I'm never surprised by the insensitivity of 'The New York Times' editorial board.

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.

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.

Government is to point you in the right direction, and not to do everything for you.

People should be respected for the strength of their convictions, and I also believe in freedom of expression.

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.

I was involved as deputy mayor in New York City on 9/11.