And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers.

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.

Baseball is a diversion. It is therapy. It takes peoples minds off of everything that has happened, if just for a while.

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

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.

It is a very real concern and my view is that everything changed on September 11th and the procedure, the policies that were in place prior to September 11th no longer should apply.