Hi everyone, I hope you're all well. Had a great weekend and welcome to another episode of our Pokemon VGC 2019 battle series It is Monday, so that means one thing that we are gonna be kicking off this week with a brand new team Now we put a poll up on the YouTube channel about a week ago asking you guys what you'd like to see featured going into this week And it came back unanimous as you can see on your screen the x-ray build came out on top So that's what we're gonna be going forward with this week It's gonna be really exciting and a lot of fun to play around with and we're gonna start off with this very standard build That you can see on your screen now, which we'll get into in a moment And then we'll probably change things up next week based on some of your feedback comments and suggestions things that you'd like to See played around it and I've got a few builds of my own that I would like to feature before we do end up with This team at the end of next week so getting into this team as always it is down in the description below There is a role-paced and a poker piece of the team check it out try it out if you'd like to and if you do try It out let me know how you find this team, but to recap we've got the mega requires that we've got the zernius They are the main core elements of this team being an x-ray build of course and then the supporting cast you've got the Landrous theory and it's got the Z move on this team. It's got the ground DMZ for that tectonic rage You've got the tap of finny for support the incineroar double intimidate there alongside that landers and then the Serena Which is a really nice pick on this team and one that I think really does work quite well within this core It's got the Queenly Majesty ability denies any priority attacks from opposing Pokemon disrupts their ability to fake out and carve out Those bold positions that they so really desire so as I said the team is down in the description check it out But without further ado we'll get straight into today's episode So as always guys if you do enjoy this sort of content make sure to leave a like on the video Do subscribe to the channel for more Pokemon content and more than anything leave your comments down below because I love hearing from you guys Right, let's get some music on A bit of Tim my speakers down because otherwise we'll be bleeding over and we have a new feature as well on this screen So we are featuring the bottom screen just to let you guys know my rating as we go through the matches now I've had a bunch of internet issues at home recently where my home broadband has been just Intimate and dropping out and I've had all sorts of issues So we've reset our rating because the amount of games I've tried to go into and we've just disconnected It's just scuppered the rain So we're starting to fresh this week and it's going to be really fun to see how far we can climb with this team Come a week on Friday. Right. We've got a first opponent. So let's hop into team Our first opponent today is running a team of dawn wings and across my coyote and meta grass tapu lele Cartana and toga tomorrow. So we've got all the steel types in this team We've got the meta grass cartana and toga tomorrow all things we need to be a little bit wary of but landers doesn't do too Bad against the majority of them. We have to be a bit careful with that primal coyote That's gonna be throwing out big powerful water type attacks probably gonna see a Ultra necrosis man there from that dawn wings variant to take advantage of that psychic turn even more So even more reason to bring the tapu finny for ourselves to disrupt that terrain And there's not really much speed control on my opponent's team It could be scoffed up a little and then you could have tailwind on the cartana But outside of that there's not very many options other than trick room Maybe on that dawn wings necrosis man now See what we can do to lead up against this right? I'm gonna bring I do need intimidating I think I'm gonna lead off with landers and Requiser And actually double intimate. No, I'm gonna lead requires I'm gonna lead in center on the back and I think we definitely need it's like leaving zernius at home Which I'm not really massively fond of doing But we definitely need that tapu finny. So we'll have to bring that into this match and we'll get into it Straight into it and good luck to my opponent for us kicking off today. So Just questioning not bringing the zernius It just feels like one of those things like where we need to bring the zernius to this match But it's just making room for it because we need to kind of tick the boxes elsewhere The inciner was definitely needed especially against ultra and dawn wings necrosis man And the double intimidates gonna be so invaluable against this this mega metagross here We are gonna see a pretty dominating lead for my opponent here against us So we're not leaving in exactly how we want to here the metagross on the top of Lele coming out We are seeing the psychic turn active it before our airlock or our intimidate and our intimidate unfortunately We're not gonna be able to get off onto the metagross here, right now things that we can do We have to be wary about an ice punch from the metagross But you would think maybe because of how heavily orientated it is around that psychic turn that it might not have that And send headbutt instead, but that's still something we need to be very very careful about and I think what we'll do is We will I don't want to switch out just yet because I want metagross to mega evolve so we can start intimidating it cycling it One of the things we could do is yeah, we could just double protect here I don't think there's much chance of any set up The only risk that we've got is maybe a stray substitute on that meta mega cross. We do see it mega evolve We've got two decent switches in the back between incineroar and tappafini as well So we're not too worried there It's just getting some speed control I see wind predominantly from ourselves onto that metagross to allow our landers to come back in to threaten it But I don't think my opponent's gonna just as easily allow us to where to take it down like like that So it won't be that straightforward. You do see it doesn't gleam come out from this tapu lili And then there is the ice punch from that mega metagross. So one of the things we probably want to do is switch into Tappafini here and go for incineroar on this side of the field And then we've got access to fake out because we'll overwrite the psychic terrain We'll keep break cause we're around for later as well as our landers which we identified in team previews being so important to us So we are gonna be able to get this intimidate onto the metagross here, which is so important for us You know metagross is one of those Pokemon. It's got tough close ability as well So boosting those physical type attacks It's gonna be hitting so hard and you've got to be so so wary around it and just getting the Intimidate onto it when you can is is massive for us. So we're seeing another doesn't gleam lately not switching out And there's another ice punch this time coming into that incineroar slot So we are able to take that now freeze because of that missy terrain that we've got now We do have access to Fake out here that we could take advantage of and I think one of the things I'd like to do now probably is just Just get some icy wind support off I think the metagross probably protects us which is out here to cycle or remove that intimidate drop here So I'm just gonna go for a u-turn into the tapu lele And reposition again metagross switching out again. That makes a lot of sense. Kyoko's gonna hit the field now But this does open the door for us to bring in a Requizer now, which is quite nice because one of the things we can do is just put a lot of pressure on to that tapu Lele which after an icy wind will be slower than requiser so It's one of the beauties about having the slow pivot u-turn with our incineroar There's another doesn't gleam we will have to take unfortunately But both Pokemon taking it not too bad. We are able to get this icy wind off with that tapu finny and Then this u-turn into the tapu lele which will do a nice bit of damage and Hmm, do we get do we get the requiser and that's the question? Hmm Do we get the lander is in I Think we get requiser and because then we're gonna be able to Threaten both targets. I think we kind of almost force the metagross onto the field as well at this point The does and gleams the one thing I do worry about more than anything else. I am just gonna icy wind here Mega evolve and go for a dragon ascent We can't really afford to go for an ex like a swords dance here as much as I'd like to which is just taking a dazzling gleam And potentially an ice beam at the same time not really gonna happen So we are gonna be able to get this delta stream up and active which is very nice It will reduce the damage of those water type attacks Although we're probably gonna see an ice beam which will take us down to our sash And the other thing we could have thought about maybe here would have been potentially going for a Heal pulse just to give us a little bit of health back because the next turn when the metagross comes back onto the field It does make things a little bit more difficult for us Maneuvering round that because it will outspeed A type of finny which is the big thing but we can protect and I see wind again thunder actually coming out for Kyle And it does actually make contact which is pretty big for my opponent is gonna get the type of finny there. Okay, so I think one of the things we could potentially do is get our incineroar onto the field now We've got access to fake out as well, which is quite nice And then if the metagross does make an appearance we can double intimidate it before doing anything else with Rayquaza Yeah, it's gonna be the metagross Metagross That's not like super straightforward from this point at all I'm kind of tempted to switch incineroar right back out for lander us But I probably am better off going for fake out into the metagross and Just dragging a cent in the Kyoga Although I do really want to get I do really want to go for the Sword stance here as well Because if we keep incineroar in I Just don't want to take an ice punch. I don't want to take an ice beam either but a dragon ascent Oh, man. I don't think I've locked it in in time This is annoying requires a protect. Okay. We're just gonna protect. I'm gonna lose Incineroar okay metagross protecting maybe Kyoga protects as well That's frustrating for us. That is super frustrating for us As we see an origin pulse come out. We get away with it. No, we don't get away with it It's gonna take down incineroar for sure Okay I think the one thing is though that we've got kind of going for us here is that It's really frustrating point to everyone make sure you keep an eye on your timer don't be so hesitant with moves Damn damn damn we could have we could have got the dragon ascent onto the Kyoga would have made things so much easier for us We do get another intimidate onto the metagross here. Now. I do think we could probably just earthquake I'm dragging the scent into the Kyoga now the metagross has got a feel Like it doesn't want to switch out It's not taking either target down because we've got the sash there We just have to hope that a dragon is sent in the earthquakes enough to get This Rick this Kyoga, which it definitely will be 100% As he has punch wise it into where you going into metagross it's into a request that will take us down Oh, it doesn't even take us down to our sash after two dragon a sense as well. It's pretty big So we are able to get this earthquake probably isn't enough to get the the metagross But at the same time we do have the tectonic rage We can take advantage of next turn of just depend on what my opponent's last Pokemon is here So even after the misclick we might be able to kind of pull a win out Which I'm hoping we can because it's always it's always frustrating when like that happens. It's You just kind of Not paying as much attention as you can need to be We are seeing ultra necrosma come out now. That is a bit unfortunate. Now. We can get another earthquake off here I think we've got to try and get the earthquake off and protect Rick wise I keep these this Delta stream up as long as possible and just hope that lander is can take Hopefully my opponent doesn't double in to the lander is here because that's one thing that they could do They could ultra burst doubling to the lander us and That would that would be Bad for us because as long as we can get the earthquake onto the metagross is next turn and we've got lander And Rick was out on the field. There's a good chance. We can close this one up to on one But it's just about keeping the Delta stream up active now And hope there's no double into the lander us But a punch. Okay, so that's that's good for us photon geyser. We should take this with lander us So this is what we want situation wise So close Too close for comfort. Honestly We do and are going to be able to get this metagross get some nice damage on to the ultra necrosis and Fortunately, it can only target one thing now So we can drag and ascent and we can go for the tectonic rage into it and we should be able to close this one up, which We get away with but It's a good thing just to make sure, you know, like it's always said players always say, you know Never give up until the very end as long as you've gotten out and even sometimes when it doesn't feel like you've gotten out You've got to play To every out that you've got don't hit the forfeit button Try and play things out and we are gonna see if the z move like I say it can only be into one target And no matter which target it's into now The other one is gonna pick up the knockout onto alternate cosmic We will have to cut this z move obviously, so we'll come back when we see which targets going into Okay into the Rayquaza here, I'm gonna be enough to pick up the knockout, but Ray's putting a lot of work this game A huge nuclear explosion Such a cool animation that in bit really is Ray goes down and we'll just return the favor with a tectonic rage just to make sure With our landeris that we are able to take this thing down and landeris theory and doing some nice work here as well Especially with that the delta stream mysterious air protecting it all the way So there we go, and that will wrap up game one for us, which is perfect It wasn't perfect because we had the time out, but I mean that's the thing one of the things just As we go forward. Oh no, what's what's happened? What's happened? No, nothing's happened. It looked like the screen for us So Thankfully Oh, I don't know if it is freezing. It feels like it's all stuttery Hopefully it doesn't come across like that on the recording. That would be a nightmare But it does look like it's I'm just gonna plug my capture card in just to make sure that everything's working. All right Just to make sure and there we go. Yeah, so good game to my opponent We'll hop into our next one and hopefully it is just as entertaining as that one was for you all at home watching Right kicking off. I guess we better do some music What music are we gonna go for? Let's see Nekrosma version two and homage to that z move that we've just had that I thought we were done with after the last two weeks, but we've got our next Let's hop into team preview Right our next opponent is running a dongwings nekrosma Sogaleo not a call you see very often for restricteds there the tapu finny incinero salamence and landeris therian, so we've got a few Copy pokemon on each side of the field. You've got the the tapu finny there It's going to be the icy wind support a probably natures madness there as well Haze potentially to help shut down set up the targets the restricted combination here We've got the dongwings nekrosma going to be ultra nekrosma more than likely and then the sogaleo Like I said, it's not really a common call that you see a lot of the time But the sogaleo does a nice job at protecting the ultra nekrosma once it has Ultra burst and especially from things like zernius and other fairies that do threaten it because of its dragon type And you've got the support there triple intimidate man Do you ever wish you had a competitive or a defiant pokemon on your team? And but there's intimidate support fake out support from the incinero Then the tailwind support from the salamence is probably going to be the predominant speed control for my opponent And like I say the triple intimidate there Right. How are we going to set up against this? I think at finny's quite important for us here to just disrupt my opponent They've got two pokemon three pokemon really that are weak to that ice type attack in icy wind So if we can support that it'd be very nice for us. I think we will lead finny Um, I think we'll go with incinero Lander us we definitely Probably need and also our mega ray as well is going to be useful here Um, so we'll lock in with those and we'll get straight into this next one again We're leaving the zernius out, but maybe maybe it's zernius's day tomorrow And we have featured quite a lot of zernius over the last two weeks So that's what was like the the pole when I put it up It looked like groud only velta was going to win as like great excellent We're going to feature something other than zernius and it's not that I don't like zernius It's just nice to mix it up a little bit But when it came back extra I was like oh we're going to have Another zernius team to feature this week There's going to be a lot of the same elements in the team because you need certain elements to Have zernius work in a certain way, especially when you've got it paired with something like Requires a um, so I was a little bit In two minds with whether it was the right team to bring But I think it'll be a lot of fun and like I say I've got some builds of my own that are going to be fun to feature next week And then any suggestions from you guys are always always welcome. So Right, we've got the sogaleo And the ultranacrosm here I think one thing we could potentially do the sogaleo is difficult to deal with because we can't Drop its stats at all even without icy winds support And now we can go icy winds to get the ultranacrosm And I think fake out into the sogaleo this could lead to us potentially taking An earth power from this dawn wings. It's going to ultra burst now But we've got to try and get ourselves in a decent position for the late game getting in something like requiser and Lander is especially for that sogaleo is going to be huge for us here We do get the fake out into that sogaleo That's the earth power as we expected Going to do nice big damage Not quite take us down to our berry, which is a little bit unfortunate But we do get the icy wind just to chip away everything Reduce the speed on the ultranacrosm and more than anything else right now The problem is I kind of I like I would love nature's madness here But on this type of finny we've got Skulled because we can take advantage of that with requiser, especially if there's a primal ground on the field um Could just go for another icy wind Try to get in landeris. It's just I'd rather get landeris in for free Rather than bring it in and potentially taking a big attack here um And I know it does mean probably losing our incineroar, but it might be the the best thing to do in this situation So we can get our pokemon in fresh. We're going to see z moves straight away fired out from this ultranacrosm now Without the psychic terrain. It's not going to be enough to take down Um the finny so we should be all right, but we'll have to cut obviously once again finny here We should be able to take it. This should just poke her very hopefully Go so slow doesn't it? We know how slow it goes, but yeah, we are able to take it at least We do get another icy wind off It's not going to be so helpful against the toga leo But it really helps against that ultranacrosm that's sitting on the field right now We're going to see the toga leo maybe super power here Into the incineroar or just go I'll charge. Okay. I want to get rid of that finny Oh, maybe predicting Something else to come in critical hit there a bit unfortunate I don't know if we would have survived that but either way it is slightly unfortunate for us to Have to deal with that Okay, all right. Well, we'll be able to get landers in now. We put a lot of pressure onto that soga leo um And the ultranacrosm is going to feel Pretty threatened here. I feel Now I don't think a normal earthquake is going to be enough to get the soga leo Um So one of the things you could do is get rikwaza in It's just we potentially take a big attack from the ultranacrosm at the same time, which I'm not really keen on doing um Hmm I wonder if an icy wind Because we will outspeed the cosmo now with finny so another icy wind in just an earthquake It's going to be enough here to deal with everything I think i'm just going to do that like we should outspeed ultranacrosm with a type of finny So we should be able to get an earthquake icy wind off instead of all going to come in cycling intimidate support And we set those speed drops on the lacrosm Which is a little bit of a drawback for us, but soga leo just going to protect this team. Which is fine I think the the worst thing is that we're earthquakeing our own type of finny Which is never something that we really want to be doing but at the same time It was like the trade-off do we switch in rikwaza which might have been the best thing to do there um Finny taking that pretty comfortably though. So it's not too bad Now we've got to protect with landers here And we're probably going to see a wild charge in on our type of finny There's not really much we can do to get around the potential um Oh, this is this is real real tough.  It's still not over. Well with rikwaza in the back We've still got an opportunity to try and do some stuff. We're going to see the fake out Yeah into the lander us there does you double a and we actually get the hairs off So it's nice. We get rid of that intimidate drop that we've gotten to Landers stencil strike You're going to be into Where you're going to be into let's see. Oh, it's into lander us We do just take it and that's quite it's quite good for us there. Um, now we can heal pulse lander us And I think this turn is where we go for that tectonic rage into the saga lao Be nice if it's kind of predicted maybe an earthquake again and wide guarded That will be ideal, but I don't see it happening Hmm. Yeah, it's the protector. We'll probably see The u-turn from the the incident or now we are going to be able to get some decent damage off on to this saga lao for sure Problem is though hitting through the protect. I don't know if it'll be an earthquake range the next turn But we will see Probably not and there's a heal pulse. We do get into lander us What's this incident are all going to do? I would imagine it utens So it's got the intimidating the back to bring in again We're going to see a knock off actually into lander us but not doing too much damage there So we're going to be able to get at least an earthquake and a heal pulse off once again of that type of finny which should remove the incident and potentially the the the saga lao and not massively confident because saga lao is just so bulky, but we're not intimidated so The likelihood is that we should be able to get it. There's the earthquake We've seen what the damage it does to type of finny. So we should hang on with type of finny here Oh saga lao hangs on by the skin of its teeth Oh That is that is frustrating but The health is the health is useful while charged. This is into finny. This will take us down. Okay Right now three pokemon left. It is damaged. It does hang on somehow Okay, the necrosma we can deal with I think one thing that we've probably got to do is Mega evolve and dragon ascent into the necrosma and just protect our lander us here Because with the sash as long as my opponent doesn't double into the requiser here We should be able to get um We should be able to close things up end game. I'm hoping Um, I think the worst thing for us right now would be to double up into the requiser What the heck is this custard berry? This is not what we want to see custard Soga lao what Okay, we just gotta hope they they they've went they've chased the lander us Sunsteel strike into the lander us. So we're definitely going to be able to get Doubling into that slot. That's perfect for us Because we can extreme speed the soga lao the next turn to take it down before it can do any more damage And then we've got the earthquake potentially with requiser. We'll still have a sash with um The earthquake with lander us will still have a sash with requiser, which is always useful Um, it does depend on what my opponent's last pokemon is But again, we're kind of gone right down to the why here and pulling this back from what looked like Despair, but it's still not over. So we can't get it any ahead of ourselves Any more ahead of ourselves than we already are type of in earthquake And dragon descent will that be enough? What are we doing here? I think the problem with Okay, we'll extreme speed I'm all earthquake. I mean it's yeah I just want to see the soga lao protecting here No protect. So this should be enough to get down. Yeah, you get it Everything's lagging so much. Why is it lagging? Why is everything lagging? I hope it's not coming through in the video Too much and I'm sorry if I'm talking about the earthquake off. They should put finny into range for at least another Dragon ascent and we're just going to see him blast. It'll take us down to our sash Yeah, but another earthquake dragon ascent will be more than enough to take this thing down. I would imagine I think the thing that we probably want to do here is protect And just get that extra damage just to guarantee That we'll be able to take the finny down with that next turn It's just I'm a little bit wary that we go dragon ascent. Don't take it down It survives the berry prox and and then we lose requires and then we haven't got enough The following turn to take finny down with the earthquake. So I just wanted this here Why is it lagging so much? It's crazy lag. It's going on icy wind. There we go. Okay Landrush should be able to take this because of the mysterious air We've got from Rayquaza and then Rayquaza going to be able to finish this one up the next turn and even if not landrush should be sticking around for us to clean this one up and Allow us to take this one with another earthquake. So Out with the depths of despair We managed to be able to come back and take this game and um, I mean that's two games where we've had to deal with They've not been massively keen cut, but we've not give up and we went right to the end and we pulled out two wins Which is super nice. We got the crit there. I don't think it really mattered, but Very good game to my opponent and a nice way for us to end the episode to kick us off with this team this week And hopefully we can feature a lot more of the different elements of this team And maybe bring the zonius in tomorrow's episode, which is crazy because we've played two games today kicking off with the team And we haven't even featured zonius wonch, which is madness, but it's been a lot of fun guys Thank you so much for tuning in. I hope you've enjoyed today's episode And we'll be back for another one very soon. So until then take care of yourselves. Have a great day and bye. Bye


Good afternoon everyone and thank you for joining us for today's public safety briefing led by deputy mayor for public safety Phil Banks Following our last speaker We will take a few questions from the media followed by some questions that have been submitted by the public ahead of today's briefing I would now like to turn it over to deputy mayor Phil Banks. Good afternoon. Okay, man. Thank you for tuning in We have an interesting. I don't recall a show episode today here The theme is going to be about July 4th and July 4th safety So I'm joined today by the FDA why commissioner Lord Kavanaugh and that commissioner Is she will be speaking about safety as it comes to it relates to fireworks? You know every year that we hear about these horrific stories about people who are playing with fireworks all too often illegal fireworks and they they cause harm to themselves and harm to others and she will be Just informing the audience about the dangers that associate with that and the safety precautions that you need to be able to take part in And of course again once again We're joined by our parks and recreation commissioner, so Donahue and she will be talking about safety in parks beaches pools But parks in general as we will see an increase of People visiting our parks on beaches as we want to we want to just make sure that we remain safe as we possibly can And we are a company here, but I think it's the first time we've had her mayor's office of animal welfare director Alex Silver and sometimes we forget about the safety when it comes to these pets, right? These these four-legged furies that we have dogs cats and any other animals and she will be discussing some of the safety tips that We need to take in consideration, especially if we're pet owners But even our pets are in our proximity and that's going to be very interesting But at first we're going to start off with our nice him New York City's emergency management first deputy commissioner Christina Farrell as many of us can recall a few weeks ago, right? We saw that the air quality in New York City had a dramatically decreased I mean the sky look like it was like partially brown and orange and this is coming from the wildfire wildfires that are taking place in and Canada and now for the last yesterday and today and maybe in the future. We're going to see actually an increase In that air quality and increases a negative thing and we need to make sure that we get the word out to our family to our friends to ourselves To be able to make sure that we keep ourselves safe So we're going to start with you a commissioner Farrell Okay, you just let us know give us a briefing about what we can expect and what are the things that we should be doing to keep us and our Family safe sure. Thank you. Thanks for having me here today So as people have seen as the deputy mayor said there has been a decrease in the air quality in New York City And really across the state The these past couple days That the State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an air quality advisory Citywide which has been extended until the 11 59 p.m. This evening We don't Think that this air quality alert will continue in the city over the weekend But things can change and we know that air quality can change quickly so people need to stay alert Currently the air quality index in New York City is in the unhealthy range, which is above 150 We expect this to improve a bit tomorrow and then more on Sunday as rain comes in and washes some of this away But we encourage all New Yorkers to visit air now gov Which is in a site run by the federal EPA to monitor the air quality index levels where they live As we did three weeks ago when we first had this we have been messaging a lot through the Department of Health through notify NYC the mayor's office and amplifying what the Department of Environmental Conservation is Telling us so people learn about the potential dangers and what they can do is specifically people with respiratory health conditions Again as we did the last time we are still distributing masks across the city. We're distributing them at all firehouses So thank you all police precincts various MTA stations Department of Health Health Action Centers and the mayor's office of immigrant affairs is also Working with immigrant populations at different sites across the city If you go on nyc.gov or call three-on-one you can get more information if you're interested in picking up some free high-quality masks Just as I mentioned we are sharing this information through notify NYC This is the city's free emergency alert system We have more than 1.1 million New Yorkers signed up for this and they have been receiving messages over the last few days Emergency management also continues to hold interagency calls with all of our partners To help them get the information so they can help New Yorkers stay safe For people that are outside for prolonged areas of prolonged time during today and potentially into the weekend You know, we recommend using a high-quality mask if you fall into a certain group There is additional guidance from the Department of Health and as noted you can pick up those masks Also speaking about notify NYC If people are not signed up for notify NYC, we encourage them to do so you can go to nyc.gov slash notify You can call 3-1-1 or you can download the mobile app onto your iPhone or your Android device This service is available for free in 14 languages including American Sign Language and many languages commonly spoken in the city We do all different kinds of messaging. I just in addition to messaging about the air quality a couple things I wanted to mention we earlier this spring We set up a new group for people that live in basement or cellar apartments or are concerned about flooding We have over 1400 new yorkers subside subscribe to that group Also this week to coincide with the pools opening. We have a new know before you go service Where we can let you know if pools or beaches are closed that you are interested in so you don't go to those locations and find out they're closed Also talking about july 4th From time to time we will do a short code for people that are interested Maybe visitors are in town or people that are interested in a specific event If people would like to text july 4 nyc to 692 692 or for spanish text july 4 nycesp They will see receive specific information about the macy's 4th of july celebration Safety messages other transportation concerns and things so they can have a Fun and safe trip to the fireworks. So thank you. So thank you. So that's very important. So just let me just so if The air quality index the number right is 150 over 150 is considered unhealthy It is so it's unhealthy to be outside for a prolonged area of time We are nowhere close to what we saw a couple weeks ago when we got up to like 400 And a lot of you know other activities may kick in above 200 above 300, which we don't expect to go to this time So and really it's most important like with many emergency preparedness activities People have to understand how it affects them their family The very young the older people with respiratory issues And make decisions based on your specific situation. So if someone I just wanted to make sure I'm understanding this correctly if someone Wanted to get daily updates about the quality of the air you're suggesting that they go sign up for Your the system right and that's a notify nyc for for several years We have sent out every time there is a air quality advisory in the city because we get the information from the state We do send that out So that's one of the kind of alerts that people will get through notify nyc And that's just you know notify nyc because you know, we've been working on that for some time now and you know The commission has done a fantastic job. We look at how many different languages people are tuning into We look at how many people that we're trying to build that up. So what we need help from the public Here's our ass is that if you have not signed up for notify nyc that you do so And you tell one person tell at least one person There's just a lot of information a lot of helpful information A lot of useful information and more importantly a lot of safety information that would benefit you and your family And it's the last thing is that if you do need a mask, right? You're saying that we can go to any fd nyc uh firehouse or any nypd Precent and we can pick up a mask, right? Yeah, exactly. Okay, great. Thank you Thank you. That was fantastic. Thank you commissioner Okay, so next we're going to hear from the our fire commissioner lord cavernor And she's just going to you know july 4th historically a lot of fireworks A lot of us enjoy it We all know about the big macy's fireworks that has been a staple in new york city for some time now A lot of people do enjoy that a lot of people come out to take a look at it But it's dangerous, right? It's dangerous when you Are playing with these fireworks on your own so for the most part most of them are illegal We want you to leave that to the professionals and lower. Can you just tell us how we can keep ourselves safe? Absolutely, and thank you for saying that I think it's really important to point out as Exciting and fun as fireworks can be they really do need to be left to the professionals every year We see incredibly serious injuries to civilians particularly children suffering terrible injuries sometimes permanent life altering injuries from burns to even missing fingers And so we really want to enforce that as exciting as it may look These are illegal to sell they are illegal to store and they can be really really dangerous So please leave them to the professionals as oem mentioned you can get information on where to see the professional fireworks show in the city We also have a fireworks enforcement unit, and we've activated them this year That unit is charged with actually intercepting the illegal fireworks that come into the city If any new yorker has any information about storage or sale of fireworks They can call 311 and if they see fireworks going off they can call 911 We and pd will respond when necessary. We do issue summons is and we do confiscate those fireworks We also for many years have had our fire marshals actually travel out of state to pennsylvania Surveil the known firework real tail retailers Identify new york license plates and then conduct stops as people enter back into new york city and that surveillance is currently ongoing This is all in the interest of safety. We are trying to prevent new yorkers from getting injured Please leave the fireworks to the professionals. We cannot say that enough. They are incredibly dangerous We have our professionals the fire prevention team overseeing the macy's fireworks to ensure that those fireworks go off safely and without a hitch Additionally, we staff EMS Increases all over where we expect large crowds made the macy's fireworks Coney island and in the rockways We add additional units like gators to work with the parks to make sure people are safe in the water as well We do see calls go up every year around the 4th of july particularly medical calls We see spikes on the days leading up to the holiday and on 4th of july into the night And through july 5th because we do see that people especially late at night after celebrating the tendency to set off fireworks So one more time. Please leave the fireworks to the professionals. Please hydrate It's going to be hot out there. And if you want to see the professional fireworks, you can go to notify nyc Thank you commissioner And you know, we we really need to push this message because you think about Uh, and we've all read every year we read about it, right? Someone who's lost their hands their fingers suffered some damage If they had a chance to rewind the clock And do it again would they mess with those fireworks and the answer is universally no So now here's your rewind. Don't do it. You can still see the fireworks You can still see the bang and a glitter and a pop and a glory But we need you to be very careful. It is very dangerous. It's illegal We are out there looking at the people who are going and buying This contraband and uh, we just need some help. So pass the word along dangerous. Don't do it And uh, enjoy july 4th as always. So thank you commissioner. I appreciate those comments Okay, so we're another correlation when it comes to july 4th, right? Usually, hopefully we're gonna have great weather and when we have great weather, right? We go to our parks. We go to our beaches. We go to our pools Uh, but there's a lot of safety that's involved in the as well So commissioner, thank you again once again for coming the last time. We had a great presentation You had a lot of good information And i'm asking you to let our audience know how do we enjoy ourselves? And yet remain safe Absolutely. Thank you deputy mayor and good afternoon everyone As you said earlier every year millions of people visit our beaches and pools for fun connection relaxation And i'm happy to say that swimming season is definitely here Our beaches are open and lifeguards are on duty seven days a week from 10 a.m. To 6 p.m And our outdoor pools also opened this week and will be open at our outdoor pools from 11 a.m To 3 p.m It's a little break in between and then from 4 p.m to 7 p.m until september 10th And so while swimming offers such an excellent source of recreation and a chance to cool off on the hottest days We must also really be vigilant in promoting water safety It's something that's so important to us as new yorkers and as the parks department So first and foremost the single most important thing That new yorkers can do to stay safe at the beaches and pools Is to follow all directions from our lifeguards. They are the experts. They're there to keep us safe So we would just really emphasize to obey all posted signs and flags and remember Red flags mean don't swim we talked about this last time i was here if there's a red flag It means we don't want you going in the water And even if you don't plan on swimming There's still really important ways to say to say stay safe at our stay safe at our beaches this summer One is never leave children unattended around the city's water bodies really important We also recommend people wear sunscreen stay hydrated And as we enter this busy holiday weekend new yorkers can check our website at www.nyc.gov slash parks And as the commissioner noted also be notified about the status of their local pools with know before you go a free service Available in 13 languages through the notify nyc system to sign up for the new notifications visit nyc.gov slash Notify nyc lots of good information there And another thing we want new yorkers to be mindful of being the fourth of july weekend Is to barbecue safely in designated areas We have at the parks department many beautiful free sites across the city in every park in every borough And barbecuing is one of the best ways To enjoy the fourth of july at our city's parks. We know that we want people to do that But we also want people to be safe and follow some rules Such as don't when people barbecue just don't dump your coals on the trees When you finish up with your great barbecue, we want you to not dump your coals at the trees It's really damaging to the trees and the tree roots Into our horticulture that we work so hard to protect. So please dispose of your coals properly There's bins in each park. They're painted red this summer so people can see them and utilize them effectively We also recommend. Please don't use propane only charcoal in our parks and also just a plug to take out what you bring in and Keep our parks clean dispose of garbage properly But also deputy mayor, there are also so many great activities happening in parks around the city For example on sunday afternoon, you can catch a game at hoops in the sun a great tournament that happens You can get your salsa groove on and learn some new dance moves at orchard beach and the broncs that have salsa sundays Which is so much fun or you can pick your favorite spot in one of our parks and watch the many displays of fireworks That we know are going on on tuesday. We also Would suggest you can volunteer with members of the broadway musical wicked Through our let's green nyc campaign this summer with events happening across the city to come out volunteer Engage in helping to green and support your parks. So lots of good events happening this weekend But most importantly we want people to have fun in our parks, but we want people to do it safely Now how does one find out about all of these events? Like the hoops in the sun and the ones like where do they go to be able to be on the parks department website? Yeah, lots of good information. So all of this information about the events that's taking place in the parks If they go into the parks department website, which is what nyc parks dot gov. Yeah, once he parks out gov Then they they can become appraised of all of this information We list parks events happening in parks by borough by park lots of good information You know, I mean when I take away from what the commission is saying is that there's not a Deprivation of your fun and your enjoyment just a way to do it.  I think what her message is is that, you know, leave it how you found it So that the person behind you can now enjoy the same Entry into the park that you have once did so, you know, it's you know and dumping it like the coal Some people may do that remotely. They may not be trying to be disrespectful, but it is damaging We're gonna understand to the tree roots to the tree roots there as well And then of course and the beaches and pools we all hear these horrific stories of people who are Drown and I remember when I worked for the marine patrol many many years ago They used to say that the people who drown are people who can swim Because a lot of people don't swim don't even go near the water and we were like it doesn't make sense So because you can swim Don't just regard that red flag And you know what happens if you want to go out 20 feet, maybe 10 feet We'll we'll do it. We'll still suffice the same for that you're having right? So, please just be careful. We want to exercise some caution We want to be respectful to your fellow citizens, but we certainly want you to enjoy it much That was a great presentation as always the second time So we have to make sure we get here again because he always gives like a lot of proper information So now we're going to talk about our uh, can I say mutt? Is that a bad word? Can I say mutt? No pets? I always tease everybody who has a dog We have a few people here and we had do our calls I hear their dog and I'd be like hey shut that mutt up And they'd be like I don't have a mutt So I say that affectionately but now I always you're going to talk to about how you know The correlation of keeping our dogs safe during this time as well, right? Yeah. Yes. Thank you so much. Thank you Thank you. Thank you for enjoying this appreciate it Yeah, the the mayor's office of animal welfare is housed within the community affairs unit and is well positioned to work with the many agencies that handle animal issues and Also liais with the community with organizations animal welfare organizations and advocates and just Pet parents members of the community about animal issues not just companion animals, but also wildlife issues Work closely with parks department on wildlife issues and working animal issues So it's it's an interesting office But today as you said I'd love to focus on Companion animals and I'm so glad that we're including pets when we talk about safety around July 4th because Many of us who have animals we know there are members of our family They're really family members. So The first thing I just want to say because we're talking about the fun of fireworks For animals for dogs. It's it's not always fun something to keep in mind All animals not just humans of course are individuals with their own likes and dislikes But many animals are sensitive to and afraid of loud noises such as fireworks I'm sure some of us have dogs who may be during a thunderstorm or fireworks have seen Very scared reaction. So I think we just have to be sensitive to that aware of that And with that in mind, it's best that people keep their pets inside You do not want to bring your dog with you to fireworks When they're inside you also want to make sure that doors are closed any access to the outside Any windows because when animals get scared, of course, they may run and run outside And we can't trust that they know where they are that they're Going to come back because of the stress that they're under so Knowing that this is a very stressful time knowing that this can be Very scary for the animals. We want to make sure that they're in a safe space Closed doors closed windows And if you are concerned about your dog, you know your dog particularly maybe will react You know, it's good to create a safe space A comfortable area in the in the apartment or in your home where maybe they have their favorite toys They have a comfortable blanket. It's always a great idea to play calming music to If not music just turn the tv on have some white noise because those sudden Unpredictable sounds of fireworks, which we might find entertaining can actually be very scary for pets There are some animals who have what's called Noise phobias, and if they're very sensitive to sounds you might want to check with your veterinarian about other precautions You could take for your animals And july 4th is also an opportunity and i'm glad i have this opportunity here to talk about the importance of identification Because unfortunately When animals do escape they might get lost we see a lot of lost pets around july 4th And so it's very important that uh, everyone has proper identification on their animals So not just tags on collars, but in new york city. It's required that dogs are licensed And if you haven't already applied for or renewed your dog license you can do that via the health department website online This is a great time to do it if you haven't already Um, and it's also important to microchip your pets a lot of people hear microchips. They think it's gps It um is not gps. Unfortunately. We can't just always track where our animals are But uh, it is basically a chip the size of a grain of rice very small And inserted under the skin of an animal and what's great about it is if your pet does get lost A microchip scanners can pick up that ship even if a tag comes off a license comes off So at animal shelters at vet offices at police precincts People will have scanners they can locate that ship and that ship is connected with information As long as you update it with your contact information So very important that animals and I would say not just dogs but also cats are microchipped because we all know they can get lost as well Um, so licenses microchips very important. I will say if you are out with your dogs I I hope again we have emphasized that it's really important that they they don't go out During fireworks, it's probably not in their best interest But if you are out make sure they're on a leash make sure you're mindful of their behavior and their surroundings And it's always important to read animal body language Which can be fun as well and you teach kids about how to you know read Read human body language is the same with animal body language They tell us a lot with their ears with their tails with their general posture with their eyes There's some wonderful resources online So maybe a good time to study up and you can tell is your cat or dog telling you that they're scared Um, one other note. I just want to point out is that animals play off of our behavior as well. So if we're calm They're more likely to be calm and that's important to keep in mind And I hope it's not necessary but because we did talk about The fact that animals may get lost particularly around July 4th If you do lose your pet or if you find an animal and you'd like to report a found animal The best place to go is nycacc.org That's nycacc.org And you can file a lost pet report. You can also file a found pet report Um, and we can hopefully reunite any animals that will go missing because of july 4th That was a lot of helpful information. So let me just try to break this down one Michael chipping right is that is that the correct terminology? That's it. Is that expensive? Um Different veterinarians can do it in new york city. There are some low-cost free services I know the acc animal care centers does free vaccine clinics throughout the year where they also do free micro chipping And if anyone has trouble or is interested in looking for those services They can also use the mayor's office of animal welfare contact us for him And I can try to point them in the right direction, but best to start with asking. I think you're vet Okay, so I see a vet. So that's okay. So if the dog is lost and someone comes and counter the dog They can determine that they have a chip and then the owner's contact information That's very important and I would I would maybe imagine or at least I would hope that most dog owners Or pet owners would know that but in case you didn't know it before you know it now And it's so true that the pets are they're not like a member of the family. They're almost they are a member of the family I remember growing up that I just get very upset with the kids. I never got upset with the dog, right? Dog was always an asset, right? So that is very helpful. We do get that particular bond there. We just want to make sure that we are very Take note of this during the season, but sometimes I just want to follow up You say that they feed off on the emotions of their owner Just tell me a little bit more about about that. Totally. Totally. Yeah I mean it's the same people that way with humans, right?   So it's best that we stay calm and always always good to not Make an animal more frantic by our own frantic behavior So, okay, and I I should add I apologize for not bringing a dog today. I think I disappointed everyone Everyone in this room for that next time. I promise I will work on that Okay, that was great. Thank you very much. That was a lot of helpful useful information and I certainly appreciate it Okay Thank you. We will now take a few on topics from the the media if there are any kate Yeah, james ford from pixelabenders First of all big shout out to the parks department for having the big batch of sunscreen at the pool Really appreciated that yesterday Then also maybe combine some of the areas here. I'm just trying to get more information about what's being done to prepare people for the combination of high qi numbers And the fourth of july we can include the fireworks display and maybe even with pets and high I but I'm going to hear a question. Did I hear a question in that? I'm I missed it. Okay What preparations what advice the various agents you've given operations. Are you making yourselves just for this Convergence of possible high levels of pollutants in the area Well one we just started right so part of it is getting information out on forms like here today But individually all of the agencies right are pushing out this particular message there when it comes to specifically the air quality Right christina has taken a lead from the administration point of view So, uh, though I do enjoy speaking with her I think we speak via about a hundred times a day some like every 15 minutes We're having another call about this air quality because it does play an impact And what happens is that you could feel healthy and fine But you're a loved one or who may have any type of a condition right or someone younger In fact could not so we are pushing this message out as much as we possibly can To make sure that you so preservation is the first law of nature. We want you to be aware of this We want you to take our heavy heavy precautions I think we've had our doctor for son Get this message out as much as he possibly can so individually and collectively Administration is pushing this message out because this is something that if you get the information that we certainly can Certainly can solve that Or yes well and commissioner are correct me if I'm wrong We have a number right where if it reaches this particular number or we project this number That some of the events we will stop others that we will strongly suggest that they cease I don't think we're at that point at least the last case and we have we had we're not reason reaching that level as of yet Am I correct? Yeah, no exactly So, um, we have we're nowhere close to where we were a couple weeks ago and there were some events There were some city events at Gracie mansion and other things that we did postpone that week because um, Clearly, I think everybody recognized that was not a safe week to spend time outside. These numbers are way lower It also is forecast to be better as we go into the weekend and one thing about the air quality It's only forecast a day in advance. Um, so it's not like a heat wave or hurricanes or snow where we have multiple days You know as we can see how it's going So, um, you know, we don't have indications that we will have incredibly poor air quality on Tuesday when the fireworks are But um, you know, again things can change and we will adjust I would also note as the deputy mayor said it's all based on your personal circumstance But I know that the july 4th fireworks can also be enjoyed on tv You know and so there's there's other ways to enjoy things than being outside and um, Yeah, it just comes down to you know people being aware We will send the information out if we start to see a large spike or something which does not seem likely at all We will adjust we will adjust um activities and commissioner cavernal I think that we had uh when we spoke very recently You were monitoring the number of asthma calls and where they were coming from and if i'm correct We didn't see an increase during two weeks ago where we were at the height of it Is that correct exactly we monitored it two weeks ago to see if we would need additional resources There were very small increases in vulnerable populations, but nothing that would change Uh a need to increase um EMS staffing that being said I think as the commissioner I said and you have said You know people really should I think think about their own personal circumstances So children seniors those who have asthma Of course call us if you need us, but you don't want to need us So come pick up a mask from a firehouse You know stay inside if the air does get worse And hopefully you won't need us, but if you do feel ill We are there. We do have additional staffing because of july 4th. Anyways, that's very good, right? We don't want you to need us, but if you do need us, we will be there and call. Yeah Thank you earlier this week the administration reached out to new yorkers asking them to submit questions for the officials that have joined us here today We will now get to as many of those as we can with the amount of time that we have left Our first question comes from ryan and statten island for emergency management who asks at what air quality level? Numerically should we consider wearing a mask a mask and should we use an n95 or a regular surgical mask? Thank you. That's a very good question So, you know as we've noted it's different for different people I would say that the most important guidance if the air quality is compromised as it has been this week is to really limit your prolonged time outside So if you usually run outside, um, you know, maybe you can run inside or do a different type of activity If you were going to have dinner outside, you can move it inside So, you know, really you want to limit the amount of time outside, but obviously we all have to travel and do other things out outside, so, you know, it's uh, kind of a Slope people with sensitivities older adults younger children those with respiratory or other long issues Would probably choose to wear a mask sooner than the general population as the air quality index Signifies once we get above 100. Uh, that's um, when it is deemed unhealthy for people in the sensitive group and then above 150 for the general population, um, I would say from an emergency management perspective There are many reasons to have masks in your go bag in your car your house. Um, you know, if Obviously, uh lingering effects of covet and people's um comfort level If you have allergies and other things, um dealing with this, so I'm you know, this is why we've been giving out the mask at the firehouse the police Um departments continuously because it isn't the kind of thing where you should wake up and deal with it that day Um, it should just become part just like if it's going to rain and you bring an umbrella Uh, this is a similar type of thing. So, you know, we're making these masks available So people can have them work them into, um, you know, where they work and and uh, live And then just make those personal decisions based um based on their own situation But again, we're not at a level where um, we're at the 200 250 300, you know, way up high Um, so it really is, you know, a personal choice right now If I may if I may add, uh, this goes for pets as well We want to make sure that um, obviously people are taking their dogs out for walks But best to limit when the air quality is at these kinds of levels that we're talking about Um, there are certain breeds of dogs that have particular issues Uh, with with breathing, you know, the short snouted dogs. Um, so just be aware of that You really don't want to take them out for extended walks when you're, uh, when we're experiencing this kind of air quality Thank you. Next question comes from Jim in Brooklyn for the fire department Who says I reside in Cyprus Hill and illegal use of fireworks, especially during these holidays is a big issue How does the city respond to these kind of nuisances? Thanks for that question. If he knows of a location, he should call through on one and give us that location Of someone who's storing or selling them. If they're actually going off, uh, he can call 911 and we and pd will respond right away Great next question comes from Allison in Manhattan for the parks department who asks Will public restrooms be open for extended hours around the 4th of july holiday? Thank you for that question. Um, our public restrooms will be open till at least 7 p.m. Through labor day Um, and I'm proud to say we are the largest provider of public restrooms in the city with over 1,400 restrooms Um in parks across the five borough so a lot available and they're open until 7 p.m. Through labor day Thank you Question for animal welfare liaison from jacklyn and queens who asks Do you have any additional tips to ease the fear and anxiety of animals who experience this during? Hours of peak fireworks around 4th of july. Thank you. No, I appreciate that question I love that we're thinking about our paths during fireworks Um As I said, I think the most important thing is to be mindful that these can be really scary for dogs and for for our pets Keeping them inside keeping the windows closed the doors closed You can play as I said music or just white noise Fans or tv to calm them down They can have a special area. Maybe there's a special, uh, corner that they like or a smaller room where you can, uh, create This oasis of calm for your pet. Maybe for you too if that's what you prefer Um and treats treats are always a great thing to use You know, you know what your dog if it's a dog likes maybe peanut butter something to preoccupy them something to distract them their favorite toy, uh, and again if if your animals if you know that there's uh Particularly sensitive or fearful it might be best to check with your veterinarian and they might be able to give you additional tips and advice on that Thank you. And our final question comes from chelsea and brooklyn For the fire commissioner who asks is it safe to have my e-bike battery in my apartment as long as it is not charging? so Batteries that are not charging can still catch fire Those are batteries that have typically typically been tampered with or are non certified illegal batteries So I would ask chelsea to make sure that her battery is ul certified And that it hasn't been tampered with if it is either one of those things She should not have it in her apartment if it is certified She can have it in her apartment make sure it's unplugged when she's sleeping and charge it when she's awake Okay, I just would like to close that I give a shout out to a guest that we have here from our office frank canandez Frank can add in my office. We have people from various different agencies frank happens to be A lieutenant in the nypd. This is his last day in the nypd. He did 21 years of service He's always kind of himself with a lot of class a lot of professionalism And he leaves a trail of no betrayal and no bitter feelings and in the nypd if you can accomplish that That's not remarkable. That's almost like Many many ghost status So I just want to say thank you for what you brought here to this particular day You know when frank came to tell us he was leaving We had the joke that he came and said that he was thinking about leaving wrapping up a career And we were like, yes, we're finally getting rid of him But the reality of the matter is uh, you're a class act and you brought a lot and I really really appreciate it And he's a company about his lovely wife lauren and lauren like we spoke about earlier It's a custom in the nypd that the uh, your spouse cannot deny you any request on a day his Of his retirement. It usually starts with like diamonds or platinum or new cars Or diamond braces and he cannot and not in fact deny so congratulations to the both of you Our good luck and we certainly wish you well On behalf of the adams administration, I would like to thank everybody for tuning in to today's briefing We look forward to seeing you all at our next one. Have a great day and a happy 4th of july weekend