Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.

I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas, and I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed, you and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.

James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.

We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!

So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.

We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances.

I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.