Day 97

Day 12
CORONAVIRUS
Medical issue
Public health issue
Economic issue
 Mainly
Social issue
Changing
Monumental
undertaking
 Social change comes from
communication of the facts,
a plan forward and
motivated citizenry.
 I showed people the
death and hospitalization numbers
every day.
And a plan to go forward.
In the case of the social unrest, people
have seen the Mr. Floyd murder
and are seeing
what is going on on our streets.
Facts matter.
Of course police must
protect public safety &
protect themselves.
But there are also cases
of police abuse and
abuse of power.
the breaking point,
Society must be aware and say:
The abuse must stop.
We must change.
New York leads the way.
 Say Their Name
Rodney King (Los Angeles, 1991)
Malice Green (Detroit, 1992)
Abner Louima (NYC, 1997)
Amadou Diallo (NYC, 1999)
Sean Bell (NYC, 2006)
Oscar Grant (Oakland, 2009)
Trayvon Martin (Sanford, FL, 2012)
Eric Garner (NYC, 2014)
Michael Brown (Ferguson, MO, 2014)
Tamir Rice (Cleveland, OH 2014)
Laquan McDonald (Chicago, 2014)
Walter Scott (N. Charleston, SC, 2015)
Freddie Gray (Baltimore, 2015)
Philando Castile (Falcon Heights, MN, 2016)
Antwon Rose Jr. (Pittsburgh, 2018)
Ahmaud Arbery (Glynn County, GA, 2020)
Breonna Taylor (Louisville, KY, 2020)
George Floyd (Minneapolis, 2020)
 4 Cornerstones
• Transparency of prior disciplinary
records 50-a
• No chokeholds
• False race-based 911 report should be a hate crime
• Attorney General as independent prosecutor for
police murders
 Stopping police abuse vindicates the
overwhelming majority of good police.
Trust.
 Heal the
police community relationship,
which must happen.
 For the sake of the
police and community.
 In this
politically partisan,
racially charged
the day.
Must hold two truths:
COVID-19 never a question of:
Public The
OR
Health Economy

BOTH
 Not a question of:
Public Safety OR Civil Rights
Police Safety OR Protestor Safety
BOTH
Can we change societal behavior?
 Can we have a
new societal awareness?
Can we change our behavior to
respect one another?
Yes!
We just did!
In a fundamental way!
 Number of COVID deaths
yesterday:
42
New low
Down from 800 just 8 weeks ago.
 Number of Lives Lost
May 30: 56
May 31: 54
June 1: 58
June 2: 49
June 3: 52
June 4: 42
(32 in Hospitals, 10 in Nursing Homes)
 Total Hospitalizations
18,654 18,825
18,569 18,697
18,279 18,707 18,335
18,079 17,735
17,493 17,316
16,967
16,837
16,103
16,479
16,213 16,044
15,905
15,599
14,810 15,021
14,258
13,383 13,524
12,819
12,839 12,646
12,226 12,159
11,598
10,929 10,993
9,786
10,350 9,647
9,600
9,517 9,179
8,665
8,503 8,196 7,226
7,776 7,063
7,328 7,262 6,946 6,394
6,706 6,220 5,818
6,481 5,897 5,570
5,840 5,187
5,327 4,844 4,393 4,208
4,642 4,348 4,010
4,079 4,265 3,781 3,436
3,619 3,331 2,978
3,343 3,121 2,849
2,629 2,728
2,043
1,406
1,042
496 617
326

March 16 June 4
Change comes when
times are right,
people are focused,
and leadership works.
 Civil Rights Act
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Environmental Movement Storm King
LGBTQ Rights Movement Stonewall
Coronavirus crisis
This is the moment.
New York will lead.
NEW YORK TOUGH
SMART
UNITED
DISCIPLINED
LOVING