and we know in the days ahead people will be uneasy. we ask all new yorkers to live by the idea of you see something, say something. tell an officer immediately if you see anything unusual, anything that worries you. be vigilant. and know that there will be extensive additional deployments of n.y.p.d. officers this evening and throughout the days ahead. we will also keep you posted as this investigation continues and as the n.y.p.d. gains more information. governor cuomo. thank you. first, our thoughts and prayers are with those new yorkers who we lost today. it reminds us all how precious life is. they left the house this morning. they were enjoying the beautiful west side of manhattan on a beautiful ball day. and they are not going to be returning home.
in the face of these kinds of actions. we ll respond as we always do. we will be undeterred. and i want to thank everyone at the n.y.p.d., all our first responders, for their extraordinary efforts in the midst of this tragedy, starting with the officer who stopped this tragedy from continuing. all of the first responders who came to the aid of those who were injured. the investigation is underway to get all the facts. what we ll tell you today of course will be preliminary. but we know we ll get down to the bottom of what happened. i want to ask all new yorkers, all americans, to keep the families of those lost in your thoughts and prayers. they will need our support. and i want to ask all new yorkers to be vigilant. we know it s halloween night.