… well as those advocates, again, that are trying to stop us from taking those with severe mental health illness off our streets. And we have been successful in doing that. 8,000 people with mental health illness we were able to remove off our subway system and put them into what we call safe haven. So the real battle is dealing with the anxiety that people are feeling. But this city has recovered more jobs in the city history, second largest tourism in city history. (31:05–31:15)
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