Organizing around a common interest is a fundamental part of democracy. We should no more try to take away the right of individuals to collectively bargain than we should try to take away the right to a secret ballot.

We should remember it wasn't so long ago that confidence in New York was in short supply.

The Russian economy is way down because of the price of oil, and because the USSR was a big chunk of it.

There is no accountability today... no willingness to focus on big ideas.

Cities with clean air gain an economic advantage, because where people want to live and work, businesses want to invest.

I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world. I have my own State Department, much to Foggy Bottom's annoyance. We have the United Nations in New York, and so we have an entree into the diplomatic world that Washington does not have.

I never liked anyone who didn't have a temper. If you don't have a temper, you don't have any passion.