We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city.

China is investing in factories in Eastern Europe, not because their labor costs are lower, but because they want to be closer to their markets.

Most gun dealers follow the law and run honest businesses. But the statistics show that 1 percent of dealers sell more than half of all illegal guns. Why isn't the federal government going after them? Here's one reason: unlike mayors, members of Congress don't get a phone call in the middle of the night when a cop is shot and killed. They don't deliver the eulogies.

We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That's life. And it's part of living in such a diverse and dense city. But we also recognize that part of being a New Yorker is living with your neighbors in mutual respect and tolerance. It was exactly that spirit of openness and acceptance that was attacked on 9/11, 2001.

The public is mad, frustrated, but what the public wants is progress.

Many of America's and New York's sons and daughters are around the world fighting for the freedoms that the Statue of Liberty stands for.

I'm not going to talk about supporting somebody for a long time. I don't know who the two party candidates are going to be.