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Pretty wild how some on the left treated Corey Johnson during city budget negotiations & in the deal's aftermath, through today when he dropped from the mayoral race. He pushed

wonder if someone will broach residency requirementhttps://twitter.com/RebeccaKKatz/status/1267104738459475968 "58 percent of NYPD officers live in New York City"https://gothamist.com/news/this-interactive-map-shows-you-where-nypd

Schools are "the single biggest piece" of New York City's larger reopening, @NYCMayor says at start of briefing. Everything must be done w focus on "health & safety," mayor says.

"There's not one cause for something like this, there's a lot of different pieces," @NYCMayor says at top of press conference, discussing spike in gun violence. Says concentration in Upper

Unlike de Blasio, @NYPDChiefofDept Monahan lists as causes of gun violence spike:-bail reform-anti-police sentiment & cop morale-"insane" chokehold law the City Council passed making "cops take that step back" (that

.@NYPDShea giving an emotional defense of the NYPD, discussing reforms of past 6.5 years, & assertively pushing back against the idea that its policing is “racist” - “could not be