I helped him out a little bit. He had a problem. He made a statement to the effect of, 'This is terrible. New York City can't have all these immigrants come in.' And he was indicted the following day. And I said, 'Well, that was a phony indictment.' And it was a phony indictment.
In his final mayoral address, Hernandez-Thorpe hailed several city officials for their invaluable contributions during tumultuous times, including an ongoing FBI investigation of the police department.