[applause] no matter what you read about reubin, we work together on an awful lot of things and it's also a great pleasure to be here , gouveneur campus. in case you don't recall your history he was a founding father of this country from this section of the bronx, hence morrisania and is credited with drafting much of the constitution and putting the phrase that still defines the spirit of our great nation: we've the people. and that's the spirit that has defined our work in new york city over the past decade and has allowed us to accomplish great things. for instance, and 2011, we said we would fight to make marriage equality a reality across the state and thanks to the leadership of governor cuomo and both parties of the legislature and the hard work of my chief policy advisor, we did that. [applause] today new yorkers are free to marry the person they love. in 2012 we said we would work to bring taxi service to all five boroughs, and again, thanks to the governor and legislature, especially the bronx assemblyman carl hasty and also david yassky and michah lasher needed. [applause]

[applause] no matter what you read about reubin, we work together on an awful lot of things and it'seasure to be here , gouveneur campus. in case you don't recall your history he was a founding father of this country from this section of the bronx, hence morrisania and is credited with drafting much of the constitution and putting the phrase that still defines the spirit of our great nation: we've the people. and that's the spirit that has defined our work in new york city over the past decade and has allowed us to accomplish great things. for instance, and 2011, we said we would fight to make marriage equality a reality across the state and thanks to the leadership of governor cuomo and both parties of the legislature and the hard work of my chief policy advisor, we did that. [applause] today new yorkers are free to marry the person they love. in 2012 we said we would work to bring taxi service to all five boroughs, and again, thanks to the governor and legislature, especially the bronx assemblyman carl hasty and also david yassky and michah lasher needed. [applause] and in partners