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.

I like the theater, dining and chasing women. Let me put it this way: I am a single, straight billionaire in Manhattan. It's like a wet dream.

If people are not smoking, they'll probably be drinking more.

There's a fascinating statistic: One out of every four people in America has visited New York since 9/11. It is astounding. Now, I don't know how you count it; it's some people coming multiple times.

Today, you're a piranha if you are seen having coffee with somebody from the other party in many cases.

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

People have no confidence that Washington, both sides of aisle, are coming together to try and do what's right for the economy.