Since I was asked to take over management of the Real Estate Assets Department, our chief mission has been to enhance revenues and support critical city projects.

This fact raises clear questions about the integrity of the internal ethical wall that purportedly separates Deutsche Bank's asset management division from its commercial division,

We absolutely positively have to do some major belt-tightening. We're accumulating debt at such an alarming rate it is truly unsustainable.

We have achieved these results despite the fact that we often had limited resources.

To leave the organization at a time when the city needs all the best efforts it can muster is a difficult decision for me, yet I depart knowing that I have made important contributions to the city's success.

If the money wasn't going into the stadium fund, there would just be a general-fund payment into the operating fund, ... The bills need to be paid.