Crime is an overhead you have to pay if you want to live in the city

I'm going to keep it to the 'No comment' line, ... I think it's safer that way.

My dad was a local boy who made good and opened the doors of the city to create a power base that reflected all the citizens of the city - Mexicans, Chinese, blacks and gays, ... They never held office and my dad was elected by those people and gave them a voice. He said we must fight for the rights of people who can't fight for themselves. That is the role of a democracy. That's what my dad did. He succeeded because of it, and he died for it.

We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.

It's a sad day when the Radio City Christmas show doesn't go on with its live orchestra. People don't pay up to $250 to hear a tape recorder.

Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.