It is a Sunday night in New York City. And while some prepare for the week ahead, for many, the workday has only just begun.

Tonight, in the northern reaches of the Bronx, an MTA train operator is guiding a 2 train out of Wakefield. Before that train reaches its final stop in Flatbush, it will drop off New York City Health and Hospitals nurses at 135th Street, NYCHA (New York City Housing Authority) maintenance workers at 96th Street, CUNY staff at Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College. From the Power Control Center at 53rd Street, engineers will manage its path through a vast network of signals. And at every stop, at every hour of the night, the people of New York City will get off the subway and go to work.

This city does not run by accident. New York City is the greatest city in the world because of the millions of people who labor tirelessly each and every day to make it so. What an immense honor it is to be your mayor. To not simply lead you, but to learn from you.