In New York City we need police officers to protect even the dead.

I am grateful for the swift, professional work by the New York City Police Department. In spite of any efforts to discredit or intimidate me and fellow exchange members opposed to the terms of the merger, we will continue to mount our challenge legally in court.

I used to be on the Lincoln City Council. You learn that there's never enough money for all of the police officers and fire-fighting apparatus you'd like to have.

In the 1970s, New York City defaulted on its debt, and yes, the consequences were painful. Enrollment plummeted at City University campuses, which until then had offered free education. Seven thousand police officers were laid off. Crime skyrocketed. Services for the poor disappeared.

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

One of the city officers noticed that the inspection sticker on Mom's car was expired and gave her a ticket as a joke. But Dad wouldn't change it, and she had to go pay.