today we commit to a new progressive direction in new york. nearly a century, ago, al smith waged war on unsafe working conditions and child labor. it was franklin roosevelt and francis perkins who led the charge. it was fiorella la guardia, enacted the bill on the city level, battled wall street and championed a progressive income pack. it was new yorkers who challenged the status quo. who blaze aid trail of progressive reform and political action. who took on the elite. who stood up to say that social and economic justice will start here and will start now. let me be clear. when i said i would take dead