But there is less reason for hope when it comes to prison space.
He was particularly critical of the city's inability to add prison space.
He hoped the hard prison space inside her might grow smaller in time.
The bill allocated money to create only 2,400 new prison spaces, a process that will take at least three more years to complete.
"Without enough prison space, our increased efforts can be made ineffective."
He said that available prison space had decreased in recent years.
In 1995 the government allocated $5.1 billion for new prison space.
They spent more than $90 billion to triple the total amount of prison space.
In the 1920s, there was a shortage of federal prison space for female inmates.
The money to add the prison space would have to come from future city budgets, she said.