Racial polarization is very high over this commission plan and so any statement on the part of the mayor, any ordinance passed by the council is going to be interpreted, 'is this for me or is this against me' and it's going to be interpreted in a racial way by many people.

For the mayor to come out and make this statement, it's uncalled for.

I don't understand why he was invited to give a victim impact statement. Why Mayor Giuliani? I don't think he needs closure, and he didn't lose loved ones. I think his judgments caused loved ones to be lost.

It's a very appropriate location to consider a variance, given the fact that mayor has come out with statement he wants 25,000 residential units in the downtown area. Simple math would suggest if you're going to try to achieve that goal, you're going to have to do a lot of tall buildings.

I definitely feel that's a racial statement. Almost 100 percent of the guys in the league who are young and black wear big chains.

The commission did not and does not plan to submit its report to the prime minister,