Big-City Mayors

He was never serious about a deal. He wanted this shutdown.

You don’t get to do always what you want, Mr. President. It means you have to work with Congress.

Donald Trump has betrayed them. He’s turned [his] back. The Republicans in Congress have turned their backs.

We’re fighting for the people that voted not just for our party and our values and principles, but voted for Donald Trump and his party.

The fact that you and I will be paying more for toys this Christmas and we are already paying more for Halloween bears truth to my assertion of the recklessness of his policies. He's wrecking this country.

I was humiliated watching the president of the United States in front of Xi. I mean, he was negotiating away this country in the first five minutes of the photo op. He came back with nothing. He got played by President Xi.

He doesn’t even know. He said the Pentagon should do it. Wake up, Mr. President. I know he may have jet lag. It’s the Department of Energy. He doesn’t even know which agency is responsible for that.

Look, this is weakness masquerading in strength. This is classic Trump and Trumpism. This guy is historically weak, and these are acts of a weak person that is trying to appear strong.

For the takeaway from my more than 10-minute address about Islamophobia in this race and in this city, to be the question of my aunt, tells you everything you need to know about Cuomo and his inability to reckon with a crisis of his own…

In an era of ever-diminishing bipartisanship, it seems that Islamophobia has emerged as one of the few areas of agreement.

This is serious, this is urgent — and requires immediate action.

Rabbi Kass was a pillar of strength and comfort for the NYPD. He consoled us through the monumental tragedies and personal hardships. Whenever you needed solace or help, he was there for you.

The impacts in their states, ironically, are disproportionate.

I will no longer look for myself in the shadows— I will find myself in the light.

I will be a Muslim man in New York City.

I will not change who I am, I will not change how I eat, I will not change the faith that I am proud to belong to.

I’m trying to be a mayor so honest that you come back to New York City, my brother.

It just shows the idea of a Muslim woman wearing a hijab and feeling uncomfortable after 9/11 is so foreign to the right wing in this city and this country that the only answer to them is that it must be a lie.

The narrative is going to shift: Democrats are finally now no longer on their back heels, they’re on their toes.

This is temporary, it’s transparent and it’s democratic.

They’re doing it as part of an intimidation strategy. They’re trying to suppress the vote.

I continue to be confident of our ability to deliver a rent freeze, and I continue to be confident that we will be able to match whatever last minute betrayal that Eric Adams tries to concoct.

We would use the full extent of powers that we would have as the mayor with the Rent Guidelines Board.

New York can’t be Europe, folks. I don’t know what is wrong with people. You see what’s playing out in other countries because of Islamic extremism.