If you don't like me, life goes on, you know what I mean? But I hope you do like me. Because I think that in addition to being pushy, I'm nice.

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

I just want people to know you can get through stuff. I hope people can see that in what my life has been and where it is going.

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.

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

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.

At the end of the day, somebody someday is going to say something about you. At least you can look back and say you lived the way you wanted to.