Earlier as of late, Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams held a digital briefing to replace New Yorkers on the protection measures being taken in anticipation of the predicted large-scale protests.
VIDEO of the development is to be had on YouTube here and in TV high quality (h.264, mp4) layout here.
AUDIO of the Governor’s remarks is to be had here.
A hurry transcript of the Governor’s remarks is to be had underneath:
Thank you, Mayor Adams. And as soon as once more, the 2 of us were sturdy companions as we paintings to give protection to the general public protection of all New Yorkers. And this previous week has been one of inconceivable heartbreak. These assaults on blameless civilians, small children, kids, grandmothers that experience now unleashed a spiral of violence. We’ve all watched in horror and anguish as we noticed such a lot of of our personal citizens affected deeply, some who’re over there nonetheless in hurt’s approach. And it is a worry even inside of our town limits, in our state that individuals by no means anticipated to really feel once more so quickly.
And I accept as true with the Mayor. Reports that Hamas has known as for an afternoon of motion the next day to come requires us in combination to cope with the worries of New Yorkers as you obtain this information. And I’m proud to paintings with you, Mayor, and our Commissioner, Caban, as we replace New Yorkers.
What we first need to emphasize – one thing this is easy, and it is nonnegotiable – that the protection of New York’s Jewish communities isn’t up for debate. We will stand in harmony with our Jewish pals and neighbors as of late, the next day to come, and each day. There isn’t any name to violence that can shake that conviction, and there is not any evil we’re unwilling to confront.
Before I talk about the protection measures we are adopting in the State of New York the next day to come, let me let you know what now we have completed in short already to give protection to the voters of our state. Immediately following the assaults on Israel Saturday morning, we directed the State Police to paintings with native legislation enforcement, particularly right here with the NYPD to up our native patrols and outreach. Yeshivas, synagogues, museums, cultural establishments, puts that have been deemed susceptible in the town and right through the state. Constant verbal exchange with our federal companions, state intelligence mavens, as we observe any doable safety threats. I bodily visited our New York State Intelligence Center in Albany to get an in-person briefing. Speaking continuously with the White House, in reality, I’ve a choice momentarily with the White House and Department of Homeland Security, Department of State for the newest updates. And because the Mayor has been doing, I’ll achieve to our group teams, non secular organizations, the Muslim group, the Jewish group, and additionally responding to any credible threats.
But all of us have to be transparent, there may be these days no intelligence appearing any energetic threats in New York. That is all of the State of New York. But in a second fraught like this, we can proceed to workout increased vigilance and impose measures to deter any doable violence.
Let’s speak about what we are making plans to do in reaction to the next day to come’s increased risk. We absolutely activated our Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Office of Counterterrorism. State Police were absolutely activated. We have a powerful presence right through the state in addition to right here in the town. We’re ready to reinforce NYPD at our Joint Operations Center. And if we’d like them, we have now the assets of the New York National Guard, and our joint process power, Empire Shield, in a position to be activated. The National Guard is already directed to patrol key transportation hubs. We’ve been in touch with the MTA, the Port Authority, to make certain that additionally they have heightened their safety features. Our Hate Crime Task Force is on prime alert and will lend a hand examine annoying incidents as important.
We need to reiterate to New Yorkers, there is not any reason why to really feel afraid. No one must really feel they have got to adjust their customary lives or their routines. And certainly, after we alternate our conduct with no critical, credible risk, then we are letting the terrorists win. I would like all New Yorkers to really feel assured going to a synagogue, going to college, strolling to the streets of New York and right through our state over the following few days.
And those that search to use Hamas’s violence as justification for violence of their very own, we haven’t any tolerance on your hate. I condemn violence of each type in New York. I would like to be transparent, after I say each type, that is precisely what I imply. I’m outraged to stories of violence or threats in opposition to Jewish New Yorkers, together with a reported incident the place an Israeli scholar used to be assaulted on their own school campus.
And I’ve 0 tolerance for hate directed against Palestinian New Yorkers, a group that also is liked and revered in our state. Last night time’s reported assault in Brooklyn of a Palestinian New Yorker could also be utterly unacceptable and reprehensible.
Public protection will all the time be my most sensible precedence. My dedication is to stay in New Yorkers protected, this is unwavering. And once more, Mayor, so proud to group up with you as soon as once more. We have the best operating with us. I thank your group. I feel my state group. And now I would like to introduce New York City Police Commissioner, Edward Caban.