" Good morning this -- mayor Mike Bloomberg I often praised the work of the more than 300000 city government employees who keep New York running morning noon and night. But there's another group of people out there who would just as vital. They work hand in hand with city government to deliver essential social services support arts and cultural institutions. And improve the quality of life in neighborhoods throughout the city. I'm talking about the nearly half a million New Yorkers or employed by nonprofit organizations. Our city has more than 40000 nonprofit groups. And right now many of them are facing that double challenge and shrinking financial resources. Can increasing demand for their services. Last week we unveiled a strategic plan to help these critical organizations whether the economic storm. One strategy is to help them reduced their fixed costs by pulling their purchases of goods and services so they can essentially buy in -- it cheaper rates. Right now we're testing that idea would reimburse cities major social service nonprofits. It's a work group purchasing will soon be available to every nonprofit group in the five Barros. And the potential savings should run into many millions of dollars. Were also making the city's contract in process quicker easier to navigate and more accountable. We're providing better information including weekly status updates for contractors. On the city's web site at NYC -- of -- And we'll make other improvements for the contract process still hope the city paid non profits more promptly. But even on the most streamlined process they will sometimes be gaps between an organization that delivers services and when we reimburse them. That's why we've also proposed to increase the cease pool of interest free bridge loans by some 150%. Bringing the total under twenty million dollars. We'll also help nonprofit groups strengthen their management. And do more with less. Our new initiative called greater New York will care private sector executives with their counterparts in nonprofits that do business with the city. These two year partnerships will help nonprofit groups come up with new creative solutions to some of their greatest business challenges. Public private partnerships like -- New York will be critical to getting through these tough times and to continue making our city a better place. Just last week in fact we announced new funding for public private partnership called -- entries NYSE. Working with nonprofit partners we're going to plant one million trees by 2017. We party printed 174000. New trees across the five Barros. And on Wednesday president Obama's agricultural secretary. Tom Vilsack. Joined us to announce that the federal government would be providing two million dollars to create new jobs for the graduates of our -- entries training program. All of the initiatives I've just described will help keep New York working and keeper city moving forward. This is mayor Mike Bloomberg thanks ballistic."