Keep in mind, Mike Bloomberg's kids and grandkids are breathing that air just like the coalminers' families are breathing that air. And the coalminers are the ones that have the conflict. They want their jobs, I understand that. They need to be able to feed their families. They also have to worry about their health and the health of their families.

I know a con when I see one.

I'd be derelict in my duty if I didn't go and continue to use every advantage that I can to promote New York's cause.

Leading from the front: It's what built America. But these days, the federal government isn't at the front - it's cowering in the back corner of the room, ducking responsibility and hoping no one notices.

If it wasn't for O'Flanagan's Pub on Manhattan's Upper East Side, I don't know where I would have spent my Friday nights as a young man.

You can't define what's middle class, what is wealthy, what is poor.

To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path.