I have tremendous admiration for everyone who enters the political arena so long as their goal is to do what they believe is right for the people of New York.

Now Mitt is not a perfect candidate. He has a number of problems. It's hard for him, for blue collar families like mine to identify with him. It's hard for economic conservatives to identify with him. He needs to do more to reach out to Latinos.

Let's make New York the safest state in America - that must be our goal. Let's achieve it together.

Putting Americans at risk for a political reason I think is wrong and I think it's unfortunate.

The expansion of tobacco cessation centers is an important part of our historic and continuing effort to help smokers quit. The expansion of these centers will give even more New Yorkers the help they need to quit once and for all.

On that terrible day, a nation became a neighborhood. All Americans became New Yorkers.

If someone lives in New York, he's a New Yorker - they are entitled to the best medical system in the world.