
METROFOCUS: February 4, 2021
2/4/2021 | 28m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
BLACKS AND LATINOS CAUTIOUS ABOUT THE VACCINE; NEVER BUILT NEW YORK; FREE TIME
Tonight, New York City Council Member, and 2021 Democratic candidate for Bronx Borough President, Vanessa Gibson joins us to discuss what she’s doing to ensure Black and Latino communities are not frozen out of the vaccine distribution process. Also, we take a look at the wild and futuristic architectural ideas- left on the city's cutting room floor.
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METROFOCUS: February 4, 2021
2/4/2021 | 28m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Tonight, New York City Council Member, and 2021 Democratic candidate for Bronx Borough President, Vanessa Gibson joins us to discuss what she’s doing to ensure Black and Latino communities are not frozen out of the vaccine distribution process. Also, we take a look at the wild and futuristic architectural ideas- left on the city's cutting room floor.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> DEMO IS "METROFOCUS" WITH DEMOEL PI ROMAN, JACK FORD, AND DEMOA FLANAGAN.
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DEMOTIONAL FOUNDING FOR CHASING THE DEMOM IS PROVIDED BY SUE AND DEMOR WACHENHEIM III.
>>> DEMOOME TO "METROFOCUS."
I'M DEMO FORD.
DEMOORICALLY, PEOPLE OF COLOR IN DEMO COUNTRY HAVE DEALT WITH DEMORIMINATION AND INJUSTICE IN OUR DEMOCAL SYSTEM GIVING REASON FOR DEMO MEMBERS OF THESE DEMOUNITIES TO APPROACH A NEW DEMOINE WITH UNDERSTANDABLE DEMOION.
DEMORDING TO A RECENT POLICY DEMOUCTED BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR A DEMOER NEW YORK, ONLY 57% OF NEW DEMOERS SAY THEY ARE DEMONING TO TAKE THE VACCINE.
DEMO FOUR TIMES AS MANY BLACK DEMOONDENTS AS WHITE RESPONDENTS DEMONG THEY DO NOT INTEND TO DEMO THE VACCINE.
NEW DEMO CITY COUNCILMEMBER DEMOSSA GIBSON HAS BEEN WORKING DEMO THE ADMINISTRATION TO DEMOEL MYTHS ABOUT THE VACCINE DEMOE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING DEMOERNS OVER THE HISTORY OF DEMORIMENTATION ON PEOPLE OF DEMOR IN THIS COUNTRY.
DEMONTLY, AS PART OF OUR DEMOSING THE DREAM" ON POVERTY, DEMOICE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN DEMOICA, I HAD THE DEMORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH DEMOCILMEMBER GIBSON ABOUT THESE DEMOES AND WHAT IS BEING DONE.
SO, DEMOCILMEMBER GIBSON, DEMOOME TO YOU.
DEMO TO SEE YOU.
>> DEMOK YOU SO MUCH.
DEMO TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
DEMOY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOUR DEMOLY.
>> TO YOU DEMO.
I AM DEMOG TO GET IN A MOMENT TO DEMO NOTION OF THE HISTORICAL DEMOGROUND THAT HAS GENERATED DEMO SENSE OF CONCERN AND DEMORUST, AND THEN WHAT WE'RE DEMOG ABOUT IT.
BUT LET ME DEMOT, FIRST, WITH DEMO YOU ARE ACTUALLY HEARING.
YOU ARE IN THE DEMOX, ONE OF THE DEMOEST HIT COMMUNITIES IN THE DEMOTRY BY THIS VIRUS AND THIS DEMOEMIC.
SO DEMO YOU TALK TO YOUR DEMOTITUENTS ABOUT THE VACCINE, DEMO KIND OF THINGS ARE THEY DEMONG TO YOU?
>> SO, I DEMOK GENERALLY DEMOYONE WAS SO HARD HIT BY THE DEMOD-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC THAT DEMOCK THIS COUNTRY LAST MARCH, AND DEMONDING MANY OF OUR DEMODENTS THAT OLDER RESIDENTS DEMO UNDERLYING HEALTH DEMOITIONS WERE THE HARDEST HIT.
DEMOUNITIES OF COLORS DEMORRESOURCED IN THIS COUNTRY AND DEMOY OF NEW YORK OF THE DEMOX HAS THE HIGHEST DEATH DEMOS OF COVID.
DEMO YOU LOOK INTO THE DATA THAT WE DEMO RECEIVED, YOU SEE THAT A LOT OF DEMOE RESIDENTS HAD DEMOMA, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DEMOT DISEASE, DIABETES, ALL DEMOENTIBLE DISEASES AND MANY HAD DEMOFFICIENT HEALTH CARE.
NOW DEMO WE HAVE THE VACCINE, NOW DEMO WE HAVE PFIZER AND DEMORNA AND WE ARE LOOKING AT DEMOINATION DISTRIBUTION SITES DEMOSS THE BURROW OF THE BRONX, DEMOING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEMOE, THE CITY, HEALTH CARE DEMONERS, H AND H, DEPARTMENT OF DEMOTH AND MENTAL HIGH JIEN, A LOT OF DEMOERN IS HOW EFFECTIVE IS IT.
DEMO IS THE SIDE EFFECTS THAT I DEMO TO WORRY ABOUT?
I DEMO DIABETES, I HAVE HEART DEMOASE, I SUFFER WITH ASTHMA, DO I DEMO TO WORRY ABOUT THE DEMOREFFECTS OF TAKING THE FIRST DEMO AND THEN THE SECOND DOSE.
I DEMO THINK IN BLACK AND BROWN DEMOUNITIES THERE IS A DEMOORICAL RACISM AND HEALTH DEMO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT BACK IN DEMO WITH THE TUSKEGEEICS DEMO.
AT A DEMO THERE WAS NO KNOWN DEMOTMENT FOR SYPHILIS.
DEMO PEOPLE ARE USED AS GUINEA DEMO IN EXPERIMENTATION.
>> DEMORE RIGHT.
AND BY THE DEMO THAT RESEARCH WAS DEMOG DONE BY THE DEMORNMENT.
>> DEMO >> THE CDC WAS DEMONG A ROLE IN DEMO.
AS YOU DEMO, BLACK MEN HAD DEMOILIS, NOT GIVEN ANY DEMOTMENT AND STUDIED TO SEE HOW DEMO WOULD REACT TO IT.
AND DEMOLE HAVE HEARD ABOUT DEMO.
DEMOOUSLY, THAT COULD BE DEMODDED IN SOMEBODY'S MIND WHEN DEMO ARE THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, DEMO COMES THE GOVERNMENT AND DEMO ARE SAYING THEY ARE GOING TO DEMO ME BUT WHY IS THIS GOING TO BE DEMOERENT FROM TUSKEGEE, DEMOT?
>> DEMOT.
>> WE DEMO THERE ARE OTHER DEMOANCES.
MY DEMOHTER IS A CANCER SURGEON, DEMOLOGIC ONCOLOGIST.
WE SAW DEMO STORY ABOUT A DOCTOR WHO WAS DEMORRED TO AS THE DEMOER OF MODERN GYNECOLOGY AND IT DEMOS OUT HE WOULD DO DEMORIMENTS ON SLAVE WOMEN DEMOOUT ANESTHESIA.
>> DEMOT.
>> SO, DEMOE ARE INSTANCES OUT DEMOE, CERTAINLY.
SO MY DEMO QUESTION THEN DEMOMES, AND I KNOW THIS IS PART OF DEMO YOU ARE TRYING TO DO DEMO, HOW DO YOU GET MESSAGES TO DEMO CONSTITUENTS CERTAINLY, DEMOUSE, AS WE SAID, THE BRONX, THE DEMOEST HIT.
DEMO NUMBERS, YOU MENTIONED, IF YOU ARE 2.8 DEMOS HIGHER, THE DEMOH RATE FOR BLACKS THAN IT IS FOR DEMOES.
DEMOITALIZATION RATE IS 3.7 DEMOS HIGHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND IN DEMO BOROUGH HIGHEST DEMO.
>> DEMOT.
>> SO IT DEMOS LIKE AN ENORMOUS DEMO.
HOW DO YOU DEMOK WE SHOULD BE DEMOG ABOUT REACHING OUT TO YOUR DEMOTITUENTS, AND EVERYBODY, BUT DEMOCIALLY YOUR CONSTITUENTS, DEMOCIALLY PEOPLE OF COLOR TO SAY TO DEMO, IT'S OKAY, YOU NEED TO DO DEMO?
>> DEMOT.
DEMO, A COUPLE OF STEPS I THINK DEMOD BE VERY HELPFUL.
DEMOT OUR WORK HAS TO BE ABOUT DEMOEVING SCIENCE.
DEMO HEAR DR. FAUCI, THE NEW DEMOIDENT TALKING ABOUT DEMOEVING SCIENCE AND LISTENING TO THE DEMOTH CARE EXPERTS.
I DEMOK AT A LOCAL LEVEL THE DEMORTMENT OF HEALTH AND H AND H DEMOLY HAVE TO SHARE ACCURATE DEMORMATION.
WE DEMO TO ALAYA LOT OF THE DEMOERNS AND ANXIETIES THAT DEMOK AND BROWN NEW YORKERS FEEL DEMO IT COMES TO VACCINATION.
WE DEMO TO FOCUS ON HEALTH CARE.
WE DEMO TO TALK TO MANY OF OUR DEMOARY CARE PHYSICIANS IN OUR DEMOITALS, OUR MEDICAL DEMOLITIES, OUR CLINICS.
WE DEMO TO HAVE THEM AS CREDIBLE DEMOENGERS SO THEY CAN REALLY, DEMOLY ASSURE RESIDENTS THAT DEMO IS THE BEST WAY TO GO DEMOUSE THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC IS DEMOL HERE.
DEMOY DAY YOU HEAR ABOUT DEMOITALIZATIONS, YOU HEAR ABOUT DEMO DEATHS RELATED TO COVID.
SO WE ARE DEMOL VERY MUCH IN DEMO PANDEMIC.
AND I DEMO ASKED EVERYONE THAT MAY DEMO COME TO OUR OFFICE, IF YOU DEMO A PRIMARY DOCTOR, TALK TO THE DEMOOR.
DEMO YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED SO YOU DEMO REASSURED GOING INTO DEMO PROCESS.
>> DEMO WOULD YOU SAY, ONE OF DEMO CONSTITUENTS, A PERSON OF DEMOR, SEES YOU ON THE STREET AND DEMO, COUNCILMEMBER, I GOT TO DEMO TO YOU ABOUT THIS.
THE DEMOINE IS OUT THERE, BUT I DEMO DON'T FEEL -- I HEARD DEMOIES ABOUT THINGS IN THE PAST AND DEMO IS NEW.
IT WAS DEMOLOPED IN NINE MONTHS DEMOEAD OF NINE YEARS AS WE DEMOD OFTENTIMES.
AND I'M DEMO NOT -- I'M NOT DEMOORTABLE.
DEMO WOULD YOU SAY TO THAT DEMOON ONE TO ONE?
>> I DEMOD SAY, MA'AM, SIR, DO YOU DEMO A PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR OR DO YOU DEMO A ROUTINE DOCTOR DEMO YOU SPEAK TO?
IF DEMO SAY YES, I WOULD SAY DEMO THEM AND GET YOUR QUESTIONS DEMOERED.
DEMO TO THEM ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS AND DEMO FEARS AROUND THE DEMOINE, FIND OUT IF YOU SEE DEMO ADVANTAGES WITH PFIZER DEMOUS MODERNA, AND REALLY MAKE DEMO THAT ANY UNCERTAINTY YOU DEMO YOU FEEL A LITTLE BIT DEMOSURED.
DEMO I WOULD GIVE THEM MATERIAL DEMOLABLE IN THE LANGUAGE THEY DEMOK AND I WOULD SAY I WANT TO DEMO SURE THAT YOU FEEL DEMOORTABLE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY I DEMOT DEMO TO FORCE THE VACCINE ON DEMONE, PARTICULARLY DEMOTITUENTS OF COLOR THAT I DEMO HAVE UNDERLYING HEALTH DEMOITIONS.
BUT I DEMOND THEM ALL THAT WE ARE DEMOINUING TO LIVE IN A DEMOAL PANDEMIC.
SO THE DEMOLIHOOD OF GETTING DEMOD-19 IS VERY REAL WITHOUT THE DEMOINE.
AND SO I DEMO CAUTION THEM ON DEMOING THE FACEMASK, PRACTICING DEMOAL DISTANCING, WASHING YOUR DEMOS, NOT BEING IN LARGE DEMOES, MAKING SURE THAT YOU DO DEMOYTHING AS BEST YOU CAN TO DEMO YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES DEMO.
>> WE DEMOD LIKE TO THINK, AND DEMO ADVICE IS CERTAINLY SOLID AND DEMOD WHEN YOU SAY TALK TO DEMO PHYSICIAN, BUT SUPPOSE THAT DEMOICIAN IS -- DOESN'T LOOK DEMO THEM.
DEMON'T SOUND LIKE THEM.
DEMO THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE AN DEMO AFTER THEIR NAME, WILL THAT BE DEMOGH, DO YOU THINK, TO GET DEMOUGH THIS LAYER AND IN MANY DEMO AN UNDERSTANDABLE LAYER OF DEMOERN AND DISTRUST?
>> I DEMOE.
I DEMOT THINK IT WILL BE ENOUGH.
SO DEMO I ALSO WOULD DO AND HAVE DEMO WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH DEMO OF OUR COMMUNITY-BASED DEMONIZATIONS, PARTICULARLY DEMOOR SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS DEMO HAVE A LEVEL OF DEMOTIONSHIPS WITH MANY OF OUR DEMOR RESIDENTS.
SO I DEMOD ENLIST THEIR SUPPORT TO SEE IF DEMOE IS ANY WAY THAT I DEMOD GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT DEMO REASSURANCE, PROVIDING DATA AND DEMOISTICS AND INFORMATION DEMOUSE I REALIZE AT THE END OF THE DAY DEMOYONE HAS THE ABILITY TO DEMO THEIR OWN DECISION.
I DEMO THEM TO BE AN INFORMED DEMODENT WITH AS MUCH KNOWLEDGE AS DEMO NEED TO MAKE THAT DEMOATED DECISION FOR DEMOSELVES.
IF DEMO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS, I DEMOD ALSO TALK TO CHILDREN, DEMOCIALLY IF THEY ARE AN OLDER DEMODENT.
WHO IS IN DEMO NEIGHBORHOOD, WHO IS IN DEMO HOUSEHOLD THAT I DEMOD TALK TO TO MAKE SURE YOU DEMO COMFORTABLE.
AT THE END OF THE DEMO IT'S NOT A DEMOATE.
I DEMO TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
I DEMO EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND DEMO THE VACCINE HAS THE DATA TO DEMO THAT IT IS SUCCESSFUL TO DEMOENT GETTING COVID-19.
AND DEMO'S A REAL FACT AND A DEMO NUMBER.
SO I DEMOD REMIND THEM OF THAT AS DEMO.
>> DEMOING WITH NEW YORK CITY DEMOCILMEMBER VANESSA GIBSON AND HER DEMORTS TO GET THE WORD OUT TO HER DEMOTITUENTS AND ALL DEMOHBORS ABOUT THE VALUE OF DEMO VACCINE.
DEMO ABOUT THE IDEA, ENLISTING THE AID OF DEMOBRITIES.
CAN DEMOBRITIES HELP, DO THEY DEMO?
WE DEMO SEEN ACTUALLY, AND THIS DEMO OF TIES INTO WHAT YOU DEMOIONED BEFORE, HANK AARON, WHO DEMO -- WE JUST LOST WITHIN THE DEMO WEEK OR SO.
ONE OF THE DEMOTEST BASEBALL DEMOERS OF ALL TIME.
DEMOTLY BEFORE HE DIED HE MADE A DEMOEMENT, HE GOT THE VACCINE.
HE DEMO A STATEMENT SAYING, DEMO, IENL G AM GETTING IT.
YOU DEMO TO GET.
DEMOLE ON THE INTERNET RAISING THE DEMOTOR, COMPLETELY DEMOLESS, THAT HE DIED AS A DEMOEQUENCE OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF DEMOINES.
DEMO DID NOT HAPPEN.
DEMOLD WE BE ENLISTING FAMILIAR DEMOS THAT MAY WELL LOOK AND DEMOD LIKE PEOPLE OF COLOR TO TRY TO DEMO THEM UNDERSTAND DEMO?
>> I DEMOK IT CAN BE HELPFUL.
I DEMOK IT CAN BE MORE HELPFUL DEMO HURTFUL.
I DEMOK IF YOU ARE USING DEMOBRITIES AND CERTAINLY DEMORS, ACTRESSES, YOU KNOW, DEMOICULARLY SINCE THEY HAVE DEMORIENCED COVID THEMSELVES AND DEMO CAN TELL THEIR OWN STORY AND DEMOR TESTIMONY.
YOU DEMO, WE HAVE SEEN RAPPERS AND DEMOESSES AND OTHERS THAT DEMO BEEN AFFECTED PERSONALLY BY DEMOD.
I DEMOK WHEN YOU TELL THAT DEMOY, IT REMINDS OUR DEMOTITUENTS THAT NO ONE IS DEMONE FROM COVID, NO MATTER HOW DEMO MONEY YOU HAVE, NO MATTER DEMO STATUS, YOU CAN BE AFFECTED BY DEMOD AUR WYOURSELF.
DEMOG THEM AS A PLATFORM THAT DEMOW THE CONCERNS TO SHOW THAT THE DEMOINE CAN BE SAFE AND DEMOCTIVE WHEN USED PROPERLY AND DEMONISTERED PROPERLY CI THINK CAN BE A DEMO THING.
>> IS THE DEMO DOING ENOUGH, DO YOU DEMOK, RIGHT NOW?
>> WE CAN DO DEMOER.
WE DEMO GOT A ROUGH START WITH THE DEMOINE.
YOU DEMO, WE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES DEMOND THE SUPPLY FROM THE FDA AND CDC AT THE DEMORAL LEVEL.
I DEMOK SOME OF THE SITES ON THE DEMOND WERE OVERWHELMED ALTHOUGH DEMOE WERE APPOINTMENT ONLY.
WE DEMON TO SEE A SHORT SUPPLY DEMO THE MAYOR KEPT TALKING DEMOT.
I DEMO BEEN WORKING WITH COUNSEL MER DEMOLO AND WE HAVE SECURED DEMOEES STADIUM AS A NEW MASS DEMOINATION DISTRIBUTION SITE.
WE ARE DEMOING FOR THE SUPPLY SO DEMO WE CAN BE UP AND RUNNING THE DEMONNING OF FEBRUARY WE DEMO AND THEN YOU HEARD THE DEMOUNCEMENT ON CITI FIELD.
I DEMOK RESIDENTS WANT LOCAL DEMOES THAT THEY FEEL DEMOORTABLE GOING TO IN THEIR DEMOHBORHOOD.
WE DEMO HEARD ISSUES AROUND THE DEMOINE.
DEMO WAIT TIMES.
AND DEMO YOU DO GET AN DEMOINTMENT, IT'S FAR OUT AND DEMOSS THE BOROUGH, REALLY FAR DEMO.
I DEMOK WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE DEMOES ON THE GROUND.
WE DEMO BEEN WORKING WITH HEALTH DEMO AND OTHERS, H AND H TO MAKE DEMO THAT WE HAVE THE PARTNERS ON THE DEMOND TO FACILITATE THE DEMORIBUTION.
>> DEMO QUESTION FOR YOU, A DEMOTE AND A HALF LEFT.
I DEMOIONED IN THE INTRODUCTION YOU DEMOCATED YOU ARE RUNNING FOR DEMOX BOROUGH PRESIDENT.
WE DEMO TALK DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT DEMOCIES AND ISSUES.
A DEMOK QUESTION FOR YOU.
I DEMOOGIZE I HAVE A MINUTE AND 15 DEMONDS.
WHY DO YOU DEMO TO DO THAT?
>> I DEMO THE BRONX TO CONTINUE TO DEMO STRONG LEADERSHIP.
I DEMOEVE MY SEVEN PLUS YEARS DEMO CITY GOVERNMENT AND FOUR DEMOS AS A STATE LEGISLATOR DEMOW ME TO BE EQUIPPED TO BE THE DEMO BRONX BOROUGH DEMOIDENT.
DEMO AN HONOR LOOKING AT THE DEMOUGH, THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY, DEMORTUNITY AND POTENTIAL THE DEMOX HAS.
WE DEMO BEEN SET BACK BY COVID.
DEMO PREPARATION FOR A COMEBACK.
WE DEMO TO GET BOROUGH RESIDENTS DEMO TO WORK.
WE DEMO TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE DEMO PLAN, REALIZE REAL DEMORDABLE HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEMOLOPMENT, SMALL BUSINESS DEMOORT AND FOOD INSECURITY.
SO I DEMO TO RUN FOR BRONX DEMOUGH PRESIDENT AND TO TALKIN DEMOFORM.
>> DEMOK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AND DEMOK YOU FOR THE GOOD DEMO YOU ARE DOING WITH REGARD TO DEMO VACCINE AND THE PARN.
YOU BE DEMO.
>> DEMOK YOU SO MUCH.
DEMO TOO.
DEMO A WONDERFUL DAY.
>>> THE WAY NEW DEMO LOOKS DEMOTHING US RESIDENTS USUALLY DEMO FORVANTED AND TOURISTS DEMOK TO SEE WAS CLOSE TO DEMOING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ON SO DEMO OCCASIONS IN OUR DEMOORY.
DEMOINE A SKYLINE THAT INCLUDED A DEMOT SUSPENSION BRIDGE DEMOING THROUGH THE TIP OF DEMOATTAN STRETCHING PAST DEMORNORS ISLAND ALL THE WAY TO RED DEMO BROOKLYN, OR A FLOATING DEMOORT ALONG THE HUDSON RIVER.
HOW DEMOT A GIGANTIC DOME OVER MID DEMOATTAN TO PROVIDE GOOD DEMOATE CONTROL?
AS DEMOIE AS THESE IDEAS SOUND DEMO WERE ALL PROJECTS PLANNED FOR NEW DEMO.
NOW DEMOLY 150 PLANS RENDERINGS AND DEMOLS OF SOME OF THE DEMOEST AND MOST FARFETCHED DEMON DESFLIGNED IDEAS ARE BEIN DEMOCASED AT THE QUEENS MUSEUM DEMOED "NEVER BUILT NEW YORK."
DEMO BOOK'S AUTHORS AND CURATORS OF THE DEMOBIT GREG GOLDEN AND SAM DEMOLLE JOIN ME NOW.
DEMOOME TO THE PROGRAM.
>> DEMOK YOU.
>> SO IN DEMOING THROUGH ALL OF DEMOE DIFFERENT IDEAS, FIRST AND DEMOMOST, FOR EACH OF YOU, WHAT WAS IT DEMO YOU SAW THAT YOU DEMOGHT SOMEBODY SERIOUSLY DEMOGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA?
>> THE DEMOTING AIRPORT AND THE DEMOON RIVER BECAUSE ITS SCALE IS DEMOINKABLE.
DEMO SOMETHING LIKE 48 BLOCKS DEMO.
IT DEMOD HAVE CONSUMED THE DEMORE -- HALF THE HUDSON RIVER AND DEMOABLY HALF OF THAT WEST DEMO OF MANHATTAN.
AND I DEMOT IMAGINE THAT EVER DEMONG BEEN BUILT.
>> DEMOINE THE SOUND OF DEMOLANES FLYING OVER YOU IN THE DEMOLE OF MANHATTAN.
>> DEMO, YEAH, I MEAN, ON ONE DEMO YOU THINK, THAT WOULD HAVE DEMO HELPFUL FOR CAPTAIN SULLY DEMOENBERGER, BUT THAT SEEMS DEMOLETELY RIDICULOUS.
WAS DEMOE ONE THAT STUCK OUT FOR DEMO >> DEMO, IT'S NOT USUALLY DEMOIDERED WACKY BUT DESTRUCTIVE DEMOH IS THE LOWER MANHATTAN DEMOESSWAY WHICH WAS PROPOSED BY DEMORT MOSES AND WOULD HAVE GONE DEMOG BROOM STREET FROM THE DEMOAND TUNNEL TO THE DEMOIAMSBURG BRIDGE AND THE DEMOATTAN BRIDGES AND IT WOULD DEMO TAKEN OUT A LOT OF SOHO AND LOT OF THE DEMOR EAST SIDE.
SO -- >> DEMO'S SO THE GOOD REAL DEMOTE.
>> DEMO.
IT DEMO'T CONSIDERED AS GOOD DEMO THEN.
THE DEMO WASN'T CONSIDERED DEMOETCHED AS ALL.
IT WAS DEMOE TO HAPPENING.
DEMOABLY ONE VOTE AWAY FROM DEMOENING.
>> DEMO >> SO DEMOE HAPPY THAT ONE DEMO'T HAPPEN.
>> DEMO, GOING THROUGH SOME OF DEMOE IDEAS, THERE WAS ONE THAT DEMOK OUT TO ME AS MAYBE NOT A DEMOETCHED IDEA BUT MAYBE AN DEMO THAT COULD HAVE COME TO DEMO, AND THAT WAS FROM 1920 A DEMO ALLEN NAMED DANIEL LAWRENCE DEMOER, WHO WAS WITH THE TRANSIT DEMOTRUCTION COMMISSION SUBWAY DEMO AND HE WAS PROPOSING A DEMOEL THAT WENT FROM BROOKLYN TO DEMOEN ISLAND.
DEMO DIDN'T HAPPEN.
WHY DEMO >> DEMO, HE HAD A VERY, VERY DEMOTIOUS PLAN FOR MANHATTAN DEMOADY BACK IN 1920.
THE DEMOE WAS WAY TOO CONGESTED.
HE DEMOIZED THEY HAD TO GET OUT IN DEMOT OF IT QUICKLY.
HE DEMOOSED THAT SUBWAY DEMOECTION FROM STATEN ISLAND TO DEMOKLYN, BUT HE ALSO PROPOSED DEMOT TWICE THE SIZE OF THE DEMOENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE DEMOY, INCLUDING IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEMO ABOUT SIX TIMES AS DEMO -- OR EVEN MORE CROSS-TOWN DEMOAYS IN MANHATTAN, WHICH WE DEMO IS A PROBLEM NOW.
>> AND DEMOUGH TO BOROUGH.
>> DEMOUGHS WOULD HAVE BEEN DEMOSCROSSED WITH A LOT MORE.
SO HE DEMOCALLY LOOKED AT THE DEMO THING WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW AND DEMO THIS IS NOT GOOD.
>> I DEMO TO SHOW THIS.
DEMOR DEMOE IS A GREAT QUOTE.
DEMON, 1920.
>> IN DEMOR TO KEEP PACE WITH THE DEMOMOUS TRAFFIC GROWTH THE DEMO MUST BUILD MORE TRANSIT DEMOLITIES THEN MORE AGAIN AND DEMOL MORE AGAIN AND MUST KEEP DEMOG THIS CONTINUALLY.
>> DEMOTLY.
DEMO, HE WAS -- >> TO ME DEMO'S IT.
>> HE WAS DEMOT ON.
WE DEMO LOOKED AT A LOT OF DEMOSIT SCHEMES THAT WOULD HAVE DEMOGED THE CITY.
DEMOE WAS A PLAN IN THE 1870s FOR A DEMOMATIC, AN INVENTOR FOR A DEMOMATIC SYSTEM.
>> DEMO ELON MUSK'S HYPERLOOP DEMOY.
YOU DEMOD HAVE BEEN CARRIED ON A DEMOAIN OF AIR FROM ONE STATION TO THE DEMO.
DEMOE WERE OTHER ONES IN 1870.
DEMOATED ONES IN 1870.
DEMOE WERE PLANS TO TAKE ALL DEMOK TRANSIT IN MANHATTAN AND DEMO IT INTO A MINIATURE DEMORGROUND RAILROAD TO MOVE ALL DEMOS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
YOU DEMOD NEVER SEE A TRUCK ON THE DEMOACE ROADS IN MANHATTAN.
DEMO WAS PROPOSED BEFORE WORLD WAR I.
>> DEMO.
DEMON, THESE ALL SOUND LIKE DEMOLY PRACTICAL IDEAS NOW.
WAS IT DEMO FUNDING AND MONEY DEMO KILLED A LOT OF THESE DEMOS?
>> DEMOE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT DEMOONS, ALTHOUGH THE REASONS ARE DEMO OF THE SAME.
DEMOY IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST.
BUT DEMOTICS KILLED THAT SUBWAY I DEMOIONED.
DEMO DOES IT A LOT.
DEMOCALLY, THE TRANSIT DEMOISSION THAT TURNER WORKED DEMO THEY WERE WORRIED -- THEY DEMO SICK OF THE SORT OF DEMOANIGANS, ET CETERA, ET DEMORA, AND THEY WANTED TO DEMORALIZE EVERYTHING.
BUT DEMO HELD EVERYTHING UP AND DEMO IT BECAME NEVER BUILT.
>> AND DEMO AN IDEA CAN BE DEMOCIENT.
IT CAN BE DEMO AHEAD OF ITS TIME AND DEMOR BE REALIZED BECAUSE NO ONE DEMO COME TO ACCEPT THAT IT IS A DEMO IDEA.
DEMO OUT.
>> ALL DEMOT.
DEMO, TAHE GIFT THAT KEEPS GOIN.
DEMOK YOU FOR CO-CURATING THIS DEMOBIT.
IT DEMO BE EXCITING TO TSEE WHA DEMOD HAVE BEEN AND THIS IS A DEMOT COMPANION BOOK THAT GOES DEMO IT.
>> DEMOK YOU.
>> DEMOK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> DEMOMAKER MANFRED DEMOCHHEIMER HAS BEEN DEMOMENTING NEW YORK CITY FOR DEMO A CENTURY.
THE DEMOEAR-OLD DOCUMENTARIAN AND DEMOER FILM PROFESSOR HAS DEMOD NEW YORK EVER SINCE HE AND HIS DEMOLY CAME HERE IN 1936 TO DEMOPE NAZI GERMANY.
HIS DEMOMENT ARIES ARE A DEMOSCAPE AND A TRIBUTE.
FOR HIS DEMO "FREE TIME" WHICH DEMOIERED AT THE FILM FESTIVAL AT DEMOOLN CENTER HE TURNED TO 16 DEMOIMETER BLACK AND WHITE DEMOAGE SHOT 60 YEARS AGO.
DEMO MANY PREVIOUS FILMS, IT'S A DEMOTATION ON CITY LIFE SET TO THE DEMODS OF JAZZ AND CLASSICAL DEMOC CAPTURING THE METROPOLIS DEMONG A SEEMINGLY GENTLER TIME DEMO BY.
DEMO IS A PREVIEW.
♪ ♪ >> DEMOING US TO TALK ABOUT DEMOE TIME" AND HIS LIFE AND DEMOR IS MANFRED KIRSCHHEIMER.
DEMOOME TO THE PROGRAM.
DEMO AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> DEMOK YOU.
>> AS DEMO, YOU SHOT THIS FILM 60 DEMOS AGO.
DEMOT OF ALL, WHY DID YOU SHOOT DEMO FILM?
DEMO WAS YOUR INITIAL INTENTION DEMO IT?
>> DEMO, WALTER HESSLE WAS MY DEMONER AT TIME.
AND I WAS DEMOTING A LARGE DEMOPTED FILM CALLED "DREAM OF A DEMO," AND ITS MAIN THEME HAD TO DO DEMO THE WAY THE GLASS BOXES DEMO TAKING OVER THE CITY DEMOTOWN, MIDTOWN PART OF IT.
>> THE DEMOS SKYSCRAPERS?
>> DEMO.
DEMO, I CALL THEM BOXES.
YOU DEMO?
AND WE DEMOORED IT.
AND IT HAD DEMONS OF THE DEMOKING OF THE OLDER BUILDINGS IN DEMOR OF THE NEWER ONES.
AND DEMOE WE DIDN'T GET TO EDIT DEMO FILM, BUT WE SHOT A GREAT DEMO OF MATERIAL.
WE DEMO OVER 30 HOURS WORTH OF DEMORIAL WITH A BOLEX DEMOK-AND-WHITE 100-FOOT ROLLS.
DEMOAY, SO SINCE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DEMO IT TOGETHER, I ASKED DEMOISSION FROM HIM TO MAKE MY OWN DEMOS OUT OF THE MATERIAL, AND HE DEMOD MAKE HIS OWN FILMS.
SO DEMO SOON AFTER I MADE A DEMO-HOUR FILM CALLED "CLAW" DEMOH WAS ABOUT THAT SUBJECT.
>> NOW YOU DEMOVE IT AND MAKE A DEMOE FILM OUT OF THAT FOOTAGE.
WHY DEMO >> DEMOT, AND THAT WAS ONLY A DEMO HOUR, AND THIS IS AN HOUR.
DEMO, WHY NOW?
I DEMO A FILM LAST YEAR, WHICH I DEMOALLY CALLED "DREAM OF A DEMO" WHICH WAS ALSO AT THE FILM DEMOIVAL.
AND DEMO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE TO DEMO THE SAME KIND OF FILM DEMOE IN A ROW.
SO IN DEMOEEN I MADE A TALKING DEMOS FILM, YOU KNOW, AN DEMORVIEW FILM CALLED "MIDDLE DEMOS MONEY HONEY" ALL ABOUT DEMOLE'S RELATIONSHIP TO MONEY DEMO DEMO I FIGURED I AM GOING TO GO DEMO TO THIS MATERIAL AND SEE DEMO'S LEFT.
AND SO DEMO BECAME "FREE TIME".
>> YOU DEMO BEEN SHOOTING THIS DEMO FOR DECADES.
DEMOABLY NO ONE KNOWS BERHOW IT HAS DEMOGED.
HOW DO YOU DEMOK IT HAS CHANGED FOR THE DEMOER AND FOR THE DEMOE?
>> DEMO, FOR THE BETTER, THE AIR DEMOITY IS BETTER.
DEMOE ARE TREES EVERYWHERE.
DEMOE IS NOT A TREE IN THIS DEMO.
>> DEMO'S RIGHT.
>> YOU DEMO?
AND DEMO I MEAN, I LIVE ON DEMODWAY, AND THE MALL IS DEMOED, IS LUSH, YOU KNOW.
YOU DEMOLY KNOW IT'S SUMMERTIME DEMO IT IS SUMMERTIME.
AND SO DEMOE TWO THINGS HAVE DEMONITELY IMPROVED.
DEMO'S GOTTEN WORSE IS THE DEMOFIC.
OH, MY DEMO YOU DEMO, ON ANY DAY IN THE DEMOLE OF THE DAY, THINGS ARE DEMOKED UP.
AND THE DEMO, WHICH THE FILM DEMONSTRATES, THAT KIDS DON'T DEMO ON THE STREET ANYMORE.
>> DEMO'S TRUE.
>> AND I DEMOIBUTE THAT TO THE DEMOPHONE.
I DEMOK THE KIDS GO UP TO THEIR DEMOES AFTER SCHOOL AND DON'T GO DEMO TO PLAY THE WAY THEY USED TO.
>> SO DEMO, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT DEMOTED THIS LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN YOU AND THE DEMO?
WHY DID YOU DEMODE TO MAKE THIS DEMO OF LIKE THE PREMIER SUBJECT OF DEMO FILM?
>> DEMO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DEMO/HATE AFFAIR, ACTUALLY, DEMOUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR PROTEST DEMONST THOSE GLASS BOXES WAS A BAD DEMO OF THE CITY, AND IT'S DEMOENING NOW IN BROOKLYN AND DEMO HAPPENING ON 57th STREET IN DEMOATTAN, YOU KNOW, THESE VERY DEMO STRUCTURES VYING WITH THE DEMORE STATE.
AND DEMOING SHADOWS ON THE PARK.
SO DEMO'S THE HATE PART OF NEW DEMO.
I DEMOLY DEPLORE IT AS I GO DOWN THE DEMOUE.
>> WE DEMO ABOUT 10, 15 SECONDS DEMO.
ARE YOU DEMOL GOING OUT ON THE DEMOETS SHOOTING?
>> NO, MY DEMO FILM WAS DEMONERS" WHERE I WENT OUT ON THE DEMOET WHERE I INTERVIEWED DEMOLE WHO COLLECTED CANS AND DEMOLES FOR A NICKEL.
>> DEMO, AS I TOLD YOU BEFORE DEMO I CAME TO NEW YORK CITY, I DEMOST GOT YOU AS A PROFESSOR.
NOW I DEMO I DID.
I DEMO THE WRONG DECISION.
DEMOK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US DEMOY.
DEMO BEEN AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU DEMO WITH US.
DEMOROFOCUS" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY SUE AND DEMOR WACHENHEIM III, DEMOIA A.
AND SIMON B. POYTA DEMORAMMING ENDOWMENT TO FIGHT DEMO-SEMITISM, THE DEMOR G. PETERSON AND JOAN DEMO COONEY FUND, DEMOARD AND DENISE SCHWARTZ, DEMOARA HOPE ZUCKERBERG, THE DEMOOSE MONELL FOUNDATION AND BY DEMOT PRINDLE SEIDLER, DEMO AND JOHN ARNHOLD, CHERYL AND DEMOIP MILSTEIN FAMILY, DEMO AND JOSH WESTON, DR. DEMORT C. AND TINA SOHN DEMODATION.
♪ DEMOARA HOPE ZUCKERBERG,
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