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

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.

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

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.

I am very much a Red Sox fan; I can name you more players than you could possibly imagine. It's just part of who I am.

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.

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