>>> WHEN IT COMES TO SHOULDERING THE EXTRAORDINARY COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY, NEW
YORK HAS PAID DEARLY. ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S POLICE
COMMISSION, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD SPENT $300,000 A
DAY PROTECTING TRUMP TOWER BETWEEN ELECTION DAY AND
INAUGURATION DAY. AND BETWEEN $127,000 AND
$145,000 SINCE THEN ON TOP OF OTHER COSTS.
AS MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO TOLD ME, THAT ADDS UP TO MILLIONS OF
TAXPAYER DOLLARS. >> WELL, CHRIS, FOR THE PERIOD
JUST FROM THE ELECTION TO THE INAUGURATION WAS ABOUT
$24 MILLION, AND THEN IN THE PERIOD SINCE THE INAUGURATION
WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ACTUALLY BEEN IN WASHINGTON,
YOU'RE TALKING IN SOME CASES UP TO $150,000 A DAY.
SO IT'S BEEN A REAL EXPENSE PROTECTING TRUMP TOWER.
IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHEN A PRESIDENT COMES TO TOWN FOR A
DAY OR SOMETHING. BUT THE ONGOING EXPENSE IS
PROTECTING TRUMP TOWER. THAT'S BEEN A REAL BURDEN ON THE
NYPD. >> YOU'VE GOTTEN MONEY IN THE
CONTINUING RESOLUTION, I THINK, VIA SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER WHO
PUT THAT IN FOR YOU AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES LIKE WEST PALM
BEACH. DOES THAT SQUARE THE BALANCE
SHEET FOR THE CITY? >> IT GIVES US A GOOD AMOUNT FOR
THE PERIOD GOING FORWARD, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL
HAVE TO COME BACK TO IN THE FUTURE TO DEEPEN AND RENEW.
THE SAME WITH FLORIDA. THE SAME WITH NEW JERSEY.
IT'S A GOOD START. I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
I WANT TO THANK SENATOR SCHUMER AND OTHERS WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN.
IT'S A DID, STRONG START. BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO
KEEP ATTENDING TO. >> LAST TIME THAT YOU AND I
TALKED, THE PRESIDENT HAD ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ABOUT
SO-CALLED SANCTUARY CITIES, NEW YORK CITY BEING ONE OF THEM.
THAT ORDER HAS NOW BEEN STOPPED, ORDERED STAYED IN COURT.
JEFF SESSIONS QUITE ANGRY ABOUT THAT, DISPARAGING THE JUDGES
THAT ISSUED THOSE RULINGS. WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ABOUT THAT
ORDER? >> WE BELIEVE THE ORIGINAL
EXECUTIVE ORDER ON SANCTUARY CITIES WAS -- FIRST OF ALL, IT
WASN'T WHAT IT WAS SAID TO BE. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SOMETHING,
QUOTE, UNQUOTE, TO ENHANCE SAFETY.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ENHANCING SAFETY.
IT'S ALL ABOUT DEMONIZING IMMIGRANTS.
WE HAVE A SITUATION HERE IN THE SAFEST BIG CITY IN AMERICA WHERE
WE HAVE A MILLION PEOPLE, CHRIS, WHO ARE EITHER UNDOCUMENTED OR
GREEN CARD HOLDERS WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF MAKING US SAFE.
AND THE NYPD HAS A COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES. MY POSITION IS THAT EXECUTIVE
ORDER WAS CONTRADICTORY IN TERMS OF ITS SUBSTANCE AND
CONTRADICTORY IN TERMS OF ITS LEGAL BASIS.
THIS COURT CASE YOU MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY APPROVED
IMMEDIATELY THAT THE FOUNDATION OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS
SPEESHOUS, AND WE'VE SAID ALL ALONG IF THEY TRY TO ACTUALLY
IMPLEMENT IT, WE'LL GO TO COURT IMMEDIATELY, AND WE BELIEVE
WE'LL PREVAIL. >> HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONTACT WITH
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY AS ESSENTIALLY
SOFT ON CRIME? >> YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
IN WRITING, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAID THAT NEW YORK CITY
IS SOFT ON CRIME. AND MY MESSAGE TO JEFF SESSIONS
WAS THAT WAS AN INSULT NOT ONLY TO NEW YORK CITY BUT TO THE MEN
AND WOMEN OF THE NYPD, AND HE SHOULD COME HERE AND SAY THAT TO
THEIR FACES. THIS IS A CITY THAT HAS DRIVEN
DOWN CRIME VERY SUCCESSFULLY FOR DECADES.
IN THE LAST THREE YEARS I'VE BEEN MAYOR, CRIME HAS GONE DOWN
THREE YEARS IN A ROW, AND THAT'S WITH OUR COOPERATIVE
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, WITH THE 93%
DECLINE IN STOP AND FRISK. THAT WAS A TOTAL INSULT TO THIS
CITY AND OUR POLICE. I'VE NOT TALKED TO JEFF SESSIONS
ABOUT IT. LOOK, IT'S AN ATTEMPT AT
POLITICAL PROVOCATION. A LOT OF WHAT JEFF SESSIONS IS
DOING IS FUNDAMENTALLY POLITICS AND SYMBOLISM.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THIS
COUNTRY. HOW DO YOU DENIGRATE THE NUMBER
ONE POLICE FORCE IN THE UNITED STATES IF YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
THE CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
>> WE'RE GETTING WORD THERE IS GOING TO BE A VOTE TOMORROW IN
THE HOUSE ON THE NEWEST VERSION OF THE HOUSE GOP HEALTH CARE
BILL. WHAT WOULD BE THE EFFECTS FOR
THE CITY IN CONCRETE TERMS WERE THIS TO BECOME LAW?
>> A MILLION NEW YORKERS WOULD STAND TO LOSE THEIR HEALTH
INSURANCE. >> A MILLION PEOPLE IN THE CITY?
>> A MILLION OF THE 8.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN THIS CITY WOULD STAND
TO LOSE THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE IF THIS BILL BECAME LAW BECAUSE
THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT REACHED SO MANY NEW YORKERS WHO DIDN'T
HAVE INSURANCE. NOW A MILLION OF THEM WOULD BE
IN JEOPARDY UNDER THIS SPECIFIC LANGUAGE OF LOSING THEIR
INSURANCE. 24 MILLION PEOPLE NATIONALLY.
CHRIS, IT WOULD ALSO HAVE A HORRIBLE IMPACT ON OUR PUBLIC
HOSPITALS, WHICH ARE ALREADY IN TOUGH SHAPE FINANCIALLY BUT
DEPEND ON INSURANCE MONEY TO KEEP GOING.
A HUGE NUMBER OF THE FOLKS WHO GO TO THOSE EMERGENCY ROOMS TAKE
UP THOSE HOSPITAL BEDS WON'T HAVE INSURANCE ANYMORE.
THAT WOULD FALL ON THE TAXPAYERS OF NEW YORK CITY TO PAY A HUGE
NUMBER OF DOMINO EFFECTS. LOOK, THE NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE,
THE FACT THAT YOU'D HAVE PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS NO
LONGER COVERED, I THINK THAT'S A TIME BOMB TICKING BOTH IN TERMS
OF THE HEALTH OF THIS COUNTRY, BUT ALSO POLITICALLY FOR DONALD
TRUMP. THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY
HARD THING FOR HIM TO EXPLAIN WHY THAT GUARANTEE THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA CREATED WILL NOW NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE
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