So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's a mistake to say we bailed New York out by giving them a grant of money to help those poor people who throw it away on welfare.

You can't twist Al Sharpton's arm.

The people really are what make New York City great.

I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.

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

. . .little has changed in our New York neighborhoods except the faces, the names, and the languages spoken. The same decent values of hard work and accomplishment and service to city and nation still exist.

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