What has been happening the last four years in City Hall is that they have been closing recreation centers, closing libraries. We have not looked after our children in City Hall.

My style will be management by being on the street, management by walking around. Third persons won't have to tell me what's going on in our city. I'll hear it, I'll see it, I'll touch it myself.

In Amsterdam, the river and canals have been central to city life for the last four centuries.

Our whole mission is to improve the lives of children and adults with disabilities through outdoor recreation. Judging by these kids' reaction, I think it's a mission accomplished today.

The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.

I haven't looked at the stats the last four years because I wasn't up there. That's why I didn't look at it.