My wife and family, to say the least, are the center of my life; they are my grounding. I don't want to sound schmaltzy, but they are my inspiration and you name it.

I think a lot of the best ideas come from the grassroots; I'm someone who does not like a bunker mentality and does not like groupthink.

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

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

Everything you heard about me is true. . . . I am not a free marketer. . . . I believe in the heavy hand of government.

I love the MLB app, because I'm a pretty obsessed baseball fan.

I haven't smoked marijuana since I was at NYU.