I'm just not gonna let up until I know I've done absolutely everything I can for New Yorkers.

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

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.

Anybody that I can work with that will help improve the lives of New Yorkers, I will work with that person.

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.

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

I'm an aggressive woman who gets things done, and that's the way it is, and I've never been embarrassed about the fact that I am pushy.