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 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.

I was the first one in my family to go to college.

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 have voted for a Republican for president ever since I was voting and since I was 18 years old.

The 'Libertarian' thing was a mistake on my part for saying it, but I am.

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.