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

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 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.

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.

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.

New York is in my DNA.

I cannot be separated from Rudy Giuliani, but I am also not Rudy Giuliani.