My fellow New Yorkers in recent months our administration has delivered for you over and over again

jobs are up crime is down and every day we're delivering for working people. But for months you've heard me

talk about the fiscal challenges our city is facing as the course of the

asylum seeker humanitarian crises have skyrocketed, placing great strain on our budget.

At the same time, COVID-19 stimulus funding is sunsetting.

We have been clear that without significant timely action

from our state and federal partners,

we will be forced to make some tough choices.

As we have made these hard choices,

the well-being of New Yorkers has always been our top priority.

Well Andrew, that's right.

The leader of the Chinese Communist Party told a room full of many of the wealthiest capitalists

in the world last night that China is quote, ready to be a partner and a friend of the United

States.

He drew a standing ovation from a ballroom full of executives here in San Francisco last evening.

Some of the biggest names in finance were there, including billionaire Black Rock CEO Larry Fink and billionaire

Blackstone group CEO Stephen Schwartzman who flanked the Chinese

president, Xi Jinping, at the head table.

Also in the front of the room were Tim Cook of Apple and Albert Borla of Pfizer among a host of other

executives.

She-jimping said that the United States and China have a responsibility to lead the world.

We must get along with each other.

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