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And the courts have agreed to enter into a crash program to resolve those eight thousand cases. As speedily as possible. To do it on such a basis that we really reduce the population very rapidly of our correction centers and to join with us and appeal to the state to move faster on the transfer of these state prisoners to state systems and what specifically have they agreed to do I think in least I'm a little confused based on Tuesday so if you're going to be reexamining all Bale's rejecting all bales and bales procedures I now see it's being done by by the courts structure embody administrative office of the courts and just as Mr Leyland told me. They're examining examining all of their processes are bringing cases up for the courts. They're moving on additional. Facilities to. To dispose of cases and they believe that real steps meaningful steps can be taken very quickly in order to take off the city's back a problem that really should be ours. We understand also that. The logjams in the courts is not just to follow the courts to get the narcotics arrest by New York City's police department gone up three hundred percent and one here this be obviously an area that Deputy Mayor Mark and I want to be reviewing in minute detail Beginning tomorrow the first meeting of the Narcotics Control Council and so have you have any idea when more courtrooms will be made available for criminal trials if they give me any date and I. Know all that has to do some of that has to do with the uses of civil courts obviously that's this has been done before Judge Botti when he was the presiding justice of the first department in the Bronx one time turned over all civil court facilities for criminal law disposition cases and the controlling superior judges here I'm sure. Working on those details now and then report back to you with some oh yeah it was a be a continuing saying Mr Mayor John the words. Were it was the saddest part of my experience so my screams when I bought the schedule could you I'm very dissatisfied with the cleanliness of the streets to fact I probably in the most a satisfied man in New York City the cleanliness of the streets Mr White just assume that I had asked for service in the city have any plans for receiving Mr Pompidou. Have any embassy said suggested Fishel ratings and you know we have we have not we have not been asked by anyone our State Department or the French government for any official reception is for the prime minister to all there is no doubt we have been asked to there is a city doesn't do it automatically and here we have a we have a head of state coming here at least once a week and going to get involved in official receptions and things of that kind based on laboratory consultations with our State Department and with representatives of the visiting government and all kinds of things just to make it to get back to local politics but at a certain Sunday on whose face is. This the biggest and for the for you the support of Democrats in the gubernatorial race because the Democrats a lot of these folks of the U.S. when it comes to the cities I don't even know he is when it gets close but again they will make decisions this thirty days or so to go like you know what your plans are now as far as the gubernatorial starts that planning on supporting a Democrat when you can't pay for them to come back and look at plans not again where we're now in the political season. Mr Herrick but. Break out. Your plans for. This life in the streets. Are you going to translate your dissatisfaction. With I this is such a constant subject with me. And with the Environmental Protection ministration and the sanitation commissioner and with John De Lorean the very others that it's very difficult for me to dissect what I've done yesterday and they were for and tomorrow and the next day it's a constant thing expect I spend more personal time myself on the subject of planning this of the city that on any other subject that may include police even those marriage believed to pursue the point do you believe Mr Glory's contention that the men are ninety five percent behind schedule I'm not going to comment on that this time just to make sure that we have your reaction to the appointment to be here and. I want to deeply gratified and I thank you. Counsel. Lanny thing for high level Albany watched. Saying it was one of them today Well we're certainly going to review the whole situation and I think additional funds are going to be needed and if we find they are of course we'll will seek additional funds in both Albany and Washington. For me where he was revealed yesterday because he's considering running for Congress so we do somewhat of a campaign committee because the sides again. Will make those individual judgments once we're in the political season. Thank you.