Blacks commit murder eight times more per capita than any other group in our society. If I had put all of my police officers on Park Avenue and none in Harlem, thousands and thousands more blacks would've been killed during the eight years that I was mayor.

There are terrible, terrible memories of September 11th, things that I saw, people that I lost, the devastation, the identification of bodies. I mean, all these memories come back to you at different times. And then the other side of it this tremendous response with the firefighters and the police officers saving people, the rescue workers.

It obviously troubles both the police commissioner and me that 41 shots were fired.

My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that - a stern enforcer.

Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we've been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it.

The crowds are going to be more than enough to present a challenge for the police and everybody else, and Muhammad Ali will be participating in bringing down the ball, which makes it a truly unique occasion,