NY is the city it is today in part because of the contributions from generations of artistic visionaries

At a certain point, particularly in his third term, Mayor Bloomberg lost touch with the people he was serving.

I believe there's an emerging American majority for progressive economic change.

My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.

There is nothing wrong with listening. You can listen to people; you can hear people's concerns. You can keep an open mind and still be perfectly strong.

Going back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything else.

While this has been a private part of my family's life, it is now clear a media story will soon emerge. My father tragically ended his life while battling terminal cancer in 1979.