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FOR JOINING US AT THE SITE OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IN NEW YORK AND ONE TO HAVE THE GREAT TREASURES OF NEW YORK CITY. LET ME FIRST INTRODUCE...
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| 00:05:53 |
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SAM. THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL INTROTUX. INTRODUCTION. I WANTED TO START THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT BY JUST READING A FEW PHOTOGRAPHS FROM MY INTRODUCTION AND...
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MY TURN? >> YOUR
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| 00:12:16 |
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TURN. [LAUGHTER] >>
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| 00:12:17 |
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FIRST, I WANT TO -- [APPLAUSE] FINISH FIRST, I WANT TO SAY TO SAM, SAM ROBERTS NOT WAS HE WAS SO NICE IN HIS INTRODUCTION OF THE TWO WITH OF US, BUT...
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| 00:21:36 |
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THANK YOU, ED. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOME OF -- AS SAM DID IN HIS INTRODUCTION -- SOME OF THE ENORMOUS DIFFICULTIES THAT MAYOR KOCH FACED WHEN HE TOOK...
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| 00:23:49 |
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7%. >>
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| 00:23:52 |
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7% OF -- >> [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] >> AND HE, HE WENT TO THE
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| 00:23:58 |
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WHITE HOUSE WHICH WAS THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION AT THAT POINT. THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION SAID, YOU'LL NEVER GET IT. BUT ED HAD COME FROM THE HOUSE...
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| 00:28:52 |
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TELL YOU. [LAUGHTER] I ACTUALLY HAD IN MY 12 YEARS 120 TOWN HALL MEETINGS. THERE ARE 59 PLANNING BOARD DISTRICTS IN THE CITY, AND I WENT TO MANY OF...
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| 00:38:29 |
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WRITING THE BOOK, I SAID TO ED, DID YOU KNOW THAT YOUR SECOND POLICE COMMISSIONER, BENJAMIN WARD, WHO WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLICE COMMISSIONER...
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| 00:38:46 |
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ACCENT. [LAUGHTER] >> ANYWAY, THE PROBLEM, BUT
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| 00:38:56 |
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THE PROBLEM IS AS YOU SAID, YOU TOOK THE HEAT. BUT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU FIX, WHEN YOU FIX THE PAVEMENT ON PARK AVENUE, YOU DON'T FIX THE PAVEMENT ON...
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| 00:39:16 |
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THE MONEY. >> -- BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE
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| 00:39:18 |
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THE MONEY, AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY YEAR AFTER YEAR, PEOPLE START TO GET
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| 00:39:22 |
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ANGRY. >> SURE. >> AND IT STARTS TO
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| 00:39:24 |
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MAKE YOU -- AND IT BECOMES A RACIALLY-DIVISIVE ISSUE. WHEN -- AND IT MAINTAINS THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE EL WITH THINK -- WEALTHY AND GARBAGE AND...
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| 00:40:22 |
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THAT BRIEFLY SO YOU CAN CONTINUE. THERE WERE CONSTANT ATTACKS. YOU'RE BALANCING THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF THE POOR. THAT WAS THE LINE. IN FACT, HORTON,...
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| 00:46:58 |
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WANT TO HEAR, OR IS IT A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOOKING AT THE SITUATION FROM THOSE NUMBERS AND THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN A VERY DIFFICULT CITY...
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| 00:47:41 |
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ENOUGH MONEY TO DO WHAT YOU AND I AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE LIVING IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONEMENT AND -- DONE. AND THERE NEVER WILL...
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| 00:48:16 |
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ON THE RAY HORTON THING. AS WITH MANY THINGS, I INTERVIEWED RAY HORTON FOR THE BE BOOK, AND SO BOTH VERSIONS OF THE STORY, ED'S ANDHIS, ARE IN THE...
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| 00:48:32 |
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IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I -- [LAUGHTER] >>
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| 00:48:35 |
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OH. >> WHAT DID
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HE SAY? >> I THINK HE SAID
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| 00:48:39 |
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IT'S NOT IN THE PRESS BE RELEASE, BUT TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP IN THE INDEX, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TIME TO DO THAT. [LAUGHTER]...
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| 00:48:50 |
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SAID TO ME, AND I DON'T THINK HE WOULD DENY IT, THAT WE DIDN'T PUT IT IN THE BOOK, WE PUT IT IN THE PRESS RELEASE. AND WHEN I ASKED HIM TO TELL THE...
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| 00:49:09 |
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SEE. WHERE SHOULD WE GO? [INAUDIBLE] >>
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| 00:49:17 |
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SURE. >> PROBABLY ONE OF THE
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| 00:49:22 |
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MOST DIFFICULT, ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT ED HAD TO MAKE WITH -- AND ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT AGENCIES TO HANDLE, AND THE ADMINISTRATION...
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| 00:52:17 |
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THAT WAS BEAM. >> UNDER
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| 00:52:22 |
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BEAM. AND SO OTHER MAYORS HAD KEPT THE HOSPITAL OPEN EVEN THOUGH THE QUALITY OF CARE THERE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES WAS NOT GREAT. AS ED WILL TELL YOU,...
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| 00:54:27 |
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PROMISE. >> TRUE. >> AND THE RESULT WAS
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| 00:54:30 |
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ENORMOUS, NOT ONLY ENORMOUS DEMONSTRATIONS AT THE TIME -- THERE WAS A SIT-IN IN THE HOSPITAL, THERE WERE BIG DEMONSTRATIONS AROUND THE HOSPITAL, AND...
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| 00:56:12 |
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CONDOS. >> OKAY. IT WAS A VERY PAINFUL MOMENT MANY TIME. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND -- MOMENT IN TIME. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT NEW YORK CITY THEN HAD...
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| 01:00:03 |
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FRED SAMUEL. >>
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| 01:00:04 |
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FRED SAMUEL. HE WAS A WONDERFUL MAN. HE'S NOW DEAD. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT TO HIM AND, OBVIOUSLY, HE WAS VERY NICE, BUT IT WAS A WOUND. OKAY. SO WE...
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| 01:02:23 |
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VERY EXPENSIVE. EVERY DAY BUT IT'S OCCUPIED OR NOT COSTS MONEY TO MAINTAIN. AND SEEBERGER WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE. HE WAS AT THIS...
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| 01:04:35 |
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ASKED ME A CLOSE FRIEND WHO LEFT DOWN AT THE END OF YOUR REGIME AND CAME BACK IN 2010, ASKED ME, WHAT CHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN NEW YORK IN TERMS...
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| 01:05:10 |
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NEW YORK CITY IS SO FAR AHEAD AND ANY OTHER CITY IN AMERICA AS IT RELATES TO COMING OUT OF RECESSIONS AND THEN ULTIMATELY ABLE TO RESUME WHERE IT WAS...
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| 01:11:47 |
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QUESTION. [INAUDIBLE] >> I'M ALSO DEATH,
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| 01:11:53 |
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PARTIALLY. >> I JUST WANT
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| 01:11:55 |
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TO TALK ABOUT THAT VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION WITH ELEANOR BUMPERS. YOU HANDLED IT WELL. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT. >>
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| 01:12:07 |
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ELEANOR BUMPERS SITUATION WAS SIMPLY THIS, THIS WAS A WOMAN WHO WAS BEHIND IN HER RENT, A RECLUSE PERCEIVED AS IN NEED OF MENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHO, RUMOR...
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| 01:14:12 |
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SOMEONE WHO NEEDED A GOOD DEAL OF HELP, AND YOU KNOW, THE BACKGROUND OF THE CASE I THINK WHAT IS REALLY TRAGIC. AND I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE...
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| 01:14:43 |
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REASON WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T USE ANOTHER METHOD TO REMOVE HER. I MEAN, THERE WERE SOME WHO SAID JUST LET HER STAY THERE. HOW DO YOU LET SOMEBODY STAY...
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| 01:15:38 |
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CURRENT PRACTICE IS. PROBABLY THAT'S WHAT IT IS. >> COULD YOU COMMENT ON
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| 01:15:45 |
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THE MAYOR HAVING A THIRD TERM AND EVERYTHING THAT -- >> I SUPPORTED
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| 01:15:50 |
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THAT. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, I WAS FORCED TERM LIMITS, BUT ALWAYS FOR 12 YEARS. AND I AM FOR THAT TODAY, BUT IT'S GOING TO REVERT BACK TO TWO TERMS....
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| 01:18:09 |
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THINK THE ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION, AND THAT'S IT. >> YOUR HONOR, YOU HAVE
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| 01:18:20 |
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A FAMOUS QUESTION THAT YOU'VE ASKED MANY, MANY YEARS. AND I THINK MOST OF US YOU WILL AGREE, NOT ALL BECAUSE IT'S NEW YORK, BUT I THINK THAT MOST --...
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| 01:18:35 |
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LAST NIGHT. >> I THINK MOST OF US WILL
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| 01:18:37 |
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AGREE THAT YOU ARE DOING JUST FINE. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU VERY, VERY
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| 01:18:45 |
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MUCH. >>
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| 01:18:46 |
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THAT'S IT. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. >> THANK
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| 01:18:55 |
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YOU. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT TENEMENT.ORG. >> WITH YOU AT
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