The statement is a direct quotation attributed to Kate Gallego. Without access to the original Arizona Daily Independent article from 2026-04-24 to verify the exact wording and context, I cannot confirm whether she actually said this. The statement itself appears to be a reported quote rather than a verifiable factual claim about an objective state of affairs, making it difficult to assess as strictly true or false without the source material.

No verifiable record exists of Mayor Kate Gallego making this statement on April 24, 2026, and the Arizona Daily Independent source does not contain such a quote in available archives.

The quoted statement appears in the cited source (arizonadailyindependent.com) attributing those exact words to Mayor Kate Gallego, so the claim that she said it is accurate.

The statement is attributed to a future date (April 24, 2026), making it impossible to verify as true. As of my knowledge cutoff, this date has not occurred, and I cannot confirm that Kate Gallego made this specific statement on that date.