If you're a retail investor, you have set aside some of your hard-earned money for investment or to create a nest egg, for your kids or family.

Ukraine is also successfully moving toward democracy and making progress expanding freedoms and rights to its people. We can help Ukraine achieve these goals and improve its economy by normalizing trade relations.

And finally, let me just say it is a fact that not every city can dedicate resources to terrorism.

Every single day, we have hundreds, if not thousands of police officers protecting the lives of not just New Yorkers, but the millions who come to New York City to work and to vacation.

One of the essential elements of government responsibility is to communicate effectively to the American people, especially in time of a potential terrorist attack or a natural disaster.

The Staten Island Ferry remains a potential terrorist target.

The issue for me is American competitiveness, and how do we best create a climate here that allows international capital to come to these shores to create jobs.