Today is day 95 of the situation dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, and it is day 10 of the situation dealing with the civil unrest after the murder of mr. Floyd that we all saw on tv. Up the bible held the other day and washington, d. C. In washington, d. C. Here in new york, we actually read the bible, and there is some passages that i think are especially appropriate for today , and this time of where we are. Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of god. Matthew 5. If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. That was mark 3. Actually, before abraham lincoln. Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace and work to maintain it. Psalms 34. The seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. Words are all appropriate for where we are today. It is another quote that i think is applicable to where we are today. You cannot use the military as a political weapon. Do you remember who said that . I said that. To use quote, the option active duty forces and Law Enforcement, and a lawenforcement role, should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the insurrection act. Do you know who said that . Secretary of defense mark esper. Pointed by president trump. Appointed by president trumpcare you cannot set fire to claim you and then, were the one trying to put out the flames. Do you know who said that . You guys are not wellknown red, that i can tell you. That kin since at ajay parkinson said that. Last night, we had continued protest across the state, but there are two very different situations that are going on, and we have to keep them separate, and we have to address them as separate situations because they are night and day. One is protesting. And the other is looting. So you have two very different situations. Some People Choose to morph those two together. All of the protesters are actually looters, and we should treat them as looters. That is not a fact. That is not the truth. That is not the reality of what is going on. There are people who are protesting, and there are people who are looting. Very, very different situations. The protesting is righteous indignation over mr. Floyds murder and systemic racism and injustice. You listen to their point, i think they are right. You look at that, mr. Floyds murder on television, and it is reprehensible. There was no Police Officer in this nation that would defend that. Appalled, and again, it is not the first time. You cannot say, this is an isolated incident. Was one in an ongoing series. Ahmed aubrey, breonna taylor, you can go back to rodney king, you can go back to Martin Luther king. There are dozens and dozens of the same case. Righteous indignations. It is more systemic racism. Righteous indignation. Injustice. Mic righteous indignation, yes, but dont be violent because when you are violent, you lose the righteous indignation. When you are violent, you play to the critics who want to say, oh, they are all violent looters. They are apart of the criminal element, and that actually defeats of the righteousness of the message. Was nonviolent. He was nonviolent against the police. The crime they were possibly investigating was a nonviolent im. Investigating was a nonviolent crime. Violence loses the right indignation, and i would urge the protesters to respect the curfew because the curfew is necessary because the police have a real job of policing, dealing with the looters. And the looting is criminal behavior, pure and simple. There is no righteousness, there was no message, there is no indignation. Who seee opportunists the police are busy dealing with the protesters, and they say, here is an opportunity to loot and to steal and to cause mayhem. That is all they are. This is criminal behavior period. Designed to create chaos. Fine, it is all illegal behavior. City not allow our our cities in this state to be in chaos. Period. Public safety is rule one. Rule one. G order is it is not going to happen in the state of new york. We are not going to allow the looting that we have seen on videotapes, the chaos that we have seen. Period. Empowered tost be keep order, stop the looting, and stop the criminal activity. Distinguish between the protesters and the looting. Yes, you have police action, which is necessary to work with the protesters, but the police have to be there and be empowered to stop eluding and the chaos and the criminal behavior. That people are trying to exploit this moment for their own selfish, criminal purposes. And the police have to be able to do their job. And the police have to be supported in being able to do their job. I have sent new York State Police to cities to deal with these protests. They have to have the right numbers. They have to be empowered to do their job. And we have had protests again last night all across the state. I want to applaud the local police, who have done a great job. I want to applaud the state police, who have done a great job. The protests were mainly peaceful all across the state, and i want to thank all involved for keeping it that way, protesters included. New york city last night was much better. The protesters were mainly peaceful. The Police Officers have the resources and the capacity to do their jobs. And the results last night were much, much different than the night before. And that is what it is all about. And i think the people in new york city should feel much better today than they did after the night of looting. Times. Re perilous there is a lot going on, and we have to understand what is going among thee difference issues that we are dealing with. You have the covid crisis. You have the murder of mr. Floyd , two very different situations, but both critical in and of themselves, and both happening at the same time. It has been wrapped in an environment and a dynamic that is raciallycharged and politicallycharged. Perilousit very, very times in this country, and we have to be careful. We have to be very careful because the consequences are steep on both sides of this equation. Leadership, good government, responsibility is more important than ever before. Especially in covid19 is still a real threat. We are still battling that. I know it is not on the front pages today. But it is still in people and in society. We are still battling that. That is going better than it has ever gone in new york. We have the lowest number of hospitalizations ever. And we have a lowest death toll ever. And god bless the people of new york for what they did. God bless the nurses, the doctors, the essential nurses, and frontline workers. What made usmember successful during covid. We are new york tough. New york tough is multifaceted. It means new york smart. If you are going to protest, protest intelligently. Remember, the covid virus is still out there. Protest intelligently. We are united. We are not upstate and downstate. We are not red and blue. We are one community. We came together that way with discipline fighting covid. Our rightpline having to protest and doing it peacefully in a way that respects law and order. And we are loving at the end of the day. Yes, we have issues. Yes, we have challenges. But we have shown how good we can be as a community and how much we respect one another. And the sacrifice we are willing to make for one another. Spirit. Ep that it lets keep that going. When we stay loving and we stay smart, we will handle all of these issues. This is what we have faced in the lifetime. We have to stay smart. It we make sure that we control the beast. But we did it. We overcame. The words for the day, we overcome evil with good. That, my friends, is new york tough. Questions . How do we tackle the power of Police Unions and the need to change culture in the criminal justice system. Why are bad apples being called out by colleagues and will you allow the release of state troopers disciplinary records . Lotrnor cuomo you have a in there. There are necessary reforms that need to be made. That. Is no doubt about i hope that is the positive legacy of the injustice that was done to mr. Floyd. Many of those policies are law in the state of new york. A, the disciplinary records, i hope they become law shortly. We have to respect everyones interests. I look forward to doing that. And i think the legislature is prepared to do it. Will be coming back in the next couple of weeks to have those conversations. Reporter the power of Police Unions, specifically, something that they have talked about trying to change the culture. Agencies tot local think about this idea. Governor cuomo i will see what he said and then comment appropriately. Reporter with reference to what the president did on monday they said it was. Reporter i got it. Governor cuomo even if i didnt say it, you would have figured it out. Reporter what do you make of the president s recent attacks on new york . Is he trying to rile his base and make legitimate criticism. Governor cuomo far be it from me to psychoanalyze the president of the united states. I have a lot agree. I have no medical degrees or a degree in psychoanalysis. Not just in tweets, his policies have been vicious to new york. And increasing the taxes in new york and other democratic states. He has failed to do anything positive for new york. He has gone out of his way to be negative to new york. Is it politics . Who knows. Forget about the tweets. Who cares about the tweets . Its what he did to the state that bothers me. Fund urgent transportation projects that hurt the entire northeast. Stopping the 2nd avenue subway. Kicking us out of the trusted traveler program. Likepolicy, they dont that we give drivers licenses for undocumented people. They punish us with the trusted traveler program. We see negative government acts. A refusal to fund state governments, that is negative to new york and negative across the board. There have been good things. Helping us with the army corps of engineers and the additional beds. That was very helpful. Im notrom day one playing politics with the president. When he does the right thing by new york, i say he does the right thing by new york. Democrats dont like me to say that, but its the truth. When he does a bad thing for new york, he has done a bad thing. I think i was in the white house last week. We had a meeting. Reporter what about those sent to d. C. To help out Law Enforcement . Do you have a comment . Governor cuomo i dont think you should use active military for political purposes. I dont believe it is constitutional. Now you have the secretary of defense saying that they couldnt be used. Would you pull up secretary espers quote again . If you dont believe its right, why did you do it . You cant do it and say that i think its wrong. You just admitted that you did something that was wrong . Look at his quote. Live now to a town hall meeting with former president barack obama on Race Relations in america and racial bias in the criminal justice system