Chick-fil-A is not welcome in New York City as long as the company's president continues to uphold and promote his discriminatory views.

When you stand up there and do a press conference, it's a very preoccupied moment. You're standing in front of cameras; people are watching you; it's not so easy to be at ease.

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

We all think people deserve second chances. None of us are perfect.

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.

Chick-fil-A is not welcome in New York City as long as the company's president continues to uphold and promote his discriminatory views.

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