New York state ethics rules prohibit lawyers from soliciting gifts from clients 'for the benefit of the lawyer or a person related to the lawyer.'

Often the art in New York is related to the buildings, to grandiose things.

There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.

If it was just based on actual dollars, we would probably be in New York, no question about it.

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

In New York, FEMA granted the Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club's request to be remapped from the high-risk flood zone in August 2012 - just two months before the club was damaged and its outbuildings destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, which stacked up yachts at its docks like pick-up sticks.