I'm in a position where, if you have the ability, you should use it well. To get things done.

For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.

Consensus doesn't happen by magic... You have to drive to it.

Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.

My mother would organize huge parties for my elementary school classmates. To prepare, she would go back to the bakery in her old neighborhood of Inwood and get special shamrock cookies. Hawaiian Punch was served and we had shamrock napkins. It was a lot of fun.

I want to be a better Chris Quinn. I don't want to be a different Chris Quinn.

I have always said I've had a big personality, and I've always said I'm a pushy broad, and I've always said I want to get things done.