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

A holistic solution to income inequality is going to take a lot of work, but every time you prove that one of the strands is achievable and that it has a positive impact on people's lives you take another step towards proving the bigger theory of the case.

I think unionization is good public policy. I think when families secure their economic future, that's good for everyone.

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

We are New Yorkers. Proud citizens of the greatest city on earth. Thinking big isn't new to us. It is the very foundation of who we are.

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.