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going to create more turmoil and in these communities by by already the mayor bombarded by the mayor's request at this point i'm saying there there is a request for you to appoint alphonso felder to the to the mta board and he's a good guy. i worked with him when they planned out that they have traffic and transportation around oracle park which was which was pac bell at the time . he's a good guy. but the thing is is that is that is replacing a vacancy and we're not replacing a vacancy here. we're letting someone serve out their term who represents people who don't feel represented. >> thank you. thank you barry for all right, everyone hold your comments. >> welcome. >> good afternoon everyone. my name is chemistry. my office and i pretty much consider myself resigned from public speaking in public life . but i was at home in the middle of a final exam and because i love education and listening to this meeting and i had to get up and do a few things number one just put on some different clothes. and number two, going print out something and look up a date november 5th, 2003 when the c

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mayor bowser: i'm not. this is why i say that.our system worked the way it was supposed to in both of the cases you mentioned. we have, and i actually authored when i was a member of the council, a pretty comprehensive and wide-ranging ethics reform law that allows the council to expel a member of the type of conduct that the indictment indicates. that hadn't been the case 10 years before that. we would have had an official linger until the criminal justice process had run its course. so, we have very, very high standards for conduct. i am proud to lead an incredible workforce of -- this workforce has stood up for d.c.. during covid. during snowstorms. in january we had three national special security events. two snowstorms. we had an inaugural ceremony that change the thursday before the monday of the inauguration. so, all of these activities were supported by public servants. our public servants, especially our police department, have also led to a historic decrease in crime that we experienced in 2024. the previous year had bee

he's the mayor. he's a millionaire or he's here. >> but the way people was talking back there comparing him to a trump type of administration now the police department i was i'm known for going to the police department commissioners for years. i never met this commissioner but he seems like a people's person and i'm not clear understanding why the mayor wants to remove this jim and it must be some politics behind the politics are full of tricks. makes you turn to a lunatic but i don't know what's going on. but the mayor i wish you would consider is you're removing because you got so much support for this gentleman here. it seems like we team you up against trump and i know you're not a trump sister but you a millionaire. but i do believe you have passion in your heart so i would suggest that you recommend and suggest that you repass this and just turn it back over to him and let the man stay in his position. i think he's doing a wonderful job now i haven't been to the police commissioners so far but

he's the mayor. he's a millionaire or he's here. >> but the way people was talking back there comparing him to a trump type of administration now the police department i was i'm known for going to the police department commissioners for years. i never met this commissioner but he seems like a people's person and i'm not clear understanding why the mayor wants to remove this jim and it must be some politics behind the politics are full of tricks. makes you turn to a lunatic but i don't know what's going on. but the mayor i wish you would consider is you're removing because you got so much support for this gentleman here. it seems like we team you up against trump and i know you're not a trump sister but you a millionaire. but i do believe you have passion in your heart so i would suggest that you recommend and suggest that you repass this and just turn it back over to him and let the man stay in his position. i think he's doing a wonderful job now i haven't been to the police commissioners so far but

the mayor. so this budget process kind of will span to mayoral administrations and these are the instructions that carry out those priorities. so of course it's a 15% cut. that's what we must propose. we have to come up with a way to meet that. >> we do not grant to community based organizations so that's not an issue for us. >> we have very few contracts but we of course did review that and try and find savings. like i mentioned, there is a hiring freeze. and then some other instructions that are relevant. the mayor has told departments to cut our least effective programs in order to find savings and to try to allocate resources in the most impactful and most effective programs also to improve operational efficiency in how we deliver services and how we report and especially to maintain public facing services and operations. so where possible to reduce things that are internal to the city so that the public in san francisco does not feel as much of a reduction in the services that they're recei

the mayor dared them to do that. >> the mayor and then they did. >> the mayor is the one who said, send you how to do it. unfortunately, fear mongering works, and the mayor has been a part of that. i can show you some polls and history that have polled well for some pretty bad policies. >> do you. >> think it's just fear mongering? >> so the answer is yes. if you're asking if there's some problems, there absolutely are. and we have to address them. >> isn't there a. resentment that's building in some parts of the city that. >> absolutely. >> immigrants are getting a lot of help that that city residents. >> this is this is this is absolutely true. and unfortunately, we have the mayor's posture and the posture, what actually is happening. so if the mayor tells you i spent $7 billion on them and i could have spent it on you, you're going to be angry. yeah. but if i say to you that's $7 billion was always here. just like we said, to provide the services that you need. so you should be asking the mayor, why don't you ever spend that $7 billion on me? but you shouldn't blame the migrants for

the mayor. so this budget process kind of will span to mayoral administrations and these are the instructions that carry out those priorities. so of course it's a 15% cut. that's what we must propose. we have to come up with a way to meet that. >> we do not grant to community based organizations so that's not an issue for us. >> we have very few contracts but we of course did review that and try and find savings. like i mentioned, there is a hiring freeze. and then some other instructions that are relevant. the mayor has told departments to cut our least effective programs in order to find savings and to try to allocate resources in the most impactful and most effective programs also to improve operational efficiency in how we deliver services and how we report and especially to maintain public facing services and operations. so where possible to reduce things that are internal to the city so that the public in san francisco does not feel as much of a reduction in the services that they're recei

we don't call andrew yang mayor. we call eric adams mayor. never give up. but you know what? i'm sitting on your couch with friends. >> steve: talking about the new alliance between ice and adams. thank you very much for coming. >> thank you. alliance was never -- >> brian: up early anyway. >> if he doesn't com

just one mayor. had a consideration submitted late because of the approach of being able to refine it, before submitting to the mayor. once it is at the mayor's office that is it is the mayor's budget. so -- as the commission that was put in place by the people to be able to reflect the people's interests. it would seem that when we talk about budget changes and deficits -- that the commission have an opportunity to try to -- reflect and work with the department to see what could be our best budget that we submit to the mayor's office. and that's when i'm looking at whether or not if -- the february third hearing becomes -- well, brings up substantial, that there be schedule another meeting to come back with response its this so we feel comfortable about when we submit. >> thank you. i'm asking -- what your consideration is. i did submit this to you can you think about it. >> absolutely. commissioner chow. i apologize if i missed hiting question on the presentation. we need your approval of our submi

i want to thank the mayor for looking for this legislation. this is real. this is god's real movement. >> he's running through this brother right here. so let me get straight to it. i was a drug dealer on sixth street, daniel lord. >> i was a drug dealing entail i probably sold some dope to sony y'all but let me get straight to it. you know how they say don't hate the player, hate the gang ? well, you know what i'm i hate to play it because this ain't no game no more. this is real, y'all. you got people out here who look like it's the night of the living dead. we got two people out there who is the walking dead and it cold poor about it. it's the folks in our people we work with the kids and when the kids got to see needles and people bent over half dead we not having dan this a responsibility we got to ask people that's why i shouted out number one the people for harbor lights man you guys are standing tall represented our right to choose barbecue over mildew any time i'm talking about life over death you ain't got to just be getting high. >> it's everybod

i want to say thank you to the mayor for her leadership.matters in moments of crisis and demonstrated here by cher elle parker here. and everybody working together with common purpose. there are no silos or fights, instead everyone is joining forces together. i want to lift up those state resources that have been here in northeast philadelphia working around the clock and i want to thank the mayor for referencing them and the commissioner, your outstanding police commissioner, and christopher harris, the state police, and roughly 50 members of the state police from troops k and m and we thank them for their work here. pema, the pennsylvania emergency management authority was been on the ground since last night under the directorship of randy patfield, who was here last night, and making sure that philadelphians have the resources they need. pema and the state police are no stranger to tragedies and we'll bring our expertise to working locally on the ground. since last night i've been in communication, with secretary duffy if we need additio

throw those charges at that mayor again.al mayor. and according to the polls, they do not want eric adams to be their mayor anymore either. the governor of new york has only the theoretical power to remove the mayor of new york from office. it has remained a theoretical power for 235 years, because no governor has ever tried to use it. the governor would have to initiate a hearing where the governor would have to sit as a judge for every minute of that hearing, while the governor was also serving as the prosecutor for every minute of that hearing, presenting the evidence against eric adams. and in the end of that hearing, whenever that might be, because eric adams is allowed to call as many witnesses as he wants. at the end of that hearing, the governor alone would serve as the jury in that hearing, rendering the final verdict on whether to remove the mayor. and all of that could end up being a subject of a legal appeal to the courts, and the mayor could take that appeal all the way to the united states supreme court. that c

mayor breed and now mayor laurie do you do these provide you with enough flexibility in managing this department and its budget? >> in other words, i'm a little surprised that you've been told, you know, freeze contracts, no new hiring this and that and not just you need to cut 15% from your budget. go figure out how to do it and present me new mr. mayor with what you're proposing it just are you pushing back at all? is there room to move and say just we'll we'll cut our budget 15% but but but don't tell us how to do it. >> we know how to run this department. we know where we may have to make some painful cuts instead of just no you know, no new hiring contracts. i mean that to me it just seems like a meat ax approach that should not be taken. >> i will take a crack at responding to that. >> so i think i just want to be clear that the instructions were citywide instructions and not specific to public works. they also did provide it's kind of an exception process. >> so i think that the clear message is that the city needs to address the structural deficit that dramatic slide that show

he's running for mayor.ams, lander urged him to present a clear contingency plan for how to manage the city and stabilize his administration, or he'll convene a panel that could remove him from office. mr. lander, thank you so much for being here. how would that work? because it seems to me that the governor has certain powers of removal. does this panel have the same potential powers? >> so. >> of course, what we want is for the mayor to articulate how he can govern the city when he's already compromised by the president. and now, without the four key deputy mayors that supervise the police, the fire department, homeless services. there's going to be a snowstorm thursday. even the sanitation department, the new york city charter, has what's called a committee on mayoral inability. and if four out of five individuals on that committee conclude that the mayor is unable to perform the duties that the city charter assigns him, then they together can sign a form that goes to the city council. the council has thr

went out and the new mayor came in and a lot of us came in under the old mayor and so so we could get on the same page i don't know about you guys. >> it's kind of uneasy knowing that we have a shift of change so let's get on the same page. so if possible we could sit down and have a sit down with the mayor and his administration and possibly some of the board of supervisors to yes and we have done that in the past. >> member jackson so i agree. >> any additional future agenda items and then i just wanna remind the committee we'll also do a vote to excuse absences after this from member martinez i would just like to underscore something that member freedom park has asked for previously it would be very helpful for this committee to have a better understanding of the housing authority and what's happening if we don't fund them they don't fund us but we obviously are working in the same venues and so i just want us to try to keep fitting them in however we might. >> yes, i agree with that member walton. we've been asking for them to come here for for quite some time, especially with reg

the mayor is so deeply compromised. mayor adams has now agreed to let ice agents on rikers island and into nypd intelligence briefings. it came just days after a justice department memo that ordered his case be dismissed. but with the possibility it could be brought back acting u.s. attorney daniel sassoon resigned thursday night saying this all appears to be part of a quid pro quo. she alleges adams attorney repeatedly promised cooperation on immigration in exchange for the trump justice department. moving to make the charges go away. then a wave of additional federal prosecutors also resigned, all refusing to dismiss the case against adams, which they described as solid appearing friday morning on fox news with white house border czar tom homan. mayor adams as going after violent criminals in the country illegally is just the right thing to do. and neither he nor his attorney ever made any illegal promises. it took a 3 weeks to report in a criminal action. come on. this is but during the same sit down, there was eyebr

first new york city mayor to get hit with federal charges. it's the mayor of the nation's.argest city under indictment. but the charges themselves were, like pretty straightforward corruption charges. you know, local politician charged with accepting money. he's not legally allowed to accept. and in some cases, he's charged with allegedly doing official favors in exchange for that money. it's kind of a bread and butter public corruption charge. this is the kind of thing that u.s. attorneys office all over the country investigate and prosecute all the time. prosecutors in s.d.n.y indicted eric adams in september. mayor adams vowed to stay in office, vowed to fight the charges. he was given a trial date of this spring, april of this year, to have his day in court. but then donald trump was sworn in as president. and this week, donald trump's justice department ordered the federal prosecutors in s.d.n.y to drop their case against adams to drop the charges, not because they said they had some new evidence vindicating adams, but because, according to the new trump appointees at

mayor adams's counsel and members of my office.ayor adams's attorneys repeatedly urged what amounted to a quid pro quo, indicating that adams would be in a position to assist with the department's enforcement priorities only if the indictment were dismissed. mr. bovÉ admonished a member of my team who took notes during that meeting and directed the collection of those notes at the meeting's conclusion. and finally, there's this quote. as you know, our office is prepared to seek a superseding indictment from a new grand jury. under my leadership, we've proposed a superseding indictment that would add an obstruction conspiracy count based on evidence that mayor adams destroyed and instructed others to destroy evidence and provide false information to the fbi. and that would add further factual allegations regarding his participation in a fraudulent straw donor scheme. so she's like, no, we're not dropping this. also, you want to talk about this quid pro quo thing and check my footnote in terms of your behavior here. but also we have

the mayor of new york city is eric adams. he's a democrat. he's elected in 2021 the people of new york who elected adams largely on his his tough on crime platform, would soon learn that federal prosecutors at s.d.n.y in the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york. federal prosecutors started investigating him in 2021, even before he took office, because they were looking into what appeared to be serious irregularities in his campaign. fundraising. within a couple of years, the fbi was searching the homes and offices of the mayor's fundraising chief and his top staffers. and this past september, eric adams became the first sitting mayor of new york city to ever be charged with federal crimes. he was indicted on a whole raft of charges involving allegedly fraudulent campaign contributions. also, a rip snorting alleged bribery scheme in which he allegedly took campaign funds and gifts, and luxury travel from agents of the government of turkey in exchange for doing favors for the government of turkey. and obviously, this was

i want to continue now with mayor of new york, former mayor of new york, bill de blasio. mayor, thank you so much for joining us. what's your reaction to this, given some of the commentary that this case presented as week initially, did you share that view? >> oh, absolutely, laura. i mean, i felt instantly it was week. and when i read the whole indictment, i was shocked that it ever got to the point. it did. look, i want to emphasize that clip you showed to donald trump. i was at that dinner, the al smith dinner, and he said what he said about eric adams. and then he went on to rather strongly attack me. and so i am no apologist for donald trump, to say the least. but i also think it's fair to say we should objectively look at the facts when a prosecution brings a case. if the charges are weak, um, we should not defer instantly to the voice of prosecutors any more than we should any other part of the government or the private sector or anything. i looked at that case and i said something. something doesn't add up here. i don't necessarily assume it was because of anythin

quote, he's the pinocchio mayor. beyond big city politics, there are also big corruption concerns rattling our constitutional democracy. in an op ed for the free press, former trump ally and former new jersey governor chris christie argues congress and the courts need to assert themselves. writing, quote, weaponization of the law is wrong, not just some of the time, but all of the time. i have always believed and said repeatedly it was wrong when the manhattan district attorney's office did it in the criminal case it brought against president trump. it is just as wrong here when it appears to be used as both an inducement and a cudgel to enforce other administration policy goals. let's figure out what's going on right now inside that courtroom. joining us outside of the courthouse, new york city. the courthouse in new york city. nbc news correspondent rehema ellis, also outside of the courthouse. if i can talk to a criminal defense attorney and former manhattan prosecutor duncan levin and the president of the nationa

new mayor is on his way. however, in lieu of the new mayor, we want to welcome up honorary mayor.ing up our forever mayor of china town. the only mayor has his family association the brown family association. and we want to bring up one of his nemesis now friend our longest standing supervisor. give a big round for willie brown and our former supervisor for 27-60 years aaron peskin. >> this is obviously not the first time we have been together here to commence the chinese new years. over the last 17 years we have done this together. weeen done it beyond that when we done other things including the chinese hospitals famous golf tournament for some 25 or more years. all of that is per of what make this is a very special occasion and a special city with the collection of special people of so, happy new year to each and every one of you! now mr. peskin. [laughter] so on behalf of the legacy read old elected officials let me translate for mayor brown. what he wants to say is -- happy new year everybody from your legacy elected officials >> thank you, mayor brown and president peskin we

the judge then said, you said mayor. she's the former mayor. now, last month, sheng thao and her co-defendants did appear in federal court to plead not guilty to charges of bribery, conspiracy and mail and wire fraud. prosecutors allege that tao and her partner, andre jones, used her influence as mayor in a bribery scheme and with the dogs. now in court records, prosecutors have revealed text messages exchanged between andy dong and a coconspirator weeks ahead of the november mayoral election back in 2022, promising tao would buy 100 modular housing units from a company run by the dongs. the federal government alleges the duos funded a negative mailers campaign attacking tao's political rivals one week before that 2022 election, in which tao was elected mayor of oakland. last month, tao's attorney denied all charges against his client, saying that the indictment lacks evidence. the mayor looks forward to defending herself against these charges, showing that there is in fact no evidence to support these charges, and we will look forward to doing

mayors have all resigned underneath him. was indicted, now when it seems like he's with trump on illegal immigration. what are your thoughts where this is heading? >> kellyanne: the four deputies did not resign when he was indicted or the city was on fire or when others were fleeing because of how over taxed the city has become. they did not resign when a woman was lit on fire. they did not resign when our beautiful new york city hotels have become migrant homes to tune of billions of dollars of our money. they did not resign when a new york city child was plucked from their death for a migrant child. complying with immigration law, listening to tom homan and donald trump tell you it is against the law to be harboring migrants, and they could be prosecuted for that. kathy hochul, this is a political thing. it is true governor of new york has authority to take out the mayor of new york, but it has never been done. she may lose her primary. she has been anti-fracking, over regulating, done nothing measurably good for the state

i'm going to be the mayor. happy black history month. >> former new york prosecutor refused to drop the charges and quit. she accused adams and the president of making a corrupt deal, quid quo pro, trump dropping charges in return for adams carrying out immigration orders. the mayors he knew nothing about this. growing number of local officials in new york city calling on adams to resign. "new york post" called governor kathy hochul a frayedy cat saying she must have courage the paper says to stand up to progressives and not boot mayor adams from office. the governor held meetings and said she will wait for the ruling to determine if she has power to remove adams from office, she has power to remove the mayor, right now that seems unlikely, we'll see what happens here at federal court. >> brian: there is no procedure, if kathy hochuls i want adams out, that is just the beginning. it could go to court, unclear how this would proceed and why, knowing there is a primary in june, how would it behoove her to do this

that's the mayor. let's bring in rodney fong, now the president of san francisco's chamber of commerce. rodney, nice to have you back on the program. so we talk about improvement from last year. that's great. but still, the majority of san franciscans don't think the city is going in the right direction. how do you interpret this poll? well, you know, we've been taking this poll for 36 consecutive years, and the last couple of years we were trending in the right direction, finally asking the same question that you just went over. i think that that san francisco is really in the right direction, both locals, but also tourism. tourists that visit the city have a sense of renewed energy for the city. mayor lurie has really said that it's a brand new day in san francisco. you're starting to see those businesses reopen. you're starting to see larger companies take office space. you're seeing an office to residential conversion happening legislatively. so there are a number of different things that people ha

i know mayor lure sefocussed on that. one way i think that -- we might should be explored by the appropriate departments is to see whether there are other ways to support the hire and retention of the critical workers we need clinicians, health workers in the city. by providing housing. or other day care. something this takes away. thank you for the work and wishingut best and look forward to hearing how you will solve our problems. >> if there are no other comment wes need a motion to approve this proposal. is there a motion. >> move approval >> second. all in favor, >> aye. >> thank you. again and thank you everyone all members of opinion for shirring your time and coming forward we are very appreciative. so. thanks so much. the next item on the agenda is community input regarding the process for hiring the director of health. as many of you know grant colfact resign third degree month as director of health. and in match we'll honor him with a resolution acknowledge the impact of his leadership on the dph and the san fr

the mayor is so deeply compromised. mayor adams has now agreed to let ice agents on rikers island and into nypd intelligence briefings. it came just days after a justice department memo that ordered his case be dismissed. but with the possibility it could be brought back acting u.s. attorney daniel sassoon resigned thursday night saying this all appears to be part of a quid pro quo. she alleges adams attorney repeatedly promised cooperation on immigration in exchange for the trump justice department. moving to make the charges go away. then a wave of additional federal prosecutors also resigned, all refusing to dismiss the case against adams, which they described as solid appearing friday morning on fox news with white house border czar tom homan. mayor adams as going after violent criminals in the country illegally is just the right thing to do. and neither he nor his attorney ever made any illegal promises. it took a 3 weeks to report in a criminal action. come on. this is but during the same sit down, there was eyebr

the mayor of the city of new york can do.f a question here as to just how helpful the mayor could be. could that be a line of inquiry for the judge? well we'll see. >> meanwhile, new. >> york governor hochul. >> is considering whether to remove mayor adams from office. she has that authority. what is she weighing? >> yesterday, she held a series of. >> meetings to. >> talk with. >> local elected officials. >> and al. >> sharpton about. the mayor's future. >> and she's. >> trying to. >> decide she's. >> really weighing. >> i have. >> this power, but. >> i should only use it in the most. >> you know. >> difficult circumstances. >> because the people of new york city. >> elected the mayor. >> and how our elected. >> officials feeling about whether the mayor. >> can govern. the city. >> it seems like. she had stayed with him through the federal. >> indictment. but the resignation. >> of those four deputy mayors. >> was concerning to her. >> she was. >> glad that they were there at city hall, sort of keeping the city on track. >>