I'm the most independent and conservative Democrat in New York State.

I don't want to unduly downplay money, but New York is also the media capital. That matters. You can get a degree of media attention at the Monday Meeting that you can't get anywhere else.

I want to be the most eligible bachelor in New York City.

The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.

New York is my home.

I'm a New York businessman.