All I wanted was to be involved in politics and government.

It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City.

I couldn't be more proud of my work as a progressive.

I'm going to do whatever I have to do to help a New Yorker, whether it's a girl on the street or a tenant in a housing development.

I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. Which, the bigger the project you're involved in, the harder that becomes.

I couldn't describe how little interest I have in men. Or I could - but I don't think that it would be appropriate.

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.