What I learned from 9/11 that is really important, first and foremost, you have to motivate all the workers and understand that they've left their families to help clean up a pretty awful situation. Every time you have an emergency management situation, it's all about teamwork.

I was involved in some of the very first meetings that created the maps that showed what would happen if you had a Category 1, 2 or 3 hurricane in New York.

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

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

Government should steer, not row.

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.

New York is in my DNA.