"I don't know if it was my police gut feeling" @NYCMayor says on Fox 5 of the Columbia protests being "different"

"It was materialized that there were outside agitators," he continues, but neither he nor the NYPD have been able to provide details.

"We have identified some" The mayor has moved on from saying "outside agitators" infiltrated Columbia's protests to saying there could be a bad professor out there "radicalizing" students.

.@GovKathyHochul will be joined by @AOC at the 61st-Woodside train station shortly. Another strong labor contingent here showing support Meeting with voters and future voters on Roosevelt

Waiting with at least 100 other members of the media for presser to update on mass shouting at BK subway station. @NYCMayor is on day 3 of COVID quarantine, and Dep Mayor Lorraine Grillo is here. We are waiting on @GovKathyHochul whose lt gov turned himself into police today First Dep Mayor Lorraine Grillo: says she’s been speaking with @NBCNewYork on the phone since this happened to assist law enforcement

Last night's storm was complicated in that climate change is making these events stronger and more frequent -- but there is plenty of basic governmental failure that makes things worse.

So we have @NYCMayor and others deferring only to climate change and not their own failings On 183rd St. in Queens, a mother and son died when rushing water flooded their basement apartment. The foundation collapsed, making it harder for FDNY to rescue them, officials said.

.@NYCMayor kicks things off a little differently -- he's starting with the daily indicators and giving the 7-day rolling average of Covid-19 positivity rate

https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1310954966526427137

1.38% 7-day rolling average citywide

Problem is primarily in 9 Zip codes which is affecting the daily number, @NYCMayor says, which is OVER 3%.

It shows the city has to be on "high alert" to keep upticks down, he says

First question for @NYCMayor on @InsideCityHall is about the uptick in Covid-19 cases in certain neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens. MAyor says there will be "a lot of close work with community organizations" to get people wearing masks, socially-distanced .@NYCMayor says he spoke with community leaders in one neighborhood late Saturday, who he said were committed to getting more compliance

.@NYCMayor pushes back strongly against all-remote, saying it deprives kids the education they deserve. Q on how many teachers are needed, @NYCMayor says he's been meeting daily at the DOE "war room" to figure out staffing challenge for the city's schools.

Brian asked for specific number of teachers needed and teachers hired.

The mayor still doesn't give a specific # so far.

It's #AskTheMayor now on @BrianLehrer

Got a Q for @NYCMayor? Use the hashtag!

The mayor kicks things off by commending Brian for 31 years on @WNYC And here comes news on outdoor dining. The city will expand it permanently and allow heating elements including propane, according to an early version of the release obtained by the WSJ

On schools re-opening on @MorningJoe:

"Nothing like that happening in the country," @NYCMayor, still on the New York City Exceptionalism tip, says, although it's incorrect. "If we wanted to take the easy way and cheat our kids, we could have gone all-remote a long time ago," @NYCMayor says.

Update on the city's school reopening plan: .@NYCMayor announces a Covid "situation room"with a direct hotline for principals of a DOE Covid Response Situation Room with DOE, Test & Trace, DOH staffers and daily public reporting

Here at @NYGovCuomo’s Manhattan office for a briefing. He’s making an announcement.

NYC’s positive numbers remain low despite the state doing the most tests in the country @NYGovCuomo New York City has been under 1% for 33 straight days, governor says

.@NYCMayor kicks off his morning press conference with well-wishes about the long weekend, for those who celebrate. Thank you, Mr. Mayor, I did have an excellent Labor Day weekend. "This year, we had a very different situation, there was not going to be the big events," @NYCMayor says of canceled West Indian Day Parade and J'ouvert celebrations

The city's census response rate is at 57.9%, which is too low, @NYCMayor says. There are 4 weeks to go.

The lowest response rate in some neighborhoods is 43%. The city believes it was undercounted in 2010, particularly in Astoria and Jackson Heights in Queens and Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst in Brooklyn:

nytimes.com/2011/08/11/nyr…

Principals in District 75, which includes all schools for students with special needs, have joined other districts with concerns over school reopening. They sent a letter to @NYCMayor and @NYGovCuomo saying the staff accommodations
“will stretch our sites too thin.” They also express concerns over busing, especially since many students have physical disabilities.
And budget cuts are so severe, some schools don’t have money for subs or per diems

If it's Friday, it's the day for #AskTheMayor on @BrianLehrer !

Brian starts with a question about staffing issues at public schools, more here: on.wsj.com/31B0MKK "I do hear the concerns of the principals, and that answer is coming to them very, very shortly," @NYCMayor says. The principals' union sent out a letter today to the mayor discussing staffing levels

The mayor says there's a pool of subs, and from Absent Teacher Reserve, or ATR

Here in the Bronx for an in-person Q&A with @NYCMayor and @DOEChancellor. I gotta give them credit for selecting such a beautiful field 🤪 @NYCMayor @DOEChancellor We are currently sitting on the site of future outdoor learning!

.@NYCMayor kicking off this morning's press conference with @DOEChancellor discussing school re-opening.

“The focus has been on health and safety...

We have the strictest, safest approach to school reopening of anyone in the country. We have held the highest standards.” The city's standards for re-opening are the strictest in the world, @NYCMayor says.

"New Yorkers have achieved so much together over the last few months," @NYCMayor says to start today's briefing.

"It's as if everyone is on one big team together." We have a "back to school pledge"

Back from vacation and it looks like @NYCMayor upgraded his election countdown sign .@NYCMayor is now talking about former Queens Borough President Claire Shulman, who died yesterday.

"Happy Monday, and it is a beautiful day in New York City today," @NYCMayor says to start off his press conference But a threat is looming -- Tropical Storm Isaias is heading our way. Forecasters say the threat will be minimal but @NYCMayor reminds us that anything can happen

"Lower Manhattan is particularly vulnerable in this situation" he says and notes OEM has deployed interim measures

"Right now we see our federal government in a systematic attack on democracy,” @NYCMayor
starts off his morning presser, saying the federal government is trying to undermine freedom of speech and right to vote @NYCMayor The lead-off topic is the Census and the election.

@NYCMayor reminds us of important dates:

Oct. 31 --last day to fill out the Census

Nov. 3 - Election Day