I was born a limited-government person. I've always had this streak going through me.

My dad was a New York City cop. His father was a New York City fireman. And my mother's dad was a city taxi driver.

My favorite is always the book that I'm currently reading.

The mayor of New York is the chief executive of the city. It is a complex organization and it requires the requisite skills to understand how to be the leader of the people and manage the government of N.Y.

Mayors of New York have been elected not because of their party label, but because of their philosophy and their approach overall, and that has been since time immemoriam in New York, that people are not party-oriented in New York.

There is no reason for anybody to have an assault weapon.

I was born here in the city, born in the Bronx. Son of a cop. One grandfather was a taxi driver; the other was a firefighter. New York is in my DNA.