parents came from. it's the city where you can practice your religion and say what you want to say and be in charge of your own destiny and we're going to keep it that way. people from every corner of the world come and live here in the same buildings and the same neighborhoods, and that's what makes this the greatest city on earth. we will continue to doing everything we possibly can to protect new yorkers from terrorist attacks. we have as you know built the most comprehensive and sophisticated counterterrorism operation of any local police force in the world. every day, 1000 of our best officers are performing counterterrorism intelligence duties and the lower manhattan security initiative is the for example advanced and comprehensive security evident any place in the world, and we're working to bring those same tools to the protection of middown, and i didn't want to -- i want to thank senator schumer and gillebrand for seeking federal funding for the midtown security project and it's hard to imagine a better investment of homeland security dollars. we have to take every