The level of analysis that is done when you see laws created, whether it's the city or state or federal level - it's much more horse-trading than analysis.

No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City.

The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry. But we live in a complex world where you're going to have to have a level of security greater than you did back in the olden days, if you will. And our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution, I think, have to change.

The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy.

If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it's the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act.

America is built around this premise that you can do it, and there are an awful lot of people who are unlikely to have done it who did.