. >> i wanted to s mend u aboutel pl -- to ask you about mendel plaza. the themes that is a hot spot for some kind of activity we may not want. or their ideas the you could share with us? >> we could speak for hours about it, it has been on the front burner. these suggestions are the same from the folks that we get at the opera house, those in various institutions along oakdale, george carver, all the same. they want the violence to stop, they want visible police presence. we're doing some plainclothes work. rodney fitzpatrick is out there every day and working in that area. supervisor cohen is working on this. malia an d [unintelligible] there are a whole number of suggestions. we have removed the benches, increasing lighting, working with dpw, public utilities, mta. everyone is working on making it safer. dbi, supervisor cohen is whispering in my ear. code abatement, issues with liquor stores. there is a multi-city department effort. we have the arts commission that i met with for an hour, suggesting what they are doing at the opera house and the plaza