I went downtown as a lawyer and then I worked in a liquor store at night, as I had done all through law school. And so when I got to the point where I could give up the night job, I joined the political club.

And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation.

I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.

I love kids and I maintain that they are our future, that we adults owe them the ability to achieve their potential and that we don't own this planet. We hold it in trust for them.

I love children, and most of my involvement now has to do with children or youth programs.

The people really are what make New York City great.

The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the country should be happy that we are what we are.