I have gone to Albany constantly in my capacity as budget director, because I don't think the way the transit authority works with the City of New York is very appropriate.

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 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.

We've made tremendous strides and changes in the City of New York since 1994.

My earliest memories are of my father explaining to me the American Dream and how he expected me to do better than he did.

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

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