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Michael Blake: “We're going to be putting out about 20 different folks…”

Featuring: Michael Blake, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House New York, District 15

Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues

Published August 11, 2016 | Video Starts at 37:54

So, Mr. Mike Blake, look out for that announcement of cats around the city and state. What's your. It's. What's your Twitter and IG and all that Twitter. Mr. Mike Blake. Instagram mikeblake1922 We're going to be putting out about 20 different folks around the city and state that are doing good work. That we really ask folks to look at them and support them. They doing the good work. That is Mike Blake. Great talking to you, Smith. Yes, sir. Thank you. (37:54–38:00)

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Asserts that they will highlight approximately 20 individuals doing good work in the city and state.

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“We're one of two states in the country where 16 and 17 year olds are tried as adults.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 04:05-04:09
“Most diverse county in America is the Bronx.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 07:27-07:30
“89.7 likelihood any 2 people in the Bronx is a different ethnicity, no place has it higher.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 07:34-07:40
“Largest West African population in the world outside of West Africa is in the Bronx.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 10:19-10:24
“One out of every three black men in this country will serve time.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 22:44-22:48
“The one who's actually having prosecution happened against him was the one who videotaped what was going on.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 31:58-32:04
“Not one cop a part of the Freddie Gray case in Baltimore is having been [prosecuted].”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 32:07-32:16
“There are 150 of us that are in the assembly in New York state. There's 63 that are in the Senate.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 01:02-01:08
“213 people dictate what happens for 19.4 million people and $150 billion.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 01:07-01:15
“That's happening because we're being blocked by Senate Republicans in the state Senate side.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 04:08-04:13
“Connecticut used to have it this way. Connecticut changed the law.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 05:00-05:05
“In 2010, when we made the changes on the assembly side, on the Senate side, that's how Rockefeller drug laws changed here in New York.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 06:54-07:01
“Unemployment has been going down [in the Bronx].”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 09:34-09:36
“There's a rule that exists of a vacancy decontrol where a landlord can say, you know What? You get $2,500 in your rent, all of a sudden now…”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 10:47-10:55
“You get to $2,500 on some regulated apartments in the city. And at that point, if, when your lease ends, the landlord can then determine…”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 10:56-11:08
“Ruben Diaz Jr. Has been phenomenal for the Bronx. He's been really turning a lot of things around.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 12:14-12:19
“We have a food initiative announcement that's happening in the Bronx right now.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 12:43-12:47
“Tata Consulting Services...gave us 10,000 free books for our kids.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 15:35-15:42
“Techfin...gave us 25 tablets for our young people.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 15:42-15:46
“We can avoid what happened to other parts of the city where money came in, people were kicked out.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 16:19-16:24
“You look at three to six, that's the time period when...things are going to jump off.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 18:38-18:46
“Most valuable kids...taking unused tickets for sporting and musical events...to reward cats in the community.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 20:20-20:28
“The sister who got shot in the park protecting her kids and lost her life, most valuable kids, they're giving the kids tickets.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 20:50-20:59
“They were able to hire more than 300 young people that day on the spot [at an event in Oakland].”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 23:10-23:15
“New York is going to be one of the focus cities [for My Brother's Keeper].”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 23:23-23:26
“2006, I was one of 10 people [Obama] trained on how to run politics.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 25:11-25:16
“In 2012, when we won the reelection and people saw [Obama] crying in Chicago after the reelection.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 25:31-25:36
“I show up at the Morris Houses, which is one of our NYCHA projects.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 26:16-26:22
“Within two seconds, I'm in a bear hug, Slammed against the gate.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 26:54-26:58
“They only got off of me because you recognized who I was.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 27:20-27:22
“95% of cops, I really do believe are doing the right thing, and 95% of the folks in the community doing the right thing.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 28:28-28:33
“Bratton is in the Bronx, and he is saying, no apologies forthcoming from me, and there will be no action taken against the officer because…”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 29:15-29:27
“Daniel Pantaleo in the Eric Garner case not losing [his job].”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 31:45-31:55
“I'm vice chair of the Black, Hispanic, Puerto Rican and Asian caucus in Albany and the Legislature and co chair the criminal justice work.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 32:36-32:42
“The cop that grabbed me is a part of the neighborhood coordinated officer program which is supposed to be implementing community policing.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 33:09-33:16
“O'Neal, I have a lot of respect for O'Neal.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 34:03-34:06
“He was a transit officer riding the A and the D train at night. He was a command officer in Harlem, he was command officer in the Bronx.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 34:19-34:26
“Voter registration is gonna be happening [at the Ghanaian Afro Cultural Parade and Festival] because of Stephanie Arthur.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 35:41-35:45
“There's a Go Africa Fest that happened recently.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 36:24-36:27
“We gonna post on our Twitter page some of the other candidates and folks that are doing the good work.”
Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues | Uploaded August 11, 2016 | 37:36-37:41