The people really are what make New York City great.
Well, I think I am a very, very lucky person. I'm very fortunate.
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.
And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation.
In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee.
I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.