SCF - NYC Mayor Eric Adams Message to the Jewish Community

[Music] I am not going to be long I'm going to give you four words this morning on my briefing my special counsel Lisa zomber said something that I want us all to acknowledge we've been through some D tough time New Yorkers we have tough people we saw the center of our trade collapse we saw some of the horrific actions that played out on the stage of our city and our country but she said something that hits me to my soul she stated to our team we are not all right we are not all right when we see young girls pulled from their home and drag through the streets we are not all right when we see grandmothers being pulled away from their homes and children shot in front of their families we are not all right when right here in the city of New York you have those who celebrate at the same time when the devastation is taking place in our [Applause] city we are not all right when Hamas believes that they are fighting on be on behalf for something in the destructive despicable action that carried out we are not all right when we still have hostages who have not come home to their family we are not all right and we're not going to say we have a stiff upper lip and act like everything is fine everything is not fine Israel has a right to defend himself and that's the right that we know your fight is our fight your fight is our fight right here in New York we have the largest Jewish population outside of Israel this is the place that our voices must raise and cast throughout the entire country we will not be all right until every person responsible for this act is held accountable we don't have to [Applause] pretend and I want to thank my religious leaders throughout this city of all religious group who reached out to us and clearly stated that they denounce the hatred and the anti-Semitism that was displayed on one of the holiest days of the year this was intentional this was bitter this was nasty this was something that shows Hamas must be disbanded and destroyed [Applause] immediately so I say to you I'm not here because I'm your mayor I've been in Israel as the state senator I protected the community of this city in general but specifically the Jewish Community as a police officer I stood with you as B president and now I'm here thisday to say not only am I the chief executive of this city but I'm your brother I'm your brother your fight is my fight that's why could not only displays the pain of anti-Semitism it displays the pain of racism among African-Americans you marched with us with Dr King you stood with us with all the fights we had and I I'm saying we're going to stand with you and stay United together and we don't have to be all right we should be angry at what we saw thank you [Applause] [Music] Israel [Music]