For too many New Yorkers, somebody pulled out the treads in the ladder, somebody closed the door and let it slam behind 'em, somebody said, 'I got mine and you go figure out a way to get yours,'

We're here in Harlem. Mike Bloomberg's campaign posters could make it here. Where's Mike?

Oh, well, I did a call-in, yes, at 11:30 p.m. I'm sorry. I forgot about that. It was so late.

We are eager to campaign with President Clinton and just working out the timing,

This other New York, defined by a shrinking middle class and the expanding poverty of those at the bottom, this other New York cannot live on the platitudes and promises of a mayor who thinks the best argument for re-election is to buy a lot of television and radio time,

I proudly accept the nomination of the Democratic Party to be mayor,