I AM A BIG FAN OF THOSE WHO HAVE
COME BEFORE ME.
I AM THRILLED TO BE HERE.
LET ME START BY BEING CANDID
WITH ALL OF YOU.
I AM GRATEFUL YOU WOULD PROVIDE
US THE OPPORTUNITY AND I MEAN
THAT GENUINELY.
WE ARE ALL BETTER AS A SOCIETY,
A DEMOCRACY, WHEN WE TAKE TIME
TO LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER.
I EXPECT ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM
HAVE A LOT MORE IN COMMON THAN
THAT WHICH MIGHT DIVIDE US.
I CAN TELL YOU HAVING SPENT
EVERY DAY OF MY ADULT LIFE
IN PUBLIC SERVICE, -- THANKS FOR
MENTIONING THAT --
I HAVE ALWAYS DONE BETTER AND
THE PEOPLE I SERVE HAVE ALWAYS
BENEFITED MORE WHEN WE TONED
DOWN THE RHETORIC AND SPENT MORE
TIME LISTENING TO ONE ANOTHER.
TO THE GREAT FEAR OF THE PEOPLE
WHO HELP ME WRITE SPEECHES, THAT
IS WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
THAT IS WE AS A SOCIETY AND WE
AS A STATE NEED TO DO BETTER
ABOUT LISTENING TO ONE ANOTHER,
LEARNING FROM ONE ANOTHER AND
SERVING EACH OTHER.
WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE COURSE OF
THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS A
HEIGHTENED DEGREE OF ANGER THAT
HAS ERUPTED IN HORRIFIC
VIOLENCE.
WHETHER IT IS INDIVIDUALS WHO
THINK IT IS OK TO SEND PIPE
BOMBS TO PROMINENT PEOPLE IN
OUR SOCIETY OR THE HORRIBLE
TRAGEDY WE SAW OVER THE WEEKEND,
WE HAVE BEEN INFECTED BY ANGER.
THAT IS CORROSIVE.
IT IS HURTING US.
LEADERS OUGHT TO SPEND MORE TIME
EMBRACING THE NEED TO BE AN
EXAMPLE INSTEAD OF POINTING
BLAME.
IT IS EASY MORE THAN EVER TO SAY
IT IS THE OTHER GUY'S FAULT.
IT PROBABLY IS.
IT IS SOMEBODY ELSE'S FAULT.
I CAN TELL YOU HAVING SPENT
EVERY DAY OF MY ADULT LIFE
TRYING TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE, THAT
IT REQUIRES THE ANGER THAT IS
INFECTING US -- IT REQUIRES EACH
OF US TO TAKE A LOOK IN THE
MIRROR AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR OUR OWN ACTIONS.
IMAGINE WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED
IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
AND WHAT OCCURRED OVER
THE WEEKEND.
HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS KILLED BY A
REIGN OF BULLETS IN AMERICA.
IMAGINE THE HORROR THEY LIVED
AND THE TRAGEDY THEY OVERCOME
AND THE HOPE THEY HAD WHEN THEY
CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AND THOUGHT
IN AMERICA THEY WOULD FIND THE
PLACE WHERE THEY COULD LIVE AND
LEAD AND LOVE.
AND YET, SOMEONE WHO THOUGHT
POLITICS AND POLITICAL AND
PUBLIC BELIEF SHOULD BE
EXPRESSED IN VIOLENCE TOOK THEIR
LIVES IN THIS COUNTRY.
IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A
PRESIDENT, FOR A GOVERNOR, FOR A
COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO STAND BEFORE
ANYONE AND SAY ANYTHING OTHER
THAN WE OUGHT TO COMBAT WHAT IS
ANGER AND INTOLERANCE AND
HATRED.
WE OUGHT TO COMBAT IT WITH LOVE.
IN THE AFTERMATH OF MARTIN
LUTHER KING, BOBBY KENNEDY WAS
ENCOURAGED NOT TO GO TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE WAS ENCOURAGED TO STAY OUT OF
WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FRAGILE
MOMENT AND YET AS A LEADER, HE
CHOSE TO DO OTHERWISE.
HE SAID BEFORE A MORNING CROWD
OF AMERICANS, WHO SAW THEIR HERO
TAKEN OUT IN A REIGN OF TERROR,
IN AN ASSASSINATION, HE SAID WE
MUST COMBAT ANGER WITH LOVE.
I KNOW WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO
HAVE A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN
FRONT OF YOU AND SAY LOVE IS
MORE VALUABLE OR MORE IMPORTANT
THAN ANGER.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU AS SOMEBODY
WHO CARES DEEPLY ABOUT MY
COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE I SERVE,
AND WHAT MY KIDS THINK OF ME, I
TELL YOU WE WOULD ALL BENEFIT
FROM TAKING A LESSON FROM
MR. KENNEDY.
WE WOULD ALL BENEFIT FROM
INSTEAD OF POINTING THE BLAME,
LOOK INWARD AND TRY OUR BEST TO
DO AND BE OUR BEST BECAUSE
PEOPLE DEMAND IT.
THEY EXPECT IT.
I WOULD TELL YOU WE ARE BETTER
THAN THIS.
I AM GOING TO USE THIS MOMENT TO
TELL YOU WHO I AM AND WHY I WANT
TO SERVE.
IT STARTS BY EXPRESSING MY
THANKS NOT ONLY TO ALL OF YOU
BUT ALSO THE MEDIA, THE PRESS.
YOU NOT ONLY WRITE THE FIRST
DRAFT OF HISTORY.
YOU HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
DEDICATED TO YOU.
YOU ARE NOT THE ENEMY.
YOU TELL AND RETELL THE STORY OF
WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE HOPE TO
BE.
I MAY NOT ENJOY THE FIRST
VERSION OF WHAT YOU DO.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS.
AS SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN
TRANSPARENCY, SOMEONE WHO
BELIEVES GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO BE
CHALLENGED, THE MEDIA HAS AN
ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT ROLE, I
WILL START BY EXTENDING MY
APPRECIATION.
IT IS WHEN GOVERNMENT IS
CHALLENGED, WHEN OFFICIALS
UNDERSTAND THEY ARE NOT IN
CHARGE, WHETHER PRESIDENT OR
GOVERNOR OR ANYONE ELSE, THEY
ARE NOT IN CHARGE,
IT IS WHEN YOU DO YOUR JOB,
CHALLENGE US TO BE BETTER,
EXPOSE US FOR WHAT WE ARE AND
WHO WE ARE.
WE ARE ALL BETTER FOR IT.
I DO NOT OFTEN AND I'M SURE YOU
DO NOT OFTEN HEAR SPEAKERS THANK
THE PRESS, BUT I DO.
I LIKE THE NEW YORK TIMES TODAY.
THEY HAD A REALLY NICE
PROFILE OF ME.
I ALMOST LOOKED GENUINELY
COMPASSIONATE.
OF COURSE, NEW YORK POST
DID TELL A GOOD STORY.
YESTERDAY I SAVED THE LIFE,
TOMORROW I'M BRINGING PEACE
TO THE MIDDLE EAST.
IF YOU DID NOT GET TO READ, YOU
SHOULD.
ALL KIDDING ASIDE, I OFFER TODAY
AND THIS MORNING THIS NATION HAS
ALWAYS BEEN GREAT BECAUSE WE
HAVE SOUGHT TO BE BETTER.
I'D OFFER THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
TO BEGIN.
WE OUGHT TO BE BETTER.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY HISTORY
AND WHY I AM RUNNING.
YOU HEARD 24 YEARS AGO AS AN
18-YEAR-OLD, I HAD INTERNED FOR
MY STATE ASSEMBLYWOMAN.
SHE AND I DID NOT A SHARE
PARTY AFFILIATION BUT
SHE ENCOURAGED US INTO SERVICE.
SHE CHALLENGED US.
AS A YOUNG KID, I STARTED TO
VOLUNTEER IN MY HOMETOWN.
THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE HERE THAN
THERE WAS IN MY TOWN.
WE ARE NOT RELATED BUT VERY
CLOSE.
I DECIDED TO RUN FOR OFFICE
BECAUSE I HEARD FROM MY ELECTED
OFFICIALS WE COULD NOT DO
CERTAIN THINGS.
EVERY TIME THERE WAS A
CHALLENGE, WE COULD NOT DO IT.
EVERY TIME THERE WAS A PROBLEM,
I THOUGHT IF THESE PEOPLE COULD
RUN SO COULD I.
INTELLIGENCE WAS NOT A
PREREQUISITE.
IN 1994, AS AN 18-YEAR-OLD, I
RAN FOR THE VILLAGE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES AND WAS ELECTED.
I SERVED FOR A YEAR.
THE MAYOR DECIDED TO RETIRE AND
ASKED -- ANY OF YOU
INTERESTED IN BEING MAYOR?
I ASKED MY MOM IF IT WOULD BE
OK.
IN MARCH 1995 I WAS ELECTED
MAYOR OF MY HOMETOWN.
I LEARNED AS A VILLAGE MAYOR THE
VALUE OF BEING A PUBLIC SERVANT,
SOMETHING WHO HOLD ELECTED
OFFICE FORGET.
THEY THINK BEING ELECTED IS
ABOUT POWER AND MONEY.
I KNOW HOW TO READ THE CAMPAIGN
FINANCE REPORTS.
NOT MANY OF YOU ARE IN MINE.
I AM JUST BEING HONEST.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I LEARNED
THEN AND BELIEVE NOW MORE THAN
EVER.
WE NEED ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO
UNDERSTAND THEIR DECISIONS HAVE
PROFOUND IMPACTS AND THAT THEY
NOT ONLY NEED TO LEAD BY
EXAMPLE, THEY NEED TO BE
INVOLVED IN MAKING THE DECISIONS
HAPPEN, NOT DICTATING FROM
ALBANY DOWN BUT BEING A PART OF
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO
SOLVE THE MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT
FACE US AND WHERE WE ARE
FAILING AS A STATE.
WE THINK DECISIONS GET MADE BY
MEN AND WOMEN STANDING BEHIND
PODIUMS.
THAT GREAT PROBLEMS SOLVED BY
FOLKS WITH FANCY TIES.
IN ALBANY, MAKING POLICY
DECISION AND EXPECTING US TO
UNDERSTAND.
THAT IS NOT HOW IT HAPPENS.
IT IS NOT WHAT THE ORGANIZATIONS
AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK DO.
WE EMPOWER PEOPLE TO
SOLVE PROBLEMS TOGETHER.
THAT IS WHEN WE SUCCEED.
HAVING BEEN A VILLAGE MAYOR, WE
ARE SWEEPING THE STREETS AND
FIXING POTHOLES.
I LEARNED HOW TO FIX A WATER
MAIN BREAK AND UNSTICK A SEWER
PIPELINE WHICH WILL HELP ME IN
MY RETURN TO ALBANY.
IT WAS A GOOD JOKE.
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I LEARNED IS
THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HAVE REAL
IMPACTS ON REALIZE.
WHERE WE ARE LOSING AS A STATE
IS WE FORGET THAT.
THERE ARE TWO NEW YORKs.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THERE IS
THE NEW YORK THAT YOU AND I LIVE
IN.
WHICH SEEMS MORE PRIVILEGED THAN
IT SHOULD BE, A LITTLE MORE EASY
FOR SOME.
WHERE DECISIONS GET MADE BY
FOLKS WHO SEEM TO BE ABLE TO
PAY FOR ACCESS AND GOVERNMENT
AND THEN THERE IS THE OTHER NEW
YORK.
IT IS THE ONE I LIVED IN AS A
CHILD.
IT IS REAL.
IT IS A CHALLENGE.
I'D ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT.
I WAS BORN TO A REMARKABLY
WONDERFUL TWO PARENTS.
MY FATHER WALKED OUT WHEN
I WAS VERY YOUNG.
MY PARENTS DIVORCED.
I CAN REMEMBER THE ARGUING AND I
REMEMBER MY BROTHER BEING IN THE
BUNK BED AND I REMEMBER THE
NIGHT MY FATHER LEFT.
I REMEMBER THE CHALLENGES MY
MOTHER HAD.
SHE LOST A CHILD WHEN SHE WAS
YOUNGER,
WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN MY OLDER
BROTHER WHO WAS THE
FIRSTBORN AND PERHAPS WOULD
BE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.
I REMEMBER THE STRUGGLE MY MOM
HAD AND THE LIFE WE LEAD.
I WAS BORN IN YONKERS, NEW YORK
AND HAD OUR FAMILY ALWAYS
AROUND US.
I CAN TELL YOU MY PARENTS WANTED
TO GET OUT OF THE CITY.
FOR YOU, BEACON NEW YORK IS
UPSTATE.
FOR ME IT IS DOWNSTATE.
MY MOM STRUGGLED.
I THOUGHT THE ELECTRIC COMPANY
CALLED EVERYBODY TO SEE HOW THEY
WERE DOING.
BUT I WAS FORCED TO
GROW UP QUICKLY.
FOOD STAMPS PUT FOOD ON THE
TABLE AND I THOUGHT I WAS THE
LUCKIEST KID BECAUSE I DID NOT
HAVE TO PAY FOR LUNCH AND ALL
THOSE OTHER GUYS DID.
I CAN TELL YOU I REALIZED AT A
YOUNG AGE HOW VERY IMPORTANT
GOVERNMENT COULD BE ALTHOUGH I
DID NOT KNOW IT AND HOW
INTRUSIVE GOVERNMENT COULD BE.
I REMEMBER THE TIME WE WERE
WAITING IN LINE IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,
WHICH I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR.
THE WOMAN HAD A BAD DAY.
MADE MY MOTHER FEEL SMALL.
THE SYSTEM THAT WAS CREATED TO
HELP HER, WELFARE, SOCIAL
SERVICES, FOOD STAMPS BECAUSE OF
AN INDIVIDUAL'S BAD DAY
MADE HER FEEL INSIGNIFICANT.
I REMEMBER AS A KID
WHAT THAT FELT LIKE BECAUSE MY
MOM WHO I THOUGHT WAS THE
STRONGEST WOMAN, --
SEEMED WEAK AND WAS MADE TO
FEEL SMALL.
FAST-FORWARD TO TODAY AND I TELL
YOU WHAT INFORMS ME.
WHAT INFORMS ME IS THE LIFE WE
LED THAT GOT ME HERE REMINDS ME
GOVERNMENT CAN BE HELPFUL
AND WE NEED AN ACTIVE, LIMITED,
HELPFUL, AND COMPASSIONATE
GOVERNMENT BUT IT
CAN ALSO BE INTRUSIVE.
THOSE WHO ABUSE POWER CAN BE
ABUSIVE.
IN 2018, AFTER DECIDING I WAS
NOT GOING TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR, I
DECIDED I WOULD.
THANKS, ED.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SHOUT, ARE
YOU?
ED COX HAS THE UNCANNY ABILITY
TO HAVE THESE OUTBURSTS IN THE
MIDDLE OF SPEECHES.
YOU MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED ONE.
I DECIDED NOT TO RUN AND I WAS
CONVINCED TO RUN FOR NEW YORK.
WHY?
YOU WOULD THINK IT WAS BECAUSE
PEOPLE IN MY PARTY ENCOURAGED ME
TO DO SO AND THEY DID.
WHAT WAS IMPACTFUL WAS THERE
WERE LIVES WHO HELPED ME -- AND
I HAD HELPED AND THEY SAID WE
NEED YOU TO STAND UP.
IN PARTICULAR, THANK YOU FOR
ACKNOWLEDGING THE FAMILIES OF
THOSE LIVING WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES WHO ENCOURAGED ME
TO BE INVOLVED,
AND WANTED ME TO
ADVOCATE FOR THEM.
I RAN HOME AND ASKED MY WIFE.
SHE SAID NO.
HERE I AM.
I TELL YOU IN 2018, I AM RUNNING
BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO STATES.
THERE ARE TOO MANY WHO STRUGGLE
TOO HARD, LIKE MY MOM.
THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WANT
TO BE THE SOLUTION BUT THEY WANT
LEADERS WHO LEAD WITH
COMPASSION.
WHO DO NOT THINK THAT HAVING
MORE MONEY IN THEIR CAMPAIGN
ACCOUNT IS A WAY IN WHICH TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THEY WANT LEADERS WHO ARE
COMPASSIONATE AND CARE AND ARE
TALENTED AND WILLING TO SATISFY
DIFFERENCES AND FOCUS ON
SOLUTIONS.
I'M RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR BECAUSE
OUR STATE IS TOO EXPENSIVE.
OUR STATE IS CORRUPTED.
THE SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT WE
HAVE CREATED TO PROVIDE HELP TO
THOSE WHO NEED IT ARE
BANKRUPTED.
NOT JUST FINANCIALLY BUT MORALLY
AND ETHICALLY.
WHETHER IT IS A TRAIN SYSTEM
THAT DOES NOT BRING PEOPLE TO
WORK FROM WHERE THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO GO, OR A WELFARE
SYSTEM THAT KEEPS PEOPLE TRAPPED
IN POVERTY, GOVERNMENT IS NOT
EFFECTIVELY MAKING THE CHANGE
THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
IN OUR STATE, THERE ARE THOSE
WHO STRUGGLE EVERY DAY,
CONVINCED THE GOVERNMENT AND I
AM SORRY BUT THEIR GOVERNOR DOES
NOT CARE.
I AM RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR
BECAUSE I WANT TO INVEST IN THE
HUMAN CAPITAL OF NEW YORK.
IT IS TIME SOMEBODY WHO HAS
LIVED THE STRUGGLE OF NEW YORK,
AND UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT
IT IS TO LIVE IN NEW YORK SERVES
IN THAT CAPACITY AND I DO NOT
NEED TO BE DISRESPECTFUL.
I MEAN IT TO BE REAL.
TOO OFTEN WE ELECT PEOPLE WHO
FORGET HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO
LIVE IN NEW YORK.
HERE WE ARE IN 2018 WITH ONLY A
FEW DAYS LEFT BEFORE OUR
ELECTION.
I AM RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR
BECAUSE IT IS EXPENSIVE AND FOR
THOSE OF US WHO ARE BURDENED BY
THE COST OF LIVING IN THIS
STATE, I ASSURE YOU IN UPSTATE
NEW YORK THE PRICE OF LIVING
CONTINUES TO GROW.
-- HIGHEST BURDEN OF
TAXATION, PROPERTY TAXES AND
CONTINUE TO FORCE PEOPLE OUT
WHETHER WE ACKNOWLEDGE IT OR
NOT IF IT WERE NOT FOR
IMMIGRATION INTO NEW YORK,
OUR POPULATION WOULD BE
DECLINING.
UPSTATE NEW YORK COMMUNITIES
HAVE BEEN HOLLOWED OUT.
18-35-YEAR-OLDS ARE LEAVING IN
DROVES BECAUSE THEY CANNOT FIND
WORK AND CANNOT AFFORD TO STAY
HERE.
SENIORS WHO CAN AFFORD TO MOVE
OUT TO RETIRE SOMEPLACE ELSE
BECAUSE WE ARE THE LEAST
FRIENDLY PLACE TO RETIRE.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
AND IT IS NOT AS AFFORDABLE AS
WE ONCE WERE.
TO SAY OTHERWISE IS TO IGNORE
THE PLIGHT OF PEOPLE.
ON LONG ISLAND, 71% OF
18-35-YEAR-OLD SAY THEY
WILL LEAVE WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
IF THAT IS NOT A MESSAGE OF
OUTWARD HOPE AND OPTIMISM,
THAT IS SUGGESTING WE'RE
EDUCATING PEOPLE TO
GO TO WORK SOMEPLACE ELSE.
THE TWO NEW YORKs THAT EXIST IS
80% OF THE JOBS CREATED HAVE
BEEN HERE, RIGHT AROUND THIS
BLOCK.
EVERYTHING ELSE UPSTATE
CONTINUES TO BE CHALLENGED AND
COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO BE
CHALLENGED.
HOW DO YOU TURN IT AROUND?
BY BEING HONEST.
START BY BEING HONEST.
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE WE ARE
PRICING OURSELVES OUT OF
EXISTENCE.
IT JUST IS.
WE ARE COMMITTED.
I AM COMMITTED.
TO DRIVE DOWN THE COST.
FOR US IT STARTS WITH PROPERTY
TAX REDUCTION.
30% DECREASE OVER FIVE YEARS AND
THERE ARE SOME WHO SAY THAT
CANNOT BE DONE.
WATCH ME.
WATCH ME.
JOHN KENNEDY STOOD BEFORE THE
WORLD AND SAID WE ARE GOING TO
PUT A MAN ON THE MOON.
HE DIDN'T GET TO SEE THAT DAY.
SOMETIMES IT NEEDS AND DEMANDS
WE ACT IN BOLD WAY.
CUT TAXES. MAKE IT EASIER.
INVEST IN THE SYSTEM SO WE
INVEST IN PEOPLE.
FOR ME IT STARTS WITH PROPERTY
TAX REDUCTION.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ILLUMINATE THE
DEATH TAX BECAUSE THERE ARE
PEOPLE FORCED OUT TO HAVE MEANS.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIES ABOUT TAKING MONEY
OUT OF HARD-WORKING TAXPAYERS'
POCKETS TO GIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE
TO COMPENSATE THE FACT WE TOOK
MONEY OUT OF HARD-WORKING
TAXPAYERS' POCKETS.
IT IS MONEY-LAUNDERING.
IT SHOULD NOT BE.
WE HAVE TO BE INVESTING YOUR
RESOURCES IN THE UNDERPINNINGS
OF GOVERNMENT.
THAT IS TRANSPORTATION.
THAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT IS EDUCATION.
THERE ARE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT
HAVE 50%-70% REDUCTION IN
POPULATION.
WE ARE NOT PRODUCING THE
OUTCOMES WE ONCE DID.
WE HAVE TO BE INVESTING IN
EDUCATION TO PREPARE KIDS FROM
KINDERGARTEN TO EMPLOYMENT, TO
MAKE SURE EDUCATION OUTCOMES
MEET OUR ECONOMIC NEEDS.
WE ARE EDUCATING KIDS TO GO
SOMEPLACE ELSE, TO LIVE
SOMEPLACE ELSE.
THAT IS NOT A MESSAGE OF
SUCCESS.
GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO BE FOCUSED
ON THE THINGS WE SHOULD BE DOING
WELL.
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE,
EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE.
SUPPORT THOSE THE MOST
VULNERABLE.
THIS STATE IS NOT DOING WELL
ENOUGH THERE.
I DO NOT WANT TO EXPAND MY TIME
AND I WOULD RATHER ANSWER
QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO SAY THIS.
WE CAN DO BETTER.
NEW YORKERS DESERVE US TO DO
BETTER.
WHILE I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FILL
THIS ROOM WITH 300 PEOPLE, I
WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ENGAGE CONVERSATION WITH THOSE
WHO CHOSE TO BE HERE WITH ME
TODAY.
I AM GOING TO SPEND THE SIX DAYS
WORKING ACROSS THE STATE TO
MAKE ONE THING CLEAR.
TOO MANY NEW YORKERS STRUGGLE
TOO HARD AND BELIEVE THEIR
GOVERNMENT DOES NOT CARE ENOUGH
AND THEY ARE RIGHT.
THEY ARE RIGHT.
I AM GOING TO END BY
ACKNOWLEDGING
-- I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
WHAT IS A PASSION OF MINE.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED ON
FOOD STAMPS,
AND THAT INFORMS WHO I AM.
I STRUGGLED EVERY DAY.
MY FAMILY DID.
FAST FORWARD TO BEING AN ADULT.
I CANNOT IMAGINE THINKING THE
KID WHO GREW UP ON FOOD STAMPS
WOULD STAND BEFORE YOU AS A
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR IN THE
GREATEST STATE AND THE GREATEST
NATION THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.
I CAN TELL YOU IT IS HUMBLING,
BUT WHAT HAS BEEN EQUALLY
HUMBLING IS AS AN ADULT, I WAS
BLESSED AND AM BLESSED WITH
THREE CHILDREN, WITH A FOURTH ON
HIS WAY.
GO BIG OR GO HOME.
I HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGING MY WIFE
TO GIVE BIRTH IN THE NEXT COUPLE
DAYS.
I AM KIDDING.
PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE ME.
I HAVE THREE CHILDREN, ONE OF
WHOM WAS BORN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITY, LIVES ON
THE AUTISM SPECTRUM,
AND HAS A SEIZURE DISORDER.
AS A MAN OF FAITH, I PRAY.
WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS DIAGNOSED,
I ASKED GOD WHY.
I THOUGHT BACK IS A KID,
I DID NOT HAVE MUCH INTERACTION
WITH THOSE WITH DISABILITIES.
I PROBABLY DID NOT REACH OUT TO
MAKE FRIENDS WITH KIDS LIKE MY
DAUGHTER.
I REALIZED WHY.
MAYBE TO MAKE ME A BETTER DAD,
BUT PERHAPS MY DAUGHTER AND
HER CHALLENGES REMIND ME OF THE
VALUE OF LIFE AND I HOPE FOR ONE
MOMENT YOU MIGHT LISTEN TO THIS.
THOSE WHO LIVE WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN
OUR SOCIETY ARE LEFT OUT.
THERE ARE TOO MANY WHO FEEL
MARGINALIZED AND OSTRACIZED.
WHY?
THERE ARE SOME WHO BELIEVE YOU
CAN ONLY ACHIEVE BASED ON WHAT
WE PERCEIVE YOUR ABILITY TO BE.
IT IS THE LAST PREJUDICE THAT
NEEDS TO BE CONFRONTED.
THE SILENT CHOIRED PREJUDICE OF
LOW EXPECTATION.
IN THIS STATE, WE GOT TO BE
EMBARRASSED HOW WE PROVIDE
SERVICES FOR THOSE WITH
DISABILITY.
WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES AND WE HAVE A
TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT LEAVES
PEOPLE STRANDED.
WE HAVE A SEPARATE, UNEQUAL
EDUCATION SYSTEM.
ONE THAT EDUCATES KIDS THROUGH
GENERAL-ED.
YOU WALK THROUGH A DOOR.
MY SON JACK WALKS TO THE DOOR
AND GETS HIS EDUCATION.
MY DAUGHTER, HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT
TO RECEIVE SERVICES.
TO GET THROUGH A SYSTEM THAT IS
NOT FUNDED APPROPRIATELY AND
TREATS THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
WE LAUNCHED IT DIFFERENTLY IN MY
COUNTY BECAUSE OF A FAILED DAD.
I WANT TO DO BETTER FOR MY KID
BUT ALSO BECAUSE
AS A GOVERNMENT WE NEED TO DO
BETTER.
WE LAUNCHED THINGS DIFFERENTLY
AS A WAY TO ENCOURAGE EMPLOYERS
AND GOVERNMENT TO BREAK DOWN
BARRIERS, TO MAKE OUR
COMMUNITY, OUR BUSINESSES,
OUR SOCIETY MORE ACCESSIBLE
TO THOSE WHO LIVE WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
TODAY, IN MY COUNTY IT IS
UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED.
WE THINK DIFFERENTLY AND NOW 100
COMMUNITIES ACROSS NEW YORK HAVE
EMBRACED OUR -- I AM
HERE TO TELL YOU NOT ONLY DO I
HOPE YOU WILL LISTEN,
BUT THAT YOU WILL
FIND SOME WAY TO OPEN UP NEW
OPPORTUNITIES.
THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU WORK
FOR.
ARE THERE CHANCES TO CREATE JOB
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES?
CAN YOU WELCOME SOME FAMILY
MEMBER WHO IS STRUGGLING TO GET
THROUGH THE SYSTEM?
CAN YOU MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM?
THOSE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE THE
HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF
ANY OF OUR SOCIETY.
IN THIS STATE, WE HAVE
DISMANTLED SERVICES FOR THOSE
LIVING WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES.
HOUSING IS ON THE VERGE OF A
CRISIS BECAUSE WE DO NOT CREATE
OPPORTUNITY.
TRY TO GET A TRAIN IF YOU ARE IN
A WHEELCHAIR.
I ASK YOU, PLEASE,
TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME
NEW WAY TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES,
BECAUSE IF NOTHING ELSE WE AS
A SOCIETY OUGHT TO BE TREATED
BY HOW WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER.
THOSE LIVING WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES NEED
TO BE TREATED BETTER.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM
GRATEFUL FOR THE FEW MOMENTS I
HAVE HAD THIS MORNING.
I KNOW THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS.
I AM BETTER AT ANSWERING
QUESTIONS THAN GIVING SPEECHES.
I CAN OFFER TO YOU THIS.
I AM DEDICATED TO TENACIOUS
CIVILITY.
MY COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK IS TO BE A
LEADER YOU CAN BELIEVE IN.
TO BE A GOVERNOR YOU CAN BE
PROUD OF AND TO BE A HUMAN,
HUMAN YOU CANNOT ONLY FEEL GOOD
ABOUT LEADING NEW YORK BUT HAVE
FAITH AND COMFORT I WILL ALWAYS
STRIVE TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR
THE PEOPLE I SERVE.
MY DECISION WILL NOT BE
INFLUENCED BY POLITICAL
CONTRIBUTIONS.
MY DECISIONS WILL ALWAYS BE
BASED ON WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT
IS BEST FOR THE PEOPLE I SERVE
AS IT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST 25
YEARS.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> MY NAME IS BILL,
BORN AND RAISED IN WESTCHESTER.
COMMENTS ABOUT WESTCHESTER AND
NEW YORK BEING TOO EXPENSIVE
RESONATED WITH ME BECAUSE WHEN
I GOT MARRIED, MY WIFE AND I
WORK TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE
TO LIVE.
WE UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO MAKE THE
DECISION TO LEAVE NEW YORK
BECAUSE WE CANNOT AFFORD IT.
YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT A 30% TAX
REDUCTION RESONATED WITH ME.
I AM WONDERING -- HOW WOULD YOU
RECONCILE THAT WITH WHAT SEEMS
TO BE UNDERINVESTMENT AND
INFRASTRUCTURE?
HOW WOULD YOU COMBINE THE TWO TO
MAKE IT SO NEW YORK IS
AFFORDABLE BUT ALSO THE ROADS
ARE DRIVABLE?
>> STOP WASTING MONEY.
WE DO NOT SPEND TOO LITTLE.
WE JUST DO NOT SPEND SMART
ENOUGH.
FIRST, THIS STATE FORCES MORE
STATE SPENDING ON THE LOCAL
TAXPAYERS MORE THAN ANY STATE
EXCEPT NEW HAMPSHIRE.
IN EVERY PLACE ELSE, STATE
RESPONSIBILITIES ARE PAID FOR BY
THE STATE.
NOT IN NEW YORK AND NOT BY THIS
GOVERNMENT AND THIS GOVERNOR.
THE FOCUS IS TO TAKE OUR COST
AND SHIFT IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
JOE BIDEN HAD A QUOTE THAT HE
USED AND MY GRANDDAD USED
TO SAY, DO NOT TELL ME
WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN.
SHOW ME YOUR BUDGET.
YOU THINK WE WOULD BE PAYING FOR
THEM.
START BY TAKING RESPONSIBILITY
FOR EXPENDITURES AND THAT IS HOW
YOU DRIVE DOWN COST.
I OFFER ONE THING I WANT TO
ACHIEVE IS FOR ALBANY AND NEW
YORK TO OFFER TO PAY FOR
MANDATED EXPENDITURES.
YOU MIGHT SAY HOW DO WE DO THAT
AND MAKE PROPER INVESTMENT?
THAT IS YOUR QUESTION.
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.
AS A STATE GOVERNMENT, WE DO
NOT ESTABLISH OUTCOMES AND WE DO
NOT PROVE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE
SPENDING MONEY EFFECTIVELY.
IN WELFARE AND
TRANSPORTATION AND ANYTHING WE
DO.
WE DO NOT HAVE A MEASUREMENT.
YOU ESTABLISH AN OUTCOME.
YOU USE A METRIC TO JUDGE
WHETHER YOU ARE ACHIEVING IT.
IF YOU'RE NOT ACHIEVING YOU
DON'T SPEND THE MONEY.
NOT IN ALBANY.
WE JUST TAKE WHAT WE DID LAST
YEAR AND ADD 4.5% TO IT.
IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
WHAT I DID WAS BEGIN TO
MODERNIZE THE DELIVERY OF
SERVICES.
WE PARTNER WITH TECHNOLOGY TO
MEASURE SUCCESS.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENHANCE
SERVICES TO THE MENTALLY ILL,
FOR DRUG ADDICTION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE ARE ABLE
TO LOWER TAXES BECAUSE WE SET
OUT ON THE MISSION TO BE MORE
EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT.
ALBANY NEEDS TO DO THE SAME.
BEYOND JUST THAT, STOP WASTING
MONEY ON THINGS THAT DO NOT MAKE
SENSE.
CUTTING CHECKS AND GIVING TO
PRIVATE SECTOR INTEREST IS NOT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THOSE ARE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
THAT SHOULD BE SPENT ON
INFRASTRUCTURE.
STOP THAT AND FOCUS ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
THAT IS THE WAY YOU DRIVE DOWN
COST.
IT IS ACHIEVABLE.
FOR THOSE WHO ENDURED AN HOUR ON
CBS, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE
ROOM.
IT WAS COLD AND I AM NOT TALKING
ABOUT THE TEMPERATURE.
WHEN THE GOVERNOR SAYS IT CANNOT
HAPPEN IT MEANS WE ARE NOT
TRYING.
IT HAS TO HAPPEN.
I HEAR FROM FOLKS WHO SAY -- HOW
WILL GOVERNMENT PAY FOR BLANK IF
YOU DO THAT?
HOW WILL ORDINARY FAMILIES
PAY FOR THAT?
WE CANNOT CONTINUE.
IDENTIFY OUTCOMES.
MEASURE SUCCESS.
ACHIEVE EFFICIENCIES.
WE'LL SHAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
FROM THE SYSTEM.
FOCUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
THAT INVESTMENT ON
INFRASTRUCTURE, ON
TRANSPORTATION, ON EDUCATION,
NOT ON WASTEFUL VANITY PROJECTS
THAT MAKE US FEEL GOOD BUT
BUT DO NOT PRODUCE OUTCOMES.
I OFFER IF YOU GET ONE-TIME
REVENUE, THIS STATE SECURED $17
BILLION IN COURT SETTLEMENTS
OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
WHAT WOULD YOU USE ONE-TIME
REVENUE FOR?
TO RUN UP YOUR CREDIT CARD?
THAT IS WHAT ALBANY DID.
I WOULD USE THE MONEY,
DRIVE DOWN DEBTS.
PUT IT TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE.
BY DOING THAT, YOU NOT ONLY GET
THE BENEFIT OF LOWER COST TO
TAXPAYERS BUT YOU GET A BETTER
OUTCOME WHICH GENERATES ECONOMIC
GROWTH AND MORE PEOPLE BENEFIT.
>> I AM SAMANTHA.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I AM GREAT.
>> I AM FROM NEW YORK CITY BUT I
REMEMBER A WHILE BACK WE DID
THIS PBS THING WHERE WE HAD TO
GO AROUND THE STATE AND SEE THE
DIFFERENT PARTS.
I HAD NO IDEA.
THIS CANNOT BE ALL OF NEW YORK.
I THINK THAT IS THE CONSENSUS
OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE THAT
NEW YORK IS A VERY BIG PLACE.
WHEN YOU GO UP TO ALBANY,
YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENS
THERE.
>> DON'T WORRY.
PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE DON'T
KNOW WHAT HAPPENS THERE, EITHER.
>> MY POINT IS TRANSPARENCY
IS A BIG THING AND MY ISSUE
WITH STATE GOVERNMENT IS,
-- BEING A LAWYER --
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENS EVEN
NOW.
IS THERE ANYWAY YOU CAN TALK TO
THAT AND IF THAT IS THE WAY THAT
IT IS WITH STATE GOVERNMENT OR
WITH THIS PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT?
IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE -- EVEN
THE TIMES WHEN THEY COVER.
THE BUDGET IS NOT PASSED.
NOW IT IS PASSED.
THEY NEVER RELEASE WHAT
THEY ACCOMPLISH OR WHERE THE
MONEY GOES.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO TALK TO
WHAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO?
>> IN 90 SECONDS OR
LESS?
YOU SPEAK TO WHAT IS OUR BIGGEST
PROBLEM AND THAT IS TRANSPARENCY
ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE
CORRUPTION
THAT GROWS OUT OF IT.
I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE THIS
PERSONAL BECAUSE I HAVE CHOSEN
THE NEXT SIX DAYS TO BE AN
EXAMPLE OF CIVILITY.
THE SYSTEM IS CORRUPTED.
IT IS STEALING FROM YOU.
IT JUST IS.
DECISIONS GET MADE IN THE DARK
OF NIGHT.
I SERVED IN THE NEW YORK STATE
ASSEMBLY.
INC IS RARELY DRY ON THE BILL
WHEN THEY ARE VOTING AND THIS IS
NOT LIKE SOME RHETORICAL
SENTENCE LIKE WE NEED TO READ
THE BILL BEFORE WE VOTE.
EVEN THE PEOPLE WE PAY TO READ
THE BILLS HAVE NOT READ THE
BILLS WHEN THEY VOTE.
I BELIEVE IN TRANSPARENCY AND WE
HAVE DONE THIS IN MY COUNTY
GOVERNMENT.
THAT MEANS RELYING ON
TECHNOLOGY.
THE SOLUTION TO SOME OF WHAT WE
NEED TO DO AND I WILL ADMIT,
THIS ADMINISTRATION IS CLOAKED
IN SECRECY MORE THAN MOST.
SO GREATER TRANSPARENCY,
RELIANCE ON PUTTING MORE
INFORMATION ON THE WEB.
I BELIEVE IN THE DATABASE OF
DEALS BUT NOT JUST A DATABASE
THAT TELLS YOU WHERE WE HAVE
CONTRACTED THE STATE SPENT YOUR
MONEY BUT ALL YOUR CONTRACTS.
UNIONIZED CONTRACTS.
THEY SHOULD ALL BE ONLINE AND
ACCESSIBLE TO ALL SO YOU CAN
MEASURE IT AND EVALUAT IT.
THE MEDIA USING ITS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO
CHALLENGE US AND HOLD US
ACCOUNTABLE HAS INFORMATION.
THE OTHER IS SPOKESPERSON'S AND
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT ARE NOT
CHEER LEADERS
FOR THE GOVERNOR.
ALTHOUGH THESE DAYS YOU MIGHT
QUESTION WHETHER THAT IS TRUE.
THEY ARE THERE TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION BASED ON YOUR NEED
TO KNOW IT.
I'D EMPOWER THOSE PEOPLE TO BE
TRUE SPOKESPEOPLE, PUBLIC
INFORMATION OFFICERS RESPONDING
TO QUESTIONS.
GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND MAKING
PUBLIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON
THE WEB,
RELIANT ON PUBLIC INFORMATION
OFFICERS ACTUALLY DO THEIR JOB
AND BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE
PUBLIC AND PRESS.
AND I WOULD ASK THE LEGISLATURE
TO PASS MY ACCOUNTABILITY ACT.
IT IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE
ETHICS REFORM EVER PRESENTED BY
A GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE AND I
THINK I OUTPACED TEDDY
ROOSEVELT.
MY POINT BEING THAT NEEDS TO BE
SWEEPING REFORM TO END THE PAY
TO PLAY.
YOU WON'T HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS BECAUSE I
WILL MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR PEOPLE
TO CONTRIBUTE TO CANDIDATES IF
YOU DO BUSINESS WITH
THE STATE OF NEW YORK
AT LEAST FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
IF YOU'RE APPOINTED A
GOVERNMENT AGENCY, I DO NOT
WANT YOU CUTTING CHECKS.
THINK OF INVESTING IN THINGS YOU
REALLY CARE ABOUT.
WE WILL PASS AN ACTUAL UNIVERSAL
ETHICS CODE AND AN ETHICS
COMMISSION APPOINTED BY THE
JUDICIARY WITH NO ATTACHMENTS TO
THOSE IN OFFICE.
I WILL APPOINT A COMMISSION TO
BE THE SHERIFF OF ALBANY, TO
ENFORCE THE LAW AND HOLD
LEGISLATORS, REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS ACCOUNTABLE AND TO
SCARE THE HELL OUT OF THEM.
I ASK PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS
IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE SET THE
RIGHT EXAMPLE.
AND FOR THE MEDIA'S SAKE, I'D
EMPOWER THE COMMITTEE ON
THE OPEN GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS THE MOST BORING
COMMITTEE OF ANYONE THAT DOES
ANY WORK IN ALBANY.
THIS IS THE GROUP THAT OPINES ON
OPEN MEETINGS AND FREEDOM
OF INFORMATION.
YOU WANT TO SCARE THE HECK OUT
OF POLITICIANS?
GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO
ENFORCE THE LAW.
SAY IF YOU WITHHOLD INFORMATION,
YOU CAN BE CRIMINALLY LIABLE
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY
YOU LEFT EVERY RIGHT
TO KNOW HOW WE SPEND MONEY
AND WHO IS TAKING WHAT FROM
WHOM AND GETTING WHAT IN
RETURN.
I WOULD USE THE POWER OF THE
EXECUTIVE TO FORCE A VOTE.
IT IS WHAT IS BANKRUPTING NEW
YORK -- THE LACK OF
ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE THOUGHT
THAT THOSE IN POWER CAN DO
BETTER ONLY IF THEY CONSUME MORE
POWER.
YES, SIR.
I AM SORRY.
AM I ALLOWED TO ASK PEOPLE?
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, GOVERNOR.
I AM SORRY, CANDIDATE.
>> I LIKE YOUR OPTIMISM.
>> MY NAME IS DR. BROWN.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SMALL
BUSINESSES.
WHICH YOU DO NOT HEAR MUCH TALK
ABOUT IN CAMPAIGNS.
SMALL BUSINESSES FACE A LOT OF
LEGISLATIVE ISSUES, A LOT OF
PROBLEMS WHEN IT COMES TO GROWTH
AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
THERE ARE LAWS AND PROVISIONS
IN CERTAIN OPERATIONS AND
SPECIAL PROGRAMS, BUT THERE ARE
LEGISLATIVE ISSUES THAT TREAT
SMALL BUSINESSES THE SAME AS --
THAT EMPLOYEES A THOUSAND
EMPLOYEES.
SMALL BUSINESSES FACE
THE SAME LEGISLATIVE
REQUIREMENTS AND MANDATES AS THE
EMPLOYER WITH A THOUSAND.
SOME OF THOSE ISSUES MIGHT BE A
HEALTH CARE ISSUE BUT ANOTHER
MAY BE THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
THAT WILL TREAT A SMALL BUSINESS
REQUIREMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
MANDATES WHERE IT COMES TO
EXCLUSIONS AND OTHER ISSUES THE
SAME AS IT DOES A LARGE
EMPLOYER.
WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHT ABOUT THE
PLIGHT OF SMALL BUSINESSES
NOWADAYS?
>> FIRST SMALL BUSINESSES
REMAIN AS THE BACKBONE OF
THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.
WE HAVE A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL
REGULATORY SYSTEM WHICH CREATES
-- AS GREATER BUSINESS TO THE
SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS.
MY RESPONSE IS, FIRST OUTSIDE
THE CITY OF NEW YORK, SMALL
BUSINESSES PAY PROPERTY TAX AND
INCOME TAX THROUGH
PERSONAL INCOME TAXES,
BOTH OF WHICH NEED TO
PROVIDE RELIEF.
OUR COMMITMENT TO 30% PROPERTY
TAX OVER 5 YEARS, ALLOWING
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO
RIGHT OFF MORE OF THEIR PAYROLL,
TO OFFSET
THE REGULATORY BURDEN PLACED ON
THEM.
BUSINESS OWNERS CAN WRITE OFF
100% OF THEIR PAYROLL.
OUR PROPOSAL IS THEY CAN WRITE
OFF 200%, WHICH WILL PROVIDE
SOME RELIEF BECAUSE OF NEW
BURDENS PLACED ON THEM.
I AM NOT IN A POSITION TO TELL
YOU I WOULD START ROLLING THINGS
BACK.
BUT IF WE PASS NEW REGULATION ON
TO BUSINESSES AND WHAT THE
LEGISLATURE OUGHT TO PUBLISH
WHAT THE COST IS TO AN AVERAGE
BUSINESSPERSON, AN AVERAGE
TAXPAYER SO THEY UNDERSTAND BY
MAKING THIS DECISION, YOU ADD X,
Y, Z COST ON THE BACK OF A
BUSINESS.
SO WE KNOW BEFORE WE CONSIDER
ANYTHING, WHAT THE COST IS AND
TRY TO CREATE A REGULATORY
SYSTEM THAT RECOGNIZES SMALL AND
MEDIUM-SIZE BUSINESSES NEED MORE
RELIEF TO FUNCTION.
THAT IS WHERE I WOULD START.
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, SOME INCOME
TAX BENEFIT AND REGULATORY
RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
70% OF JOBS IN NEW YORK ARE
CREATED BY EXISTING SMALL
BUSINESSES SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS
THE BIGGEST RETURN ON THE
LEAST INVESTMENT ON ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT IS BY SUPPORTING
EXISTING BUSINESSES,
BY HELPING TO STRENGTHEN THE
WORKFORCE, BY PROVIDING
ASSISTANCE TO EXISTING
BUSINESSES.
WE HAVE THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO
GROW NEW JOBS.
THAT IS WHERE WE GET THE BIGGEST
RETURN ON THE LEAST
INVESTMENT AND
THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO FOCUS.
OVER HERE?
THERE IS A GENTLEMAN WHO HAS HAD
HIS HAND UP THE WHOLE TIME.
HE IS PATIENT.
IT IS NOT ED COX.
>> THANK YOU.
I WAS BORN IN MANHATTAN.
I MOVED AWAY TO THE SOUTH AND I
WAS RAISED IN THE SOUTH BUT I
LOVE NEW YORK SO I CAME BACK AND
I DID NOT KNOW IT WAS THIS
TERRIBLE.
I SPENT MORE TIME ON THE MTA
THEN WITH MY FAMILY.
I WAS LIVING IN QUEENS WHEN
I MOVED BACK.
IT TOOK ME THREE HOURS TO GET TO
MANHATTAN FROM QUEENS, WAKING UP
AT 5:30 AND I AM STILL LATE TO
MY JOB AT 9:00.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS ON THE MTA?
AND ALSO THE MTA HAS BEEN IN SO
MUCH MONEY JUST FOR ONE MILE OF
TRACK?
$1.5 BILLION ON ONE MILE OF
TRACK?
ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO THE SAME
OR CHANGE THAT AND I AM A UNION
GUY.
I UNDERSTAND THE UNION HAS A LOT
ON IT BUT THAT IS NOT RIGHT.
IT SHOULD BE SHARED WITH
NON-UNION SO WE CAN GET IT DONE.
I DO NOT WANT TO WAIT 15 YEARS
TO GET TO WORK.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS?
>> WE WILL FIX IT.
THE STATE HAS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP
FOR THE MTA.
IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
NO ONE SHOULD BE FOOLED.
NEW YORK STATE IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR NEW YORK CITY'S TRANSIT
SYSTEM.
TO PRETEND OTHERWISE IS A
POLITICAL GAME OF HOT POTATO.
IT NEEDS TO COME IN.
I WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND
OWNERSHIP OF THE MTA THE
FAILINGS OF THE SYSTEM.
I APOLOGIZE TO ITS CURRENT
LEADERSHIP BUT I WILL ASK THEM
TO LEAVE.
THE LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE TODAY
AT THE MTA HAS TOO MANY
ENTANGLEMENTS, TOO MANY
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND TOO
LITTLE COMMITMENT TO GETTING THE
JOB DONE.
WE NEED PROFESSIONALS, TRANSIT
PROFESSIONALS.
ANDY BYFORD IS A PROFESSIONAL.
FOCUSED ON THE UNDERPINNINGS OF
THE SYSTEM, SIGNAL SWITCHES,
SUBWAY CAR STOCK, TRACK REPAIRS,
PLATFORM REPAIRS ARE THE BASICS.
GET BACK TO FOCUSING ON THE REAL
PRIORITIES, NOT RIBBON CUTTINGS
AND THE COLORS OF TILES AND
TUNNELS WHEREVER THEY HAPPEN TO
BE.
FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE
THE SYSTEM RUN ON TIME.
OUR PLAN FOR FIXING THE MTA ALSO
ACKNOWLEDGES WHAT OUR
ANTIQUATED ARCHAIC LABOR RULES,
THAT BY THE WAY ARE NOT
BENEFICIAL TO PEOPLE WHO WORK
THERE BUT BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO
THINK THIS IS THE WAY WE DO IT,
WE KEEP DOING IT OVER AND OVER.
WE PROPOSE A SERIES OF CHANGES
TO LABOR COST AND IF WE ARE
GOING TO SAVE A DOLLAR, WE
SHOULD SHARE IT.
AT THE LEAST, WE GENERATE
SAVINGS AND DO NOT MAKE THE
EMPLOYEE THE ENEMY.
THEY ARE NOT BUT WE IDENTIFY
LABOR REFORMS TO ADDRESS.
WE SAY THAT A MAJOR CAPITAL
PROJECTS, THIS IS THE ONLY
PUBLIC AUTHORITY IN THE WORLD
THAT RELIES ON ITS EXISTING
STAFF TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN
MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
WE SAY CONTRACT OUT.
THERE IS NO QUESTION.
WE ARE NOT TRYING TO GET RID OF
OR NOT FOCUS ON AN UNIONIZED
LABOR BUT IDENTIFY WHETHER A
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WILL
GENERATE SAVINGS AND SHARE WITH
EMPLOYEES AND GET THE PROJECT
DONE.
WE SPENT FIVE TIMES MORE MONEY
ON A MILE OF TRACK IN NEW YORK
THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE
WORLD.
IT IS NOT BECAUSE PARIS DOES NOT
HAVE GOOD LABOR LAWS.
IT IS BECAUSE WE WASTE TOO MUCH.
I DO NOT THINK WE SHOULD PAY ONE
DOLLAR MORE TO THE MTA UNTIL YOU
GET THE SAVINGS NECESSARY.
YOU CANNOT EXPECT PEOPLE TO GO
BACK INTO YOUR POCKETS AND SPEND
MORE MONEY KNOWING YOU'RE NOT
GETTING WHAT YOU PAY FOR IN
RETURN.
IT DEMANDS OWNERSHIP.
IT DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT DEMANDS REFORM TO THE LABOR
RULES AND FOCUS ON THE
PRIORITIES OF MAKING THE SYSTEM
WORK.
I SUSPECT IF I WIN ON TUESDAY, I
WILL BE GIVEN ONE OPPORTUNITY TO
GET THIS RIGHT.
ONE CHANCE.
IT WILL BE A POLITICAL
EARTHQUAKE.
I WILL SPENT EVERY DAY OF THE
FOUR YEARS I HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO
FIX THE PROBLEMS THAT FACE US.
IT MEANS FIXING MEDICAID AND
SOCIAL SERVICES SO THAT THOSE
RELY ON IT GET HELP AND MAKING
THE SYSTEM, THE MTA SYSTEM
FUNCTION.
HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE.
I AM THE ONLY PERSON WHO IS
GOING TO SAY -- I WANT YOU TO
JUDGE ME ON THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
SOMEONE ELSE WILL SAY -- ELECT
ME AND I WANT YOU TO JUDGE ME ON
THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU.
I AM TELLING YOU WE ARE GOING TO
FIX THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THE
SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING.
IT MEANS ESTABLISHING THOSE
OUTCOMES, MEASURING THE SUCCESS
AND HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE
AND IT STARTS WITH LEADERSHIP OF
THE MTA.
AND GETTING THE POLITICAL
DECISION-MAKING OUT OF WHAT
SHOULD BE A TRANSIT
DECISION-MAKING.
THIS LADY HAS A QUESTION.
I AM SORRY.
I'M SUPPOSED TO TELL YOU -- I
THOUGHT RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR
MEANT PRESENTING POLICIES SO ON
OUR WEBSITE, YOU CAN VISIT AND
SEE OUR CORRUPTION PLAN, OUR
VETERANS PLAN, OUR DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES PLAN AND SEE THE
ONE WE ARE RELEASING TODAY THAT
FOCUSES ON CREATING JOB
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE STATE.
IT FOCUSES NOT ON CUTTING CHECKS
BUT EMPOWERING PEOPLE.
THIS LADY SEEMED INTERESTED
IN ASKING QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS JILLIAN.
I AM A FELLOW OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
MY QUESTION IS -- WHAT WILL YOU
DO TO PROTECT THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK?
ESPECIALLY TRANS AND GENDER
NONCONFIRMING NEW YORKERS?
>> NO MATTER WHAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DOES, I WILL
ENFORCE THE CONSTITUTION AND
AND THE PROTECTION OF EVERYONE'S
INDIVIDUAL CIVIL LIBERTIES.
I WOULD WORK WITH THE STATE
LEGISLATURE TO INSURE WE HAVE
STATE POLICY THAT PROTECTS
ANYONE REGARDLESS OF
EXPRESSION,
IDENTITY OR WHO THEY LOVE AND
FOR HOW LONG THEY HAVE LOVED
THEM.
IT IS A CIVIL RIGHT.
IT OUGHT TO BE PROTECTED.
TELLING YOU I BELIEVE THE
CONSTITUTION PROVIDES THOSE
BENEFITS, I WOULD WORK WITH THE
LEGISLATURE TO PROTECT THOSE
REGARDLESS OF EXPRESSION.
IT IS NOT UP TO ME TO JUDGE HOW
ONE WISHES TO LIVE THEIR LIFE.
IT IS UP TO ME TO ENSURE THE
LAWS OF NEW YORK PROTECT THEM.
THAT IS MY COMMITMENT.
SINCE WE ARE BEING CANDID, I
HAVE EVOLVED OVER TIME.
BEING A DAD, BEING A HUSBAND,
BEING A FAILED FATHER CHANGES
THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THINGS.
I DID VOTE AGAINST SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE THE LAST YEAR IT WAS
VOTED ON.
IT WAS MY OPINION OF THE TIME
BUT THE DAY IT BECAME LAW WAS
THE DATE I CELEBRATED IT IS A
CIVIL RIGHT BECAUSE THAT IS THE
WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
LAW WAS CHANGED AND WE
PROTECT IT.
FAST FORWARD TODAY.
I KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT WE ENSURE
PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY
LOVE OR HOW THEY WISH TO EXPRESS
THEMSELVES HAVE PROTECTION UNDER
THE LAW.
IN MY COUNTY,
WE REESTABLISHED
OUR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
WE TALK.
WE HAVE THESE THINGS CALLED 100
CUPS OF COFFEE.
IT IS A TRAINING MODEL.
WE GO FROM COMMUNITY TO
COMMUNITY TO TALK OVER COFFEE.
WE TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGING
ISSUES LIKE ANTI-SEMITISM ON THE
RISE, LIKE HATRED WE SEE, LIKE
HOW WE TREAT THOSE WHO MIGHT
EXPRESS THEMSELVES OR HAVE A
DIFFERENT GENDER IDENTITY.
WE TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS
BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH THAT
DIALOGUE AND THAT CONVERSATION
THAT WE BEGIN TO GAIN AND GROW
RESPECT AND WITH THAT RESPECT WE
MAKE SURE LAWS ARE THERE TO
PROTECT ONE ANOTHER AND HAVE A
GREATER APPRECIATION.
WHEN HATRED REARS ITS HEAD,
HAVING A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH ONE ANOTHER HELPS US GET
THROUGH THOSE MOMENTS OF
DIFFICULT TIMES.
YOU WOULD HAVE THE PROTECTION.
I WOULD SEEK AND WORK WITH THE
LEGISLATURE TO ENFORCE THE
CONSTITUTION IN NEW YORK AND TO
ENSURE WE HAVE LAWS REGARDLESS
OF WHAT WASHINGTON DOES, THAT WE
HAVE LAWS IN NEW YORK TO PROTECT
EVERYONE NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE
OR WHO THEY LOVE.
DO YOU WANT TO ASK ME ABOUT
THE CENSUS?
>> YOU TALK ABOUT HELPING
DISABLED NEW YORKERS.
CAN YOU SAY WHAT LEGISLATION
HELPS FAMILIES IN NEED?
>> I WOULD APPOINT A
DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES TO BE
AN ADVOCATE TO MAKE SURE THE
STATE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE SO
THE AGENCIES WE PROVIDE THOSE
WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
ARE BETTER INTEGRATED, BETTER
ADVOCATED AND MORE ACCESSIBLE.
SECOND, CREATE A SINGLE POINT OF
CONTACT.
THE INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED TO
ACCESS THOSE SERVICES DO NOT
NEED TO GO TO THE 17 SEPARATE
AGENCIES BUT HAVE ONE POINT OF
CONTACT THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO
NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM AT A TIME
CONVENIENT FOR THEM AS OPPOSED
TO WAITING AND CALLING STATE
GOVERNMENT.
STATE GOVERNMENT TAKING OVER
MEDICAID COSTS IN NEW YORK, WHAT
THAT MEANS IS THAT THERE ARE 57
SEPARATE AGENCIES THAT ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING
SERVICES.
MEDICAID IS THE LARGEST SERVICE
OFFERED FOR THOSE WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
I WANT THE STATE TO TAKE
OWNERSHIP SO WE CAN BETTER
PROVIDE SERVICES.
I WANT TO INTEGRATE SPECIAL
EDUCATION IN GENERAL-ED.
MY SON WALKS INTO PUBLIC
EDUCATION.
MY DAUGHTER HAS TO SIGN UP FOR
EARLY INTERVENTION THROUGH
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SEPTIC
TANKS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL.
I WANT TO MOVE SPECIAL EDUCATION
INTO AN EDUCATION SYSTEM, SO
INTEGRATE THE TWO SO WE DO NOT
HAVE A SEPARATE SYSTEM OF
EDUCATION.
BY DOING THAT, WE WILL
INTEGRATE DELIVERY EDUCATION
SERVICES AND ENSURE THOSE
THAT NEED SPECIAL ED AND THOSE
IN GENERAL ED HAVE AN
INTEGRATED RELATIONSHIP.
I OFFER WE WOULD CREATE A PERSON
IN STATE GOVERNMENT TO HELP
PEOPLE NAVIGATE SPECIAL ED
SERVICES SO THERE IS LESS COMBAT
FOR THOSE SERVICES AND WITHOUT
BORING YOU, THE LAST THING I
WOULD DO IS SUE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
WHY?
BECAUSE WHEN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTED ITS
COMMITMENT TO SPECIAL ED,
IT ALSO COMMITTED
TO FUNDING A LARGER
PERCENTAGE OF SPECIAL ED THAN WE
EVER HAVE TODAY.
THAT IS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT
SHOULD GO ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO
SPECIAL EDUCATION AND IS NOT.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS
WE HAVE ALLOWED THE
VIOLATION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES.
WE HAVE CREATED A SEPARATE AND
UNEQUAL SYSTEM AND IF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WANT
TO PAY, I WILL LITIGATE.
IT IS IMPORTANT WE GET RESOURCES
INTO SCHOOLS, NEW YORK CITY AND
OTHERWISE TO PROVIDE SPECIAL
EDUCATION SERVICES.
WHAT I WOULD OFFER IS AS MUCH AS
I THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE, WE
NEED TO CREATE WITHIN A HOUSING
COMMUNITY RENEWAL.
I WOULD NOT POINT TO A SPECIFIC
PIECE OF LEGISLATION AS MUCH AS
I WOULD SAY WE WOULD FOCUS ON A
CHANGE, OF REALLY CHANGING THE
WAY IN WHICH WE DELIVER SERVICES
THAT ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF
ABILITY OF ACCESS TO THE SUPPORT
THEY NEED AND
WE CREATE THE HIGHEST
LEVEL OF INTEGRATION POSSIBLE.
I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT I SAID
WHEN I STARTED AND THAT IS
SIMPLY, AS I REFERENCED BOBBY
KENNEDY, IT IS INTOLERANCE
THAT HURTS US THE MOST.
WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING
ABOUT THE FINAL DAY AND WE
SHOULD.
THE FINAL DAY WAS THIS WEEKEND.
WHEN INDIVIDUALS LOST THEIR
LIVES AND WE GOT TO SPEAK ABOUT
THAT.
WE HAVE TO MOURN THAT AND STAND
IN SOLIDARITY AGAINST THAT.
WE OUGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT
THE FIRST DAY.
WHAT CHANGED THAT PERSON?
WHAT INFECTED THAT PERSON?
WHAT MADE THAT PERSON BELIEVE
HATRED WAS ACCEPTABLE?
WHAT MADE THEM THINK THAT
VIOLENCE WAS THE WAY TO ACT AND
AS A SOCIETY, IF WE FOCUS ON THE
FIRST DAY, EDUCATION,
PREVENTION, IF WE FOCUS ON
TOLERANCE AND ACCEPTANCE, IF WE
SAY TO PEOPLE LOVE IS A POWERFUL
TOOL AND OUGHT TO BE EMBRACED
AND TALK ABOUT IT IN AN OPEN
WAY, WE COULD PREVENT THESE
THINGS FROM HAPPENING INSTEAD OF
SPENDING EVERYDAY MOURNING
AFTER THEY OCCUR.
THAT IS THE CHALLENGE.
IT IS TO DECIDE FOR OURSELVES TO
ACT FOR OURSELVES IN A WAY THAT
IS LOVING, COMPASSIONATE AND
ACCEPTING.
THAT MEANS WE AS LEADERS OUGHT
TO STOP POINTING A FINGER AND
INSTEAD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
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