It will be good to be back in New York again for New Year's, and I'm elated that Ryan has agreed to join me in ushering in New Year's on America's favorite holiday special.

As we have the last three years, we asked past and present teammates and other New York sports figures to participate in our fundraising golf tournament, ... Despite their often busy schedules, many of these athletes, coaches, team executives, announcers and writers came to help us raise money for a truly good cause.

Large corporations in the Midwest will be thanking drivers in New York for purchasing gas. The [bill] is a boon to mega-companies in mid-America, like Archers Daniels Midland, that produce corn for ethanol,

New York City has taken a much-needed step that we hope will be followed by other jurisdictions throughout the United States.

I hope this will become like New York Times v. Sullivan.

Today was not a hard deadline. If need be, we will voice our concerns with others back [in New York]. The encouraging thing is the two guys we're concerned with have made progress, and they are not reporting their arms are hurting.