thank you for your profound leadership. and to so many of the clergy that you've worked, who have been such important partners in reminding people that we have to find a way forward. and we have to find a way forward together by definition. it's a very emotional day for our city. it's a very painful day for so many new yorkers. that is the core reality. so many people in this city are feeling pain right now. and we're grieving. again, over the loss of eric garner, who was a father, a husband, a son, a good man, a man who should be with us and isn't. that pain, that simple fact is felt again so sharply today. i spent some time with ben garner, eric's father, who is in